His television work covers programmes such as Knot’s Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac, a mini-series revisiting the successful American show, and many films specially for the genre.
CANNON, ESMA
Roles: Deaf Old Lady in Constable; Miss Cooling in Regardless, Bridget Madderley in Cruising and Flo Sims in Cabby
Born in Sydney, Australia, in 1896, the diminutive Esma Cannon, who was adept at playing twitchy, nervous, forgetful spinsters and maids, travelled to England in the early 1930s to pursue an acting career.
Beginning in theatre, she entered films in the late 1930s with productions such as The £5 Man, The Last Adventurers and Ladies in Love. She took a seven-year break from acting, due to a shortage of suitable parts on offer, and worked in stage management.
In just under three decades she clocked up over sixty films, including Contraband, Quiet Wedding, Asking for Trouble, A Canterbury Tale, Jassy, Here Come the Huggetts, Out of the Clouds, Nurse On Wheels and her last film, in 1963, Hide and Seek. She appeared infrequently on the small screen, her most notable role being Lily in the 1960s comedy, The Rag Trade.
She died in 1972, aged seventy-six.
CAPTAIN HOOK
The cheeky parrot is owned by the Bird Owner in Regardless.
CAPTAIN OF SOLDIERS
Played by Richard Shaw
Seen in Don’t Lose Your Head, the Captain is instructed by Citizen Camembert to guard Jacqueline night and day.
CAR SALESMAN
Played by Peter Jesson
The salesman at Peacocks of Balham sells fifteen Ford Cortinas to Peggy Hawkins when she launches the Glamcab taxi business.
CARDEW, JANE
Role: Henry’s 2nd Wife in Henry (Note: scene was cut.)
Born in Redhill, Surrey, in 1944, Jane Cardew left school and headed for Paris to study French at college before returning to England in 1966 and starting a career in the theatre, initially as an acting assistant stage manager at Hornchurch Rep. She completed summer seasons and worked as stage manager at Chichester Festival Theatre and three years at the Greenwich Theatre. Later, she worked as stage manager for various opera companies.
During her twenties she accepted modelling assignments between acting jobs, and later in her career television and film roles came her way including episodes of Jason King and The Bill.
She retired from acting in 1983 to look after her children but now works as a freelance proof reader and copy editor.
CARGILL, PATRICK
Roles: Raffish Customer in Regardless and Spanish Governor in Jack. Also, the script for Nurse was based on an idea submitted by Cargill and Jack Beale
Born in London in 1918, Patrick Cargill trained at Sandhurst for a military career and went to India to work as an officer in the Indian Army before returning to England to pursue an acting career.
During World War Two he travelled again to India, this time as an entertainments officer after which, back in Britain, he acted in repertory theatre and wrote plays and scripts, staging comedies including Time On Their Hands and Ring for Catty in the mid-1950s.
In the 1960s, Patrick moved into roles in television and film, with parts in television programmes Top Secret, The Avengers, The Prisoner and The Georges Feydeau Farces and then his own comedy show Father, Dear Father which ran for six years and was followed by another successful show The Many Wives of Patrick.
His film credits included Around the World in Eighty Days, Up the Creek, the Beatles’ film Help, A Countess from Hong Kong, Up Pompeii and Barnet.
During the 1980s and ’90s, Cargill, who still acted occasionally in the West End alongside his screen work, returned to the stage wholeheartedly, performing in productions such as Key For Two, HMS Pinafore and Captain Beaky and writing and touring with the play Don’t Misunderstand Me.
He died in 1996, aged seventy-seven.
CARLIN, JOHN
Roles: Officer in England and French Parson in Emmannuelle
TV: The Baron Outlook, Orgy and Bess, One in the Eye for Harold, The Nine Old Cobblers, The Case of the Screaming Winkles and Lamp Posts of the Empire
John Carlin, now retired, worked in television and films from the 1950s, appearing in shows such as Dixon of Dock Green, The Troubleshooters, Hadleigh and Nanny. He had semi-regular roles as the barman in Man About the House, the House of Commons Speaker in The New Statesman and Reverend Spink in The Darling Buds of May. His film work includes the 1977 production, Holocaust 2000.
The Spanish Governor (Patrick Cargill) has his hands full (Jack)
CAROL
Played by Sherrie Hewson
In Behind she arrives at the Riverside Caravan Site by bike with her friend, Sandra. They hoped to camp at the site but are disappointed to find only caravans are allowed, that is until Sandra shows a bit of leg to the owner, Major Leep, and suggests she might need a massage later to aid her aching leg; the sight of flesh sees the Major bending the rules to accommodate the girls. Others who take a fancy to the girls include Fred and Ernie, two middle-aged men enjoying a short break away from their wives, but the girls are more interested in the students from the University of Kidburn who are helping Professor Crump with his archaeological dig.
CARON, SANDRA
Role: Fanny in Camping
Sister of popular British singer Alma Cogan, actress Sandra Caron has worked both sides of the Atlantic during a career which began on stage. She entered television in the 1950s and appeared in various programmes, including Dixon of Dock Green and Suspense. In the ’70s she was seen in America working on shows such as Charlie’s Angels and The Odd Couple, but her longest-running role saw her playing Mumsie/Auntie Sabrina for three years in Channel 4’s The Crystal Maze. One of her more recent jobs was playing a farmer’s wife in the 1992 TV movie, To Be the Best.
Her film career, which started in the late 1950s, includes credits such as Sea Wife; The Leather Boys; The Bliss of Mrs Blossom; Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World and The Dicktator.
CARRIER
Played by Jim Dale
In Jack, the Carrier takes Midshipman Poop-Decker to the docks in Plymouth; he also recommends visiting Dirty Dick’s if Poop-Decker is in need of entertainment.
CARROLL, EDWINA
Role: Nerda in Up the Jungle
Edwina Carroll entered films and television in the 1950s. Her TV work includes appearances in White Hunter, The Troubleshooters, Department S, Paul Temple and UFO. On the big screen, she’s been seen in films such as A Town Like Alice, Yesterday’s Enemy, Genghis Khan and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
CARRYOONS, THE
In production at the time of writing, the idea behind the Carryoons was conceived in 1999 when Ken Burns approached Peter Rogers with an idea to produce twenty-six half-hour cartoons based around the legendary characters in the films. With Rogers’ backing, Burns – who’d edited ITV’s documentary, What’s A Carry On?, celebrating forty years of the film canon – began working