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Bill Blewitt was a Cornish postman 'discovered' by film-maker Harry Watt and cast in his 1936 film '' The Saving of Bill Blewitt''. The documentary was about the Post Office Savings Bank and featured Blewitt and the villagers of ''The Guardian'', Scott Anthony, ''Ealing's salt-of-the-earth film star'', 13 March 2009
/ref> sometimes as a support actor but also playing a major role, such as the father in the 1945 canal documentary '' Painted Boats''.
BFI Screenonline
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blewitt, Bill British male film actors People from Mousehole Male actors from Cornwall
Bill Blewitt was a Cornish postman 'discovered' by film-maker Harry Watt and cast in his 1936 film '' The Saving of Bill Blewitt''. The documentary was about the Post Office Savings Bank and featured Blewitt and the villagers of Mousehole
Mousehole (; kw, Porthenys) is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, England, UK. It is approximately south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay. The village is in the civil parish of Penzance. An islet called St Clement's Isle lies ...
in Cornwall. Assistant director Pat Jackson remembered Blewitt's "mesmeric gift of the gab, a glorious Cornish accent, twinkling blue eyes, a grin as broad as 'Popeye' and the charismatic charm of the Celt." Charles Crichton
Charles Ainslie Crichton (6 August 1910 – 14 September 1999) was an English film director and film editor, editor.
Born in Wallasey, Cheshire, he became best known for directing many comedies produced at Ealing Studios and had a 40-ye ...
remembered Blewitt as a natural actor and storyteller.
Blewitt went on to feature in several more films,/ref> sometimes as a support actor but also playing a major role, such as the father in the 1945 canal documentary '' Painted Boats''.
Filmography
* '' The Saving of Bill Blewitt'' (1936) * ''North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the ...
'' (1938)
* ''The Foreman Went to France
''The Foreman Went to France'' (released in the USA as ''Somewhere in France'' ) is a 1942 British Second World War war film starring Clifford Evans, Tommy Trinder, Constance Cummings and Gordon Jackson. It was based on the real-life wartime ex ...
'' (1942)
* ''Nine Men
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'' (1943)
* ''Johnny Frenchman
''Johnny Frenchman'' is a 1945 British comedy-drama romance war film produced by Ealing Studios and directed by Charles Frend. The film was produced by Michael Balcon from a screenplay by T. E. B. Clarke, with cinematography by Roy Kellino.
...
'' (1945)
* '' Painted Boats'' (1945)
References
External links
BFI Screenonline
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blewitt, Bill British male film actors People from Mousehole Male actors from Cornwall