Ken Parry

Born: 1930-06-20

Kenneth Parry (20 June 1930 – 5 December 2007) was an English actor, born in Wigan, Lancashire. Bald, portly and cherubic, Parry portrayed mainly comic character parts in a number of films, but was more prolific on television, in such series as The Army Game, The Avengers, The Baron, The Newcomers, Dixon of Dock Green, Nearest and Dearest, Love Thy Neighbour, Z-Cars, The Sweeney, Coronation Street, Hazell and Children's Ward


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Come Play with Me

as Podsnap
Released: 1977-04-28

Two alluring young ladies live with their beautiful widowed aunt on a secluded wooded estate....

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The Taming of the Shrew

as Tailor
Released: 1967-03-08

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives...

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Hawk the Slayer

as Thomas
Released: 1980-08-27

Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent...

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Start the Revolution Without Me

as Dr. Boileau
Released: 1970-02-04

Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre...

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Lisztomania

as Rossini
Released: 1975-10-10

In the 19th century, Romantic composer/pianist Franz Liszt tries to end his hedonistic ways but...

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The Rainbow Thief

as Snow
Released: 1994-01-19

A petty crook, in search of the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, hopes to cash...

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Otley

as Businessman
Released: 1969-03-11

A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.

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Spring and Port Wine

as Pawnbroker
Released: 1970-10-02

A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's...

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Bequest to the Nation

as Victory's Cook (uncredited)
Released: 1973-04-18

Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord...

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Just for Fun

as Lift Attendant
Released: 1963-02-01

When the government cuts the quota of musical programs permitted on television, teenagers Mark...

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The Crazy Kill

as Taxi Driver
Released: 1975-02-25

A doctor and his wife are held hostage in their country home by an escaped convict and his...

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That's Your Funeral

as Railway Porter
Released: 1972-12-01

Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.

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Ice Age

as Fat Man
Released: 1978-05-17

' You should have thrown the hand-grenade.' ' I've still got it!' An unexpected stranger...

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A Hole Lot of Trouble

as Charles
Released: 1971-01-31

Three workmen assigned to dig a hole in a road for an electrical cable run into problems with...

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Time in Advance

as Ballaskia
Released: 1965-11-01

The future. Criminals serve prison sentences before they commit their crimes. Prisons are on new...

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The Frankie Howerd Show

as Self
Released: 1968-09-25

A one off Frankie Howerd Special

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The Sweeney

as Fat Eric
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

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The Young Ones

as Major Domo
First aired: 1982-11-09

The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the...

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Van der Valk

as Sartorius
First aired: 1972-09-13

Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV...

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Love Thy Neighbour

as Cyril
First aired: 1972-04-13

Love Thy Neighbour is a British sitcom, which was transmitted from 13 April 1972 until 22...

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Filthy Rich & Catflap

as Spurty
First aired: 1987-01-07

Richie causes trouble in his pursuit of TV fame with Eddie, his alcoholic minder, and Filthy,...

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Oliver Twist

as Board Man
First aired: 1999-11-28

Oliver Twist is a 1999 television mini-series produced by ITV based on the book Oliver Twist by...

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Classic Ghost Stories

as Judge (uncredited)
First aired: 1986-12-25

Five partially-dramatized readings of classic M.R. James ghost stories by actor Robert Powell....

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