Charles Heslop (8 June 1883 in

Thames Ditton Thames Ditton is a suburban village on the River Thames, in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Apart from a large inhabited island in the river, it lies on the southern bank, centred 12.2 miles (19.6 km) southwest of Charing Cro ...

, England – 13 April 1966) was a British actor. His stage successes include a musical version of '' Tons of Money'', which toured Australia for

Hugh J. Ward Hugh Joseph Ward (24 June 1871 – 21 April 1941) was an American-born stage actor who had a substantial career in Australia as comic actor, dancer, manager and theatrical impresario. Biography Hugh J. Ward was born in Philadelphia on 24 June ...

in 1924, co-starring Dot Brunton. He starred in the BBC television comedy Percy Ponsonby as a talkative barber. The series was broadcast in 1939, and was cancelled with the outbreak of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

. In 1954 he appeared in

William Douglas Home William Douglas Home (3 June 1912 – 28 September 1992) was a British dramatist and politician. Early life Douglas-Home (he later dropped the hyphen from his surname) was the third son of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, and Lady Lili ...

's ''

The Manor of Northstead ''The Manor of Northstead'' is a 1954 comedy play by the British writer William Douglas Home. It is a sequel to his 1947 hit '' The Chiltern Hundreds''. The title refers to the Manor of Northstead. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham b ...

'' in the West End. In 1960 he appeared in the comedy thriller play '' Settled Out of Court''. Two years later he featured at

Wyndham's Theatre Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by actor/manager Charles Wyndham (the other is the Criterion Theatre). Located on Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster, it was designed c.1898 by W. G. R. Sprague, the archite ...

in Arthur Watkyn's '' Out of Bounds''.

Filmography

* ''

Hobson's Choice A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one thing is actually offered. The term is often used to describe an illusion that multiple choices are available. The most well known Hobson's choice is "I'll give you a choice: take it or leave ...

'' (1920) * '' This Is the Life'' (1933) * '' Waltzes from Vienna'' (1934) * ''

Charing Cross Road Charing Cross Road is a street in central London running immediately north of St Martin-in-the-Fields to St Giles Circus (the intersection with Oxford Street) and then becomes Tottenham Court Road. It leads from the north in the direction ...

'' (1935) * '' Crackerjack'' (1938) * '' The Lambeth Walk'' (1939) * '' Percy Ponsonby'' (1939) * '' Flying Fortress'' (1942) * ''

The Peterville Diamond ''The Peterville Diamond'' is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Anne Crawford, Donald Stewart and Renee Houston. It is also known by the alternative title ''Jewel Robbery''. - from the 1931 play of the same title ...

'' (1943) * '' The Second Mate'' (1950) * '' Don't Say Die'' (1950) * '' The Late Edwina Black'' (1951) * '' Nothing Barred'' (1961) * ''

A Pair of Briefs ''A Pair of Briefs'' is a 1962 black and white British courtroom comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Michael Craig, Mary Peach, Brenda De Banzie and James Robertson Justice. The screenplay concerns a newly qualified female barri ...

'' (1962)

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* 1883 births 1966 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors English male television actors Male actors from Surrey 20th-century English male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub