ALEXANDRA DANE
DANGLE, MRS
Played by Joan Sims
Emile Prevert’s housekeeper-cum-cook in Emmannuelle. A widow since the death of her husband, Henry, Mrs Dangle takes care of the French Ambassador’s culinary needs.
DANIEL, DANNY
Sound Recordist on Henry, At Your Convenience, Matron, Dick, Behind, England, That’s Carry On and Emmannuelle
Working as a sound recordist from the late 1960s, his various screen credits include Kidnapped, Nothing But the Night, Diamonds On Wheels and, in 1985, Murder Elite.
DANIEL, J. W. N.
Sound Recordist on Loving
Working as a boom operator on the 1957 film, Miracle in Soho, J. W. N. Daniel was credited as a sound recordist from the 1970s on films such as The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and Revenge.
DANIELLE, SUZANNE
Role: Emmannuelle Prevert in Emmannuelle
Born in London in 1955, Suzanne Danielle grew up in Romford, Essex, where she attended the famous Bush Davies School between the age of seven and sixteen; it was here that she nurtured not only her love of acting but dancing, too. She gained experience of the stage at Hornchurch Rep before joining the cast of Billy, starring Michael Crawford. After four weeks in Manchester, the play moved into the West End.
Soon after appearing in Billy, Danielle was seen on the big screen in The Prince and the Pauper, while other credits include The Wild Geese, Golden Lady, Long Shot, The Stud, Flash Gordon, Arabian Adventure (as a dancer) and, one of her last films, The Boys in Blue, in 1987.
On the small screen, meanwhile, she enjoyed a busy period between the late 1970s and late ’80s when she was seen in several television series, such as The Professionals, The Generation Game, Doctor Who, Hammer House of Horror, Tales of the Unexpected, Strangers and the Morecambe and Wise Show.
In the late 1980s she married golfer Sam Torrance and quit showbusiness.
DANIELS, BILL
Sound recordist on Nurse, Constable, Cruising, Cabby, Jack, Spying, Cleo, Camping and Again Doctor
Bill Daniels began working as a sound recordist from the mid-1950s, with early films including The Secret Place, Hell Drivers, Rockets Galore!, A Tale of Two Cities and Too Many Crooks. He worked regularly until the mid-70s, with later credits such as the big-screen version of hit sitcom Bless This House and in 1976, his last film, The Slipper and the Rose.
DANIELS, DANNY
Role: Nosha Chief in Up the Jungle
Other screen credits for Danny Daniels include the television shows White Hunter, The Saint and Man in a Suitcase as well as films such as Passionate Summer, Murder Club, Prehistoric Women and The Oblong Box.
DANIELS, PENNY
Continuity on Nurse, Cruising, Cabby, Jack, Spying and Screaming!
Working in continuity from the 1950s, Penny Daniels’ long list of film credits include Tiger in the Smoke, A Night to Remember, The Captain’s Table, The League of Gentlemen, Whistle Down the Wind, Séance on a Wet Afternoon, Where Eagles Dare, The Medusa Touch and two Bond movies, Octopussy and A View to a Kill.
DANN, DAN
Played by Charles Hawtrey
Works as a lavatory attendant at the public conveniences outside the entrance to Hocombe Park. Formerly employed at the Bide-a-Wee Rest Home, near Hocombe Woods, as a gardener before securing the job which comes with free accommodation! He sadly meets an unfortunate end when he’s drowned in one of his own toilets. Olando and Virula Watt, the residents of Bide-a-Wee Rest Home, become concerned that he’ll spill the beans to the police about the goings-on at their eerie house, so they despatch Odbodd to do their dirty deeds. (Note: in an early version of the script, Dan was to be Doris Mann’s father.)
DANN, LARRY
Roles: Boy in Teacher, Clive in Behind, Gunner Shaw in England and Theodore Valentine in Emmannuelle
Born in London in 1941, Larry Dann joined the Corona Stage School from the age of eleven. Just like his opening performance in the Carry Ons, his screen debut, back in 1949, saw him cast as a schoolboy in Rank’s movie, Adam and Evelyn, with Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons. While studying at stage school he appeared as an extra in several pictures, including The Million Pound Note, Trouble in Store and The Bulldog Breed.
He left Corona aged twenty-one and joined Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop in London’s Stratford East, appearing in the original production of Oh What A Lovely War, marking the beginning of a fruitful stage career. Over the years he’s performed with numerous repertory companies and in plenty of West End productions, while his small screen work includes playing Elsie Tanner’s son, Dennis, in Florizel Street, the pilot episode of Coronation Street and Sergeant Alec Peters in The Bill for eight years.
MEMORIES
‘I made my debut as a schoolkid in Teacher. Most of the kids were from the Corona Academy School, including myself, and I remember having a great time. It was terribly sad, though, because a scene I was in ended up being cut. For me, it was one of the best moments on the studio set because I got a huge round of applause after finishing it. It was during the orchestra scene. The orchestra went into a jazz number and it all became chaotic. I was on the drums, playing a stupid, dumb boy, and went bananas. Suddenly it was cut out of the film and I assume lost on the cutting-room floor. But I had a great time with all my mates.
‘I hadn’t appeared in a Carry On for what seemed like 150 years when I was offered a role in Behind. I got into that one purely because in those days I used to do a lot of commercials and a few months before Behind started, I went to film a commercial and Gerald Thomas was directing it. I walked into the room and he said: “Hello, Larry, long time no see.” He then went on to say: “You’re not right for this commercial, but I want you for the next Carry On.” I thought to myself, “Oh yes, I’ll believe that when it happens.” But a week later I was in it!’
LARRY DANN
DARCY DE PUE, LORD
Played by Jim Dale
A friend of Sir Rodney Ffing, he is saddened to hear of the plight of so many French men and women; since the revolution across the channel, the aristocracy are losing their heads to the guillotine at an alarming rate and the brave Darcy, accompanied by Ffing, sets out to snatch the victims from the brink of death via a series of audacious ruses and artful disguises. Seen in Don’t Lose Your Head.
DARCY, MAUREEN
Played by Carol Wyler
One of the beauty contestants rushed on stage during the itching powder fiasco in Girls.
DARK, GREGORY
Assistant Director on Emmannuelle
DARLING, JANE
Played by Valerie Leon
The film star gives birth to triplets in the back of the ambulance during Matron. Even more remarkable, though, is that Cyril Carter, dressed up as a nurse, administered