Norman Rossington Biography (1928-1999)
Born December 24, 1928, in England, UK; died of cancer, May 21, 1999, in Manchester, England, UK. Career: Actor. Member: Shakespeare Recording Company.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor
- Birth Details
- December 24, 1928
- England
- Death Details
- May 21, 1999
- Manchester, England
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Appearances
- Boy Lover, Three Men in a Boat, 1956
- Arthur, Keep It Clean, 1956
- Barrow Boy, Stranger's Meeting, 1957
- Herbert Brown, Carry On Sergeant, 1958
- Norm, Carry On Nurse, 1958
- Steerage Steward, A Night to Remember, 1958
- Bert, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Continental Distributing,1960
- Referee, Carry On Regardless, 1961
- Pvt. Clough, The Longest Day, 1962
- Corporal Jenkins, Lawrence of Arabia, Columbia, 1962
- Alfie, Go to Blazes, 1962
- Bert, Crooks Anonymous, 1962
- Nurse on Wheels (also known as Carry On, Nurse On Wheels, and What a Carry On: Nurse On Wheels [released in UK in 1994]), 1963
- Theodore, The Comedy Man, 1963
- Daylight Robbery, 1964
- Norm, A Hard Day's Night, United Artists, 1964
- Royal Army Corporal, Joey Boy, 1965
- Driver, Cup Fever, 1965
- Asst. Fire Chief, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (also known as Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines), FOX, 1965
- First Rough, The Wrong Box, Columbia, 1966
- Alfie, Tobruk, 1967
- Arthur Babcock, Double Trouble, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
- Auctioneer, Negatives, Continental Distributing, 1968
- Corbett, The Charge of the Light Brigade, United Artists, 1968
- Phil, Two Gentlemen Sharing, American International Pictures, 1969
- Albert, The Engagement, 1970
- Guide, The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, Warner Bros., 1970
- Fireman, Simon Simon, 1970
- Papilette, The Adventures of Gerard (also known as Adventures of Brigadier Gerard), United Artists, 1970
- Ferris, Man in the Wilderness, 1971
- Jack Foster, Go for a Take (also known as Double Take), 1972
- Detective Sergeant Rogers, Deathline (also known as Raw Meat), 1972
- Dewsnap, Young Winston, Columbia, 1972
- Tom, Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World, Prism Entertainment, 1973
- Bruno, The Prisoner of Zenda, Universal, 1979
- Rhubarb Rhubarb, 1980
- Station master, House of the Long Shadows (also known as Houseof Long Shadows), 1983
- Shopkeeper, The Krays, Miramax, 1990
- Postman, Let Him Have It, 1991
- Himself, The Making of "A Hard Day's Night', 1995
- Television Appearances
- Movies
- Carry On Christmas: Carry On Stuffing, 1972
- Master-at-Arms: T. King, S.O.S. Titanic, ABC, 1979
- Horatio Havercamp, Sharpe's Regiment, 1996
- Miniseries
- Lorenzo, Casanova, syndicated, 1971
- Sergeant, I, Claudius, 1976
- Maro, Masada, ABC, 1981
- Specials
- Collins Meets Coward, Arts & Entertainment, 1992
- Episodic
- Pte. "Cupcake" Cook, The Army Game, Grenada-TV, 1957
- Cupcake Cook, I Only Arsked, 1958
- The Big Noise, 1964
- Norman, Curry & Chips, LWT, 1969
- Roads to Freedom, BBC-2, 1970
- His and Hers, 1970
- Samuel Baker, Search For the Nile, NBC, 1972
- Jack Foster, "Lost Dog", Hunter's Walk, ATV, 1973
- Det. Chief Constable Goddard, "Set Up", Target, BBC-1, 1977
- PC Goatman, Spooner's Patch, 1979
- Pop, And the Beat Goes On, 1996
- Series
- Big Jim, Big Jim and the Figaro Club, BBC-2, 1979
- Stage Appearances
- Appeared as Feste, in Twelfth Night; and as Touchstone, in As You Like It; also appeared in the London West End stage hit Beauty andthe Beast. *