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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Alfie Bass Biography (1921-)
Full name, Alfred Bass; born April 8, 1921, in London, England; died of a heart attack in London, July 15, 1987; son of Jacob and Ada (Miller) Bass; married Bryl Margaret Bryson; children: one son, one daughter.
- Nationality
- American
- Birth Details
- April 8, 1921
- London, England
Famous Works
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Credits
- STAGE DEBUT--Izzie, Plant in the Sun, Unity Theatre, London, 1939.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
- Title role, Buster, Arts Theatre, London, 1943.
- Cohen, Mr. Bolfry, Playhouse Theatre, London, 1943.
- Abel Drugger, The Alchemist, Liverpool Old Vic Company, Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool, U.K., 1945.
- Rooky, Alice in Thunderland, Unity Theatre, London, 1945.
- Morgan, Those Were the Days, Q Theatre, London, 1947.
- Tilly, He Who Gets Slapped, Duchess Theatre, London, 1947.
- Fred Bassett, Headlights on A5, Embassy Theatre, London, 1947.
- Og, Finian's Rainbow, Palace Theatre, London, 1947.
- Gurney, King John, Launcelot Gobbo, The Merchant of Venice, Second Gravedigger, Hamlet, Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew, Autolycus, The Winter's Tale,all with the Stratford Memorial Theatre Company, Stratford-on-Avon, U.K., 1948.
- Benjamin Brownstein, The Golden Door, Philip Anagnos, The Gentle People,both Embassy Theatre, 1949.
- Augustus Colpoys, Trelawny of the Wells, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1952.
- Jimmie Thomson, Starched Aprons, Embassy Theatre, 1953.
- Fender, The Bespoke Overcoat, Arts Theatre, 1953, then Embassy Theatre, 1954.
- Emmett, The Silver Whistle, Duchess Theatre, 1956.
- Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof, Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 1968.
- Eccles, Caste, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1972.
- Cinderella (pantomime), Palladium Theatre, London, 1973.
- Jack and the Beanstalk (pantomime), Palladium Theatre, 1974.
- Also appeared in The World of Sholom Aleichem, Embassy Theatre, 1955; ThePunch Revue, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1955.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
- Johnny Frenchman, Ealing, 1945.
- Holiday Camp, Gainesborough, 1947.
- The Hasty Heart, Warner Brothers, 1949.
- Pool of London, Ealing, 1950.
- The Lavender Hill Mob, Ealing, 1951.
- A Kid for Two Farthings, Lopert, 1956.
- Make Me an Offer, Associated Artists, 1956.
- The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp, Associated Artists, 1956.
- A Tale of Two Cities, Rank, 1958.
- The Millionairess, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961.
- Help!, United Artists, 1965.
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, United Artists, 1966.
- Alfie, Paramount, 1966.
- The Fearless Vampire Killers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1967.
- Up the Junction, Paramount, 1968.
- The Fixer, MGM, 1968.
- A Challenge for Robin Hood, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969.
- The Revenge of the Pink Panther, United Artists, 1978.
- Death on the Nile, Paramount, 1978.
- Moonraker, United Artists, 1979.
- Dick Turpin, RKO, 1980 (unreleased).
- Also appeared in The Monkey's Paw, 1949; The Galloping Major, 1950; Brandy for the Parson, 1954; Svengali, 1955; A Child in the House, 1957; The NightMy Number Came Up, 1959; I Only Arsked, 1959; The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, 1962; It Always Rains on Sunday, 1968; The Bespoke Overcoat, 1969; HighRise Donkey, 1978.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
- Bootsie and Snudge.
- Till Death Us Do Part.
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Credits; MOVIES
- Danger UXB.
- Star Maidens.
- Our Mutual Friend.
- Robin Hood.
- The Army Game.
- You Are Being Served.
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