Derek Francis

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Derek Francis
Born	7 November 1923(1923-11-07) Brighton, England
Died	27 March 1984(1984-03-27) (aged 60) London, England
Occupation	Actor

Derek Francis (born 7 November 1923 in Brighton - died 27 March 1984 in Wimbledon, London) was an English comedy and character actor.

He was a regular in the Carry On film players, appearing in six of the films in the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in Roger Corman's last film of his Edgar Allan Poe series The Tomb of Ligeia (1964). He also took roles in several BBC adaptations of Charles Dickens novels. His last role was in the 1984 version of A Christmas Carol.

Other roles included parts in the most established television series of the period: Rising Damp, The Professionals, The Sweeney, The New Avengers, Danger Man, Jason King, Up Pompeii!, Wild, Wild Women, Coronation Street, and Z-Cars. He also appeared as the Emperor Nero, a comic turn in the early Doctor Who story entitled The Romans opposite William Hartnell.

Among his stage roles was the title character in Cymbeline for the Old Vic in 1957.

He died of a heart attack in Wimbledon, London.

Selected filmography

• The Criminal (1960)
• No Love for Johnnie (1961)
• Two Living, One Dead (1961)
• Captain Clegg (1962)
• Bitter Harvest (1963)
• The Hi-Jackers (1963)
• Smokescreen (1964)
• Ring of Spies (1964)
• The Comedy Man (1964)
• The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
• The Little Ones (1965)
• Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966)
• Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
• The Forsyte Saga (1967)
• Carry On Doctor (1967)
• What's Good for the Goose (1969)
• Carry On Camping (1969)
• Crossplot (1969)
• Carry On Loving (1970)
• Scrooge (1970)
• The Statue (1971)
• Carry On Henry (1971)
• Carry On Matron (1972)
• To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
• Dickens of London (1976)
• Jabberwocky (1977)

References

External links

• Derek Francis at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Francis, Derek
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Date of birth	7 November 1923
Place of birth	Brighton, England
Date of death	27 March 1984
Place of death	London, England