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. *

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