Leslie Dwyer
Leslie Gilbert Dwyer was an English film and television actor.
Career
He was born in Catford, the son of the popular music hall comedian Johnny Dwyer, and acted from the age of ten and appeared in his first film in 1921. He is perhaps best known to television audiences for his role as the Punch and Judy man Mr Partridge in BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!. Film roles included In Which We Serve, The Way Ahead, the 1952 remake of Hindle Wakes, Act of Love in which he played a two hander scene opposite the young Brigitte Bardot, Room in the House, the 1959 remake of Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, and Die, Monster, Die!.
He played Sergeant Dusty Miller in the original 1942 production of Terence Rattigan's play Flare Path.
He played Drinkwater in the 1953 television production of George Bernard Shaw's Captain Brassbound's Conversion. His most notable television role was as Mr. Partridge, the miserable, hard-drinking Punch and Judy man with an aversion to children, in the British sitcom Hi-de-Hi!. He took roles in Public Eye in 1969, Doctor Who and in Steptoe and Son, Terry and June, Wodehouse Playhouse, Z-Cars and The Sweeney, in which he played "old sea dog" Ted Greenhead in the episode Trojan Bus.
Death
Dwyer died on 26 December 1986, aged 80. His grave is located in the East London Cemetery.
Cheer Up – Hotel Guest In Which We Serve – Parkinson The Goose Steps Out – German Soldier on Train Schweik's New Adventures – PrisonerYellow Canary – Ship's Steward The Lamp Still Burns – SiddonsThe Way Ahead – Pte. Sid BeckGreat Day – Pub CustomerPerfect Strangers – StripeyNight Boat to Dublin – George LeggettI See a Dark Stranger – Soldier in Cafe This Man Is Mine – Van Driver Piccadilly Incident – SamTemptation Harbour – RegThe Little Ballerina – BarmanWhen the Bough Breaks – GeorgeThe Calendar – Sam HillcottBond Street – BarmanThe Bad Lord Byron – FletcherIt's Not Cricket – BatmanA Boy, a Girl and a Bike – Steve HallNow Barabbas – BrownPoet's Pub – HollyDouble Confession – LeonardLilli Marlene – BerryMidnight Episode – AlbertSmart Alec – GossageLaughter in Paradise – Police SergeantThere Is Another Sun – FoleyJudgment Deferred – FlowersThe Hour of 13 – Ernie PerkerMy Wife's Lodger – Roger the LodgerHindle Wakes – Chris HawthornMarilyn – George SaundersAct of Love – Le sergent anglaisThe Good Die Young – StookeyThe Black Rider – Robert PlackWhere There's a Will – Alfie BrewerRoom in the House – Benji PughNot So Dusty – NobbyCloak Without Dagger – Fred BorcombeEyewitness – Henry CammonFace in the Night – TobyStormy Crossing – Bill HarrisThe 39 Steps – MilkmanLeft Right and Centre – Left – Alf StokerI've Gotta Horse – BertDie, Monster, Die! – PotterThe Bliss of Mrs. Blossom – Bookshop assistantLionheart – CarpenterCrooks and Coronets – HenryDominique – Cemetery Supervisor