He died in 2004, aged seventy-three.
BOB
Played by Brian Osborne
A student from the University of Kidburn’s archaeological department who helps Professor Crump at the dig in Behind. While staying at the Riverside Caravan Site, next-door to where they’re digging, Bob and his mate befriend two girls, Carol and Sandra, who are camping.
BODDEY, MARTIN
Roles: 6th Specialist in Sergeant and Perkins in Nurse
Born in the Scottish town of Stirling in 1907, Martin Boddey was a busy character actor in film, television and theatre. On the big screen, where he was often seen playing policemen, his lengthy list of credits included Cage of Gold, Seven Days to Noon, The Franchise Affair, Laughter in Paradise, The Magic Box, Chain of Events, Girl in the Headlines and Tales from the Crypt.
On television, he was seen in shows such as The Troubleshooters, Brett, The Cheaters, The Champions, Dr Who, Ivanhoe and The Naked Civil Servant, his final job.
He died in 1975, aged sixty-eight.
BODKIN
Played by Bill Maynard
The barman at the Old Cock Inn, which is regularly frequented by local criminals, is seen in Dick.
BOGGINS, MAUDE
Played by Barbara Windsor
Maude Boggins is the real name of Goldie Locks, alias Melody Madder, the actress-cum-model who sets Dr Nookey’s pulse racing in Again Doctor.
BOGGLE AND LUGG
A firm of plumbing and sanitation engineers, whose company van is a grey Vauxhall, registration FVB 352D. The vehicle and the partners, Sid Boggle and Bernie Lugg, are seen in Camping.
BOGGLE, SID
Played by Sidney James
Seen in Camping, Sid Boggle is one half of Boggle and Lugg, plumbing and sanitation engineers. As well as workmates, Sid and Bernie Lugg are best friends; they date Joan Fussey and Anthea Meeks respectively but are frustrated at the progress they’re making towards the bedroom, so Sid suggests they visit a nudist camp, featured in a film at the local cinema. Unfortunately for Sid and Bernie, they pick the wrong site and end up in a mudpit in Devon. Possessing an eye for the girls, Sid becomes interested in the nubile Babs, who’s camping with other girls from the Chayste Place Finishing School, before eventually realising that Joan is the one for him.
BOGGS, LEWIS
Played by Richard O’Callaghan
William Boggs’s son who works at the family firm, W.C. Boggs and Son, manufacturers of quality toilet ware since 1870. Lewis, who’s impatient at times, feels that the company’s business philosophy is stuck in the nineteenth century. He’s desperate to modernise not just the company’s product range, such as selling bidets like its competitors, but attitudes of those working for the company, including his father’s. His approach, however, occasionally leaves much to be desired; still inexperienced in the field of work relations, he antagonises the union representative, Vic Plummer, and is to blame for some of the industrial disputes that have blighted the company for years.
Away from work, the sports-car-driving young executive (car registration VOP 436J) is smitten with Myrtle Plummer, the canteen girl who happens to be daughter of the works foreman; his determination in the race to secure a place in Myrtle’s heart eventually pays off when he buys a special marriage licence and they tie the knot.
BOGGS, WILLIAM C.
Played by Kenneth Williams
The managing director of W.C. Boggs and Son, makers of fine toilet ware. The company has been in the family since it was established in 1870, and heading it nowadays is William, supported by his son, Lewis. Their views on how the company should operate differ considerably, causing friction from time to time. While the forward-thinking Lewis wants the firm to keep up with the times, William prefers the cautious approach, sticking with the tried and tested styles and designs that have served the company well for years. Lewis eventually gets his way, though, over the long-disputed issue of whether Boggs should sell bidets in its range; but even with customers queueing up to order, William takes some convincing that it’s right for the firm’s image.
While he’s ably assisted in the office by the devoted Miss Withering, he conducts his personal life without the support of his wife, whom he refers to while testing a newly designed loo. He tells others attending the meeting during At Your Convenience how she had a terrible experience of what happens when a toilet cracks because it can’t take the weight.
BOITA, PETER
Editor on Sergeant and Emmannuelle
Born in London in 1924, Peter Boita completed his education at the Westminster City School and worked in a factory before joining the RAF in 1942. During his five years’ service he was posted to Singapore and Hong Kong.
Back on civvy street, a friend of his father’s landed Boita a job at Islington Studios, assisting the dubbing editor. When the studio closed, he moved to Shepherd’s Bush Studio and assisted film editor, Jimmy Needs, on a host of pictures, such as Jassy and Snowbound. He later followed Needs to Pinewood and continued working as his assistant until eventually branching out and working for other editors, including Gerald Thomas, who was responsible for giving Boita his big break.
When commissioned to direct a film, Circus Friends, for the Children’s Film Foundation, Boita was offered the chance to edit the picture, the first of many in a long and distinguished career. His credits include The Horsemasters and Third Man On the Mountain for Disney, The Duke Wore Jeans, The Traitors, Jane Eyre, Doctor in Trouble and The Jewel of the Nile. For television, he edited such productions as The Far Pavilions and Lace.
He died in 1997.
BOLTON, PETER
Assistant Director on Cabby, Spying, Cleo, Cowboy and Screaming!
Born in Bradford in 1914, Peter Bolton spent the lion’s share of his career as an assistant director, working variously on comedies, documentaries and dramas, primarily for the big screen. His credits in this medium include Hungry Hill, Sleeping Car to Trieste, Tottie True, A Day to Remember, Saint Joan, Left Right and Centre, The Big Job, A Severed Head and, in 1972, Pope Joan.
BOOKS
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BOON, ERIC
Roles: Shorty in Constable and Second in Regardless
Born in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, in 1920, Eric Boon reigned as British lightweight boxing champion between 1938–44. Just eighteen when crowned champion, Boon served in the RAF during the war and went on to box in Canada, Australia and America before retiring from the ring.
He made a handful of television and film appearances, including playing Clinker in 1944’s Champagne Charlie. He died in 1981, aged sixty-one.
BOOSEY, BILL
Played by Sid James
Bill ‘Rattlesnake’ Boosey leads the expedition into the African jungle in Up the Jungle. Not the bravest of men: upon hearing the drums of the infamous Nosha tribe reverberating around the jungle, he wants to head back, but Lady Bagley’s and Professor Tinkle’s insistence leaves him little option but to continue. When he later finds himself in the hands of the all-female Lubidubies tribe, he’s soon glad he continued with the expedition.
BOROUGH COUNTY HOSPITAL
The setting for Doctor, where the likes of Doctor Tinkle and Doctor Kilmore are employed.