I CARAVANS
The company which supplied the caravans used in Behind.
CIGARETTE GIRL
Played by Jill Mai Meredith
Employed at the Café Mozart in Vienna, the Cigarette Girl is seen in Spying, taking a secret message concerning a rendezvous, which is concealed in a cigarette, from the Fat Man to Milchmann. But a mix-up sees Simkins take the cigarette instead.
CITIZENS
Played by Tom Gill, Frank Forsyth, Anthony Sagar, Eric Corrie and John Antrobus
The group of men is seen in Constable, complaining in the police station about various issues.
CITY GENT ON TUBE
Played by Michael Nightingale
You have to feel sorry for this guy, who’s seen in Girls standing reading his paper on his way to work. He’s just minding his own business when Paula Perkins, standing next to him, notices a photo of her fiancé, Peter Potter, on the front of the paper, showing her beloved apparently cavorting with some of the beauty contestants down in Fircombe, an event he’s been asked to promote. Paula makes a comment and the rest of the commuters turn to the City Gent in disgust, thinking he’s guilty of something improper towards Paula.
CLARK, CAPTAIN
Played by Hattie Jacques
Seen in Sergeant, the doctor is based at Heathercrest National Service Depot. Her patience is severely tested by the arrival of Horace Strong, the world’s worst hypochondriac. When she can take no more, she refers him to a team of specialists who examine every inch of his body, and in doing so help him realise that he’s actually in love.
CLARKE, NURSE
Played by Anita Harris
In Doctor, Nurse Clarke is a member of Borough County Hospital’s efficient nursing staff, and just one of the many admirers of Dr Kilmore.
CLARKE, RONALD
Role: 6th Storeman in Sergeant
Ronald Clarke’s other appearances include several roles over the years in Dixon of Dock Green, Gazette and The Gold Robbers. His film credits range from The Battle of the River Plate and Hell Drivers to Up the Junction and The Mackintosh Man.
CLEANER
Played by an uncredited actor
Seen briefly in Regardless, the cleaner at Helping Hands knocks the job allocation cards onto the floor causing chaos when the assignments are dished out the following day.
CLEGG, TERRY
Location Manager on Follow That Camel and Assistant Director on Doctor
Sheffield-born Terry Clegg worked as location manager on A Clockwork Orange and The Mackintosh Man, while as assistant director he’s worked on television series like The Saint and, among others, the films Lucky Lady and Circle of Friends. As a production manager and executive in charge of production his list of credits include A Bridge Too Far, The Elephant Man, Gandhi, Shadowlands and Yaadein. More recently he worked as producer on such films as Cry Freedom, Gorillas in the Mist and Breathtaking.
CLEGG, TOM
Roles: Massive Micky McGee in Regardless, Doorman in Spying, Sosages in Cleo, Blacksmith in Cowboy, Odbodd in Screaming! and Trainer in Loving
A stuntman and bit-part actor, Tom Clegg’s other credits include jobs in television shows Quatermass II and The Sweeney, as well as films like The Fake, The Extra Day and Raising the Wind. He was employed as a stuntman on numerous productions, including the films Ivanhoe and Thunderball.
CLEO, CARRY ON
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CLEOPATRA
Played by Amanda Barrie
Ruler of Egypt, the Queen of the Nile bathes in milk all day, making many men’s hearts flutter, especially Mark Antony’s in Cleo. She plots with Antony to topple Caesar but it takes several attempts before they finally see the back of Caesar and the blossoming of their relationship.
CLEOPATRA
The donkey who’s led into the lounge of the Palace Hotel in Fircombe. Seen in Girls, the animal is used to promote the beauty contest being held in the town; Peter Potter, a friend of Sidney Fiddler, who’s tasked with organising publicity for the event plans to photograph the girls with the donkey, using the promotional line, ‘Beauty and the Beast’. The donkey does little to ingratiate himself with hotel owner Connie Philpotts when it excretes all over the floor.
CLERK
Played by Ian Wilson
In Cabby the Clerk works at Stevens and Son, a printing firm. He speaks to Charlie Hawkins when he enters the office wanting some leaflets printed.
CLERK
Played by Lionel Murton
In Cowboy the Clerk works on the reception desk at Washington and briefly interviews the drainage, sanitation and garbage engineer Marshall P. Knutt when he arrives on the scene job-hunting. He soon wishes he hadn’t set eyes on the accident-prone Mr Knutt, though, when Knutt gets his plunger stuck on the clerk’s desk and ends up ripping the wooden top off.
CLIFF
Played by Jack Taylor
In Constable, Cliff is one of the robbers involved in the wages snatch.
CLIFTON, PHILIP
Role: Injured Footballer in Emmannuelle
Other television work saw Philip Clifton appearing in an episode of the Australian series, Delta, in 1970.
CLIFTON, ZENA
Roles: Au Pair Girl in Matron and Susan Clifton in Girls
As well as acting, Zena Clifton made a living as a dancer on many of Britain’s top television shows, such as Sez Les and The Benny Hill Show.
CLIFFORD, PEGGY ANN
Role: Willa Claudia in Cleo
Born in Bournemouth in 1919, Peggy Ann Clifford worked in rep before establishing herself as a supporting actress, normally cast as a jolly character on film and television. She was particularly busy during the 1950s, and appeared in many films, including Kind Hearts and Coronets, Man of the Moment, Brothers in Law, Doctor at Large and Under Milk Wood.
On television she was seen in, among others, Hancock’s Half Hour, Fawlty Towers, Man About the House, Bless This House, Dawson’s Weekly, George and Mildred, Are You Being Served? and Hi-de-Hi!.
She once sold a block of flats in Fulham in order to buy a grocery shop in Chelsea, which she ran for three years while not acting. She died in 1984, aged sixty-five.
CLIVE
Played by Larry Dann
A student from the University of Kidburn’s archaeological department who helps Professor Crump at the dig. While staying at the Riverside Caravan Site in Behind, next-door to where they are digging, Clive and his mate get friendly with two campers, Carol and Sandra.
CLIVE, JOHN
Roles: Robin Tweet in Abroad and Isaak the Tailor in Dick. (Note: also cast as the Dandy in Henry but scene cut.)
Born in 1938, Londoner John Clive began acting in rep as a child, appearing in plays like The Winslow Boy and Life with Father. His break arrived while working as a pageboy at