Bill Fraser
Acting
Born June 5, 1908, Perth, Scotland, UK
William Simpson Fraser was a Scottish actor known for his roles in television and film from 1938 to 1987, particularly for his character Snudge in the sitcoms "The Army Game" and "Bootsie and Snudge". He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance in 1986 for his role in the play "When We Are Married".
Filmography
- 1987Little Dorrit — Mr. Casby
- The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole — Bert Baxter
- 1985Christmas Present — Sir Percy
- Cover Her Face — Sir Reynold Price
- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ — Bert Baxter
- 1984Puccini — Fucini, the Lawyer
- 1981Eye of the Needle — Mr. Porter
- K-9 and Company
- 1981K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend — Commander Bill Pollock
- 1980Doctor Who: Meglos — General Grugger
- Flesh and Blood — Henry Brassington
- 1980Rhubarb Rhubarb — Golf Club Secretary
- 1979Comedians — Eddie Waters
- 1979The Corn Is Green — The Squire
- Strangers — Aristotle Carmos
- The Professionals — Col. Summerville
- 1976Clay, Smeddum and Greenden — Murdoch
- 1976The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War — Indalecjo Prieto
- Rumpole of the Bailey — Judge Roger 'The Mad Bull' Bullingham
- 1975The Amorous Milkman — Gerald Jones
- 1975The Apple Cart — Boanerges
- 1974All Good Men
- 1974Dead Cert — Uncle George
- 1974Intent to Murder — Arthur Henderson
- 1974Moments — Mr. Fleming
- Black and Blue — N.J.
- 1973Love Thy Neighbour — Mr. Granger
- 1973The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family — NJ
- Whoops Baghdad — Wizard Prang, Caliph
- 1972That's Your Funeral — Basil Bulstrode
- The Train Now Standing — Hedley Green
- 1972Up the Chastity Belt — Sir Braggart de Bombast
- 1972Up the Front — Sergeant Major Groping
- 1971Up Pompeii — Prosperus Maximus
- 1970All the Way Up — Arnold Makepeace
- Play for Today — Edward Waite
- That's Your Funeral
- The Goodies — Army Sergeant
- 1970Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town — Mr John Wilton
- 1969Captain Nemo and the Underwater City — Barnaby Bath
- 1969Pickwick — Serjeant Buzzfuzz
- 1969The Best House in London — Inspector MacPherson
- 1968Diamonds for Breakfast — Bookseller
- 1968Funeral Games — McCorquodale
- Ooh La La! — Pochet
- Tom Grattan's War — Sergeant Major – Uncle Wally
- ITV Playhouse — McCorquodale
- David Copperfield — Wilkins Micawber
- Till Death Us Do Part — Mr Williams
- BBC Play of the Month — Boanerges
- 1965I've Gotta Horse — Mr. Bartholemew
- 1965Joey Boy — Sergeant Major Dobbs
- Londoners — Henry Firth
- 1965Masquerade — Leslie Dunwoody
- Six Shades of Black — Sir Charles Trotter
- The Troubleshooters — Hotel Manager
- 1964A Home of Your Own — The Shop Steward
- Foreign Affairs
- 1964The Americanization of Emily — Port Commander
- The Wednesday Play — Lt. Col. Svinin, Josh
- Theatre 625 — The Nabob
- Doctor Who — General Grugger
- 1963What a Crazy World — J. Mulligan
- 1962The Fast Lady — Golfer (uncredited)
- Bootsie and Snudge — Claude Snudge
- 1960Doctor in Love — Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1959The Man Who Liked Funerals — Jeremy Bentham
- 1958A Clean Sweep — Bookmaker
- 1958Another Time, Another Place — R.E. Sergeant
- 1958Davy — Man at Bar (uncredited)
- 1957Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 — Inspector Collins / Police Sergeant
- 1957Just My Luck — Mr. Powell (uncredited)
- 1957Second Fiddle — Nixon
- The Army Game — Sergeant Major Claude Snudge
- 1956Charley Moon — Marber
- Hancock's Half Hour
- 1955Alias John Preston — Joe Newton
- And So To Bentley
- 1954Duel in the Jungle — Smith, Hotel Clerk
- 1954Orders Are Orders — Pvt. Slee
- 1954The Barefoot Contessa — J. Montague Brown
- 1953Meet Mr. Lucifer — Band Leader
- 1953The Captain's Paradise — Absalom (taxi driver)
- 1953Time Bomb — Constable J. Reed
- 1952Lady in the Fog — Sales Manager
- 1952Meet Me Tonight — Bert Bentley (segment "Red Peppers")
- 1949Forbidden — Railway Porter (uncredited)
- 1949Helter Skelter — Oliver Cromwell
- 1941East of Piccadilly — Maxie
- 1941The Common Touch — Harris
Appearances as themselves (1)
- The World of Hammer — Self (archive footage)