Entertainment/Carry On Films
NOTE: This list excludes the compilation film “That’s Carry On” (1977) so the numbers given here may not agree with other sources.
(The number in brackets after each actor is the running total of the number of Carry On films he or she had appeared in at that point)
Carry On Sergeant (1958) (#1)
James Bailey Kenneth Williams (#1)
Horace Strong Kenneth Connor (#1)
Peter Golightly Charles Hawtrey (#1)
Medical Officer Clark Hattie Jacques (#1)
Mary Sage Shirley Eaton (#1)
Miles Haywood Terence Longdon (#1)
Corporal Copping Bill Owen (#1)
Sergeant O'Brien Terry Scott (#1)
Captain Potts Eric Barker (#1)
Charlie Sage Bob Monkhouse
Sergeant Grimshawe William Hartnell
Nora Dora Bryan
The first in the series which introduces several of the regulars (Williams, Hawtrey, Connor and Jacques) but stars Bob Monkhouse as a newly married recruit on National Service desperate to consummate his marriage to Shirley Eaton. The other plot-line concerns future Dr Who William Hartnell as soon to retire drill sergeant lumbered with trying to get a motley set of recruits to become the champion platoon after making a bet with a fellow sergeant (played by Terry Scott).
Directed by: Gerald Thomas (he directed all the Carry On films)
Carry On Nurse (1959) (#2)
Oliver Reckitt Kenneth Williams (#2)
Bernie Bishop Kenneth Connor (#2)
Mr Hinton Charles Hawtrey (#2)
Matron Hattie Jacques (#2)
Percy Hickson Bill Owen (#2)
Dorothy Denton Shirley Eaton (#2)
Ted York Terence Longdon (#2)
Stella Dawson Joan Sims (#1)
Jack “Ding Dong” Bell Leslie Phillips (#1)
Sister Joan Hickson (#1)
Meg June Whitfield (#1)
The second in the series takes place in a place which would become familiar to Carry On fans – a hospital ward. A romantic plot between a nurse and a patient (Eaton and Longdon) takes a back seat behind Hattie Jacques’ first turn as an authoritarian matron and a cast of patients reflecting a stereotypical 1950s class system. The “flower in the bum” method for taking a temperature gets an outing.
Carry On Teacher (1959) (#3)
Edwin Milton Kenneth Williams (#3)
Gregory Adams Kenneth Connor (#3)
Michael Bean Charles Hawtrey (#3)
Grace Short Hattie Jacques (#3)
Sarah Allcock Joan Sims (#2)
Alistair Grigg Leslie Phillips (#2)
William Wakefield Ted Ray
Education comes to centre stage after the army and the health service in this story about an acting headmaster (Ray) hoping to get a job as head at a new school. Not wanting him to leave the pupils try to sabotage a school inspection and prize-giving.
Carry on Constable (1960) (#4)
Constable Stanley Benson Kenneth Williams (#4)
Constable Charlie Constable Kenneth Connor (#4)
Special Constable Timothy Gorse Charles Hawtrey (#4)
Sergeant Laura Moon Hattie Jacques (#4)
WPC Gloria Passworthy Joan Sims (#3)
Sally Berry Shirley Eaton (#3)
Constable Tom Potter Leslie Phillips (#3)
Herbert Hall Terence Longdon (#3)
Mrs May Joan Hickson (#2)
Inspector Mills Eric Barker (#2)
Sergeant Frank Wilkins Sid James (#1)
Sid James makes his first appearance as a sergeant lumbered with 4 raw trainee constables during a flu epidemic.
Carry On Regardless (1961) (#5)
Francis Courtenay Kenneth Williams (#5)
Sam Twist Kenneth Connor (#5)
Gabriel Dimple Charles Hawtrey (#5)
Sister Hattie Jacques (#5)
Lily Duveen Joan Sims (#4)
Montgomery Infield-Hopping Terence Longdon (#4)
Matron Joan Hickson (#3)
Mike Weston Bill Owen (#3)
Bert Handy Sid James (#2)
Delia King Liz Fraser (#1)
Penny Panting Fenella Fielding (#1)
Girl at toy exhibition Sally Geeson (#1) (uncredited)
The employees of the Helping Hands agency get into a series of scrapes as they do their allotted tasks. It is similar to “Constable” in its plot construction.
Carry On Cruising (1962) (#6)
First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks Kenneth Williams (#6)
Dr Arthur Binn Kenneth Connor (#6)
Captain Wellington Crowther Sid James (#3)
Glad Trimble Liz Fraser (#2)
Flo Castle Dilys Laye (#1)
Wilfred Haynes Lance Percival
Carry On number 6 was the first to be filmed in colour (although the later releases Cabby and Spying are in black & white).
Once again Sid James’ character finds himself having to cope with a group of inexperienced officers, this time on a cruise ship, the SS “Happy Wanderer”. Lance Percival plays the ship’s cook who bakes an “international” multi-flavoured cake (ingredients include chop suey, Bombay duck, spaghetti and prunes) for a 10th anniversary party to remind the captain of all the places he’s been.
Directed by: Gerald Thomas
Carry On Cabby (1963) (#7)
Ted Watson Kenneth Connor (#7)
Terry "Pintpot" Tankard Charles Hawtrey (#6)
Peggy Hawkins Hattie Jacques (#6)
Charlie Hawkins Sid James (#4)
Smiley Sims Bill Owen (#4)
Sally Liz Fraser (#3)
Expectant father Jim Dale (#1)
Anthea Amanda Barrie (#1)
Dancy Peter Gilmore (#1)
Neglected wife Peggy sets up GlamCabs as a rival to her husband’s Speedy Cabs and staffs it with glamorous female drivers.
Carry On Jack (1963) (#8)
Captain Fearless Kenneth Williams (#7)
Walter Sweetley Charles Hawtrey (#7)
Carrier Jim Dale (#2)
Patch Peter Gilmore (#2)
Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker Bernard Cribbins (#1)
Sally Juliet Mills
The first “historical” Carry On.
Sally is looking for her boyfriend Roger and so she steals Albert’s uniform and boards the frigate “HMS Venus” in his place. Mutiny and a run-in with the Spanish ensue. Only a couple of the regulars make an appearance.
Carry On Spying (1964) (#9)
Desmond Simkins Kenneth Williams (#8)
Charlie Bind Charles Hawtrey (#8)
Carstairs Jim Dale (#3)
The Chief Eric Barker (#3)
Harold Crump Bernard Cribbins (#2)
Lila Dilys Laye (#2)
Daphne Honeybutt Barbara Windsor (#1)
Barbara Windsor makes her first appearance.
Secret agents battle against the evil STENCH (Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans) in this Bond spoof.
Carry On Cleo (1964) (#10)
Julius Caesar Kenneth Williams (#9)
Seneca Charles Hawtrey (#9)
Hengist Pod Kenneth Connor (#8)
Calpurnia Joan Sims (#5)
Mark Anthony Sid James (#5)
Horsa Jim Dale (#4)
Galley Master Peter Gilmore (#3)
Cleopatra Amanda Barrie (#2)
Soothsayer Jon Pertwee (#1)
A classic Carry On which used the discarded sets from the big-budget Taylor and Burton “Cleopatra”.
Mark Anthony falls for Cleopatra and decides to do away with Caesar. Meanwhile Briton Hengist Pod accidentally becomes part of Caesar’s bodyguard and thwarts “Tony’s” plans with the help of the real hero Horsa.
Includes the line “Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it infamy”.
Carry On Cowboy (1965) (#11)
Judge Burk Kenneth Williams (#10)
Big Heap Charles Hawtrey (#10)
Belle Joan Sims (#6)
The Rumpo Kid Sid James (#6)
Marshal P Knutt Jim Dale (#5)
Curly Peter Gilmore (#4)
Sheriff Albert Earp Jon Pertwee (#2)
Little Heap Bernard Bresslaw (#1)
Annie Oakley Angela Douglas (#1)
Doc Peter Butterworth (#1)
Miss Jones Margaret Nolan (#1)
After being mistaken for a US Marshal, “sanitation engineer” Marshal P Knutt is helped to clean up Stodge City by Annie Oakley.
Carry On Screaming! (1966) (#12)
Doctor Orlando Watt Kenneth Williams (#11)
Dan Dann Charles Hawtrey (#11)
Emily Bung Joan Sims (#7)
Albert Potter Jim Dale (#6)
Doctor Fettle Jon Pertwee (#3)
Sockett Bernard Bresslaw (#2)
Detective Constable Slobotham Peter Butterworth (#2)
Doris Mann Angela Douglas (#2)
Valeria Watt Fenella Fielding (#2)
Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung Harry H Corbett
In a classic spoof of the Hammer Horror genre, Dectective Bung investigates a case of girls being turned into wax mannequins. His enquiries lead him to the house of Doctor Watt and his sister Valeria.
Carry On Don't Lose Your Head (1966) (#13)
Citizen Camembert Kenneth Williams (#12)
Duke de Pommefrites Charles Hawtrey (#12)
Desiree Dubarry Joan Sims (#8)
Sir Rodney Ffing/The Black Fingernail Sid James (#7)
Lord Darcy de Pue Jim Dale (#7)
Citizen Robespierre Peter Gilmore (#5)
Citizen Bidet Peter Butterworth (#3)
The Scarlet Pimpernel meets Carry On as The Black Fingernail repeatedly outsmarts Citizen Camembert, the “Big Cheese” of the French secret police.
Carry On Follow That Camel (1967) (#14)
Commandant Burger Kenneth Williams (#13)
Captain Le Pice Charles Hawtrey (#13)
Zig-Zig Joan Sims (#9)
Bertram Oliphant "Bo" West Jim Dale (#8)
Captain Bagshaw Peter Gilmore (#6)
Simpson Peter Butterworth (#4)
Lady Jane Ponsonby Angela Douglas (#3)
Sheikh Abdul Abulbul Bernard Bresslaw (#3)
Corktip Anita Harris (#1)
Sergeant Ernie Knocker Phil Silvers
A guest appearance from American Phil Silvers in his Sergeant Bilko persona marks an attempt to break into the US market.
The Foreign Legion defend Fort Zuassantneuf against the Riffs.
Carry On Doctor (1967) (#15)
Doctor Kenneth Tinkle Kenneth Williams (#14)
Mr Barron Charles Hawtrey (#14)
Chloe Gibson Joan Sims (#10)
Doctor Jim Kilmore Jim Dale (#9)
Charlie Roper Sid James (#8)
Matron Hattie Jacques (#7)
Henry Peter Gilmore (#7)
Mr Smith Peter Butterworth (#5)
Ken Biddle Bernard Bresslaw (#4)
Nurse Sandra May Barbara Windsor (#2)
Nurse Clarke Anita Harris (#2)
Mavis Winkle Dilys Laye (#2)
Francis Bigger Frankie Howerd (#1)
Chaplain Peter Jones (#1)
Whilst accident-prone Dr Kilmore pursues Nurse Clarke, Matron is pining for Dr Tinkle, who is also fancied by Nurse May. Meanwhile, faith healer Francis Bigger just can’t heal himself. As in “Carry On Nurse”, there is also a patient mutiny.
Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968) (#16)
Randi Lal, the Khasi of Kalabar Kenneth Williams (#15)
Private James Widdle Charles Hawtrey (#15)
Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond Joan Sims (#11)
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond Sid James (#9)
Private Ginger Hale Peter Gilmore (#8)
Brother Belcher Peter Butterworth (#6)
Bunghit Din Bernard Bresslaw (#5)
Princess Jelhi Angela Douglas (#4)
Sergeant Major MacNutt Terry Scott (#2)
Captain Keene Roy Castle
The local Burpa tribe refuse to attack the kilted Third Foot and Mouth or “the devils in skirts” because they are known to have eschewed underpants. So when an incriminating photograph comes into the possession of the Khasi of Kalabar he sees this as an opportunity to overthrow British rule in Northern India. The film climaxes with the classic attack on the British residency during a banquet.
The Khyber Pass scenes were filmed in North Wales.
Carry On Camping (1969) (#17)
Doctor Kenneth Soaper Kenneth Williams (#16)
Charlie Muggins Charles Hawtrey (#16)
Joan Fussey Joan Sims (#12)
Sid Boggle Sid James (#10)
Miss Haggard Hattie Jacques (#8)
Josh Fiddler Peter Butterworth (#7)
Bernie Lugg Bernard Bresslaw (#6)
Babs Barbara Windsor (#3)
Anthea Meeks Dilys Laye (#3)
Peter Potter Terry Scott (#3)
The one remembered for Barbara Windsor's bra flinging performance in the exercise scene.
Carry On Again Doctor (1969) (#18)
Doctor Frederick Carver Kenneth Williams (#17)
Doctor Ernest Stoppidge Charles Hawtrey (#17)
Ellen Moore Joan Sims (#13)
Gladstone Screwer Sid James (#11)
Doctor James Nookey Jim Dale (#10)
Matron Hattie Jacques (#9)
Henry Peter Gilmore (#9)
Patient Peter Butterworth (#8)
Goldie Locks Barbara Windsor (#4)
Miss Fosdick Patsy Rowlands (#1)
Dr Nookey discovered a remarkable slimming potion on a tropical island and returns to England to try and cash in on the discovery.
Carry On Up the Jungle (1970) (#19)
Walter Bagley/King Tonka Charles Hawtrey (#18)
Lady Evelyn Bagley Joan Sims (#14)
Bill Boosey Sid James (#12)
Claude Chumley Kenneth Connor (#9)
Upsidasi Bernard Bresslaw (#7)
Ug the Jungle Boy/Cecil Bagley Terry Scott (#4)
Professor Inigo Tinkle Frankie Howerd (#2)
June Jacki Piper (#1)
In a spoof of the Tarzan story, Lady Bagley’s expedition to find her missing husband and son joins up with Professor Tinkle who looking for an oozlum bird.
Carry On Loving (1970) (#20)
James Bedsop Charles Hawtrey (#19)
Percival Snooper Kenneth Williams (#18)
Esme Crowfoot Joan Sims (#15)
Sidney Bliss Sid James (#13)
Sophie Bliss Hattie Jacques (#10)
Sinister client Peter Butterworth (#9)
Gripper Burke Bernard Bresslaw (#8)
Terry Philpott Terry Scott (#5)
Mrs Grubb Joan Hickson (#4)
Patsy Rowlands Miss Dempsey (#2)
Sally Martin Jacki Piper (#2)
Mr Dreery Bill Maynard (#1)
Bertrum Muffet Richard O’Callaghan (#1)
In a return to the more episodic nature of some of the early Carry On films, this one follows the various couples matched up by the Wedded Bliss computer dating agency, although in fact no computer is involved.
Carry On Henry (1971) (#21)
Sir Roger de Lodgerley Charles Hawtrey (#20)
Thomas Cromwell Kenneth Williams (#19)
Queen Marie of Normandy Joan Sims (#16)
King Henry VIII Sid James (#14)
Lord Hampton of Wick Kenneth Connor (#10)
Francis, King of France Peter Gilmore (#10)
Charles, Earl of Essex Peter Butterworth (#10)
Cardinal Wolsey Terry Scott (#6)
Bettina Barbara Windsor (#5)
Queen Patsy Rowlands (#3)
Guy Fawkes Bill Maynard (#2)
Buxom lass Margaret Nolan (#2)
Another un-historical epic reveals that Henry VIII had a couple of more wives (Marie of Normandy and Bettina). Sid James makes a convincing monarch.
Carry On at Your Convenience (1971) (#22)
Charles Coote Charles Hawtrey (#21)
WC Boggs Kenneth Williams (#20)
Chloe Moore Joan Sims (#17)
Sid Plummer Sid James ((#15)
Beattie Plummer Hattie Jacques (#11)
Hortence Withering Patsy Rowlands (#4)
Fred Moore Bill Maynard (#3)
Myrtle Plummer Jacki Piper (#3)
Popsy Margaret Nolan (#3)
Lewis Boggs Richard O’Callaghan (#2)
Vic Spanner Kenneth Cope (#1)
The love between the boss’s son and the foreman’s daughter provides the sub-plot to this unsurprisingly heavy-handed take on the problems facing British industry in the early 1970s. The annual factory outing to the seaside provides a means of bringing workers and management together in more ways than one.
Carry On Matron (1972) (#23)
Doctor Francis A Goode Charles Hawtrey (#22)
Sir Bernard Cutting Kenneth Williams (#21)
Mrs Tidey Joan Sims (#18)
Sid Carter Sid James (#16)
Matron Hattie Jacques (#12)
Mr Tidey Kenneth Connor (#11)
Ernie Bragg Bernard Bresslaw (#10)
Nurse Susan Ball Barbara Windsor (#6)
Doctor Prod Terry Scott (#7)
Evelyn Banks Patsy Rowlands (#5)
Freddy Bill Maynard (#4)
Sister Jacki Piper (#4)
Mrs Tucker Margaret Nolan (#4)
Cyril Carter Kenneth Cope (#2)
Twitching father Jack Douglas (#1)
Although set in a hospital the plot revolves around a crime caper aimed at stealing contraceptive pills. It also involves Cope dressing in drag as a nurse.
Carry On Abroad (1972) (#24)
Eustace Tuttle Charles Hawtrey (#23)
Stuart Farquhar Kenneth Williams (#22)
Cora Flange Joan Sims (#19)
Vic Flange Sid James (#17)
Floella Hattie Jacques (#13)
Stanley Blunt Kenneth Connor (#12)
Pepe Peter Butterworth (#11)
Brother Bernard Bernard Bresslaw (#11)
Sadie Tomkins Barbara Windsor (#7)
Miss Dobbs Patsy Rowlands (#6)
Harry Jack Douglas (#2)
Lily Sally Geeson (#2)
Evelyn Blunt June Whitfield (#2)
Marge Carol Hawkins (#1)
This is the last time all the regular cast members (Hawtrey, Williams, Sims, James, Jacques and Connor) are in the same film together.
The cast head for the sun on the island of Els Bels in this take on Brits abroad only to find that their hotel is half-finished. The beach scenes were filmed in Carpark #2 at Pinewood.
Carry On Girls (1973) (#25)
Connie Philpotts Joan Sims (#20)
Sidney Fiddler Sid James (#18)
Mayor Frederick Bumble Kenneth Connor (#13)
Admiral Peter Butterworth (#12)
Peter Potter Bernard Bresslaw (#12)
Hope Springs Barbara Windsor (#8)
Mildred Bumble Patsy Rowlands (#7)
Mrs Dukes Joan Hickson (#5)
Dawn Brakes Margaret Nolan (#5)
William Jack Douglas (#3)
Debra Sally Geeson (#3)
Augusta Prodworthy June Whitfield (#3)
The first Carry On not to feature either Williams or Hawtrey.
When Councillor Fiddler decides to hold a beauty contest to attract more tourists to the town of Fircombe he runs up against a feminist backlash led by Augusta Prodworthy. Scenes include a catfight amongst the contestants and Bernard Bresslaw in a dress.
Carry On Dick (1974) (#26)
Captain Desmond Fancey Kenneth Williams (#23)
Madame Desiree Joan Sims (#21)
The Reverend Flasher/Dick Turpin Sid James (#19)
Constable Kenneth Connor (#14)
Martha Hoggett Hattie Jacques (#14)
Tom Peter Butterworth (#13)
Sir Roger Daley Bernard Bresslaw (#13)
Harriett Barbara Windsor (#9)
Mrs Giles Patsy Rowlands (#8)
Lady Daley Margaret Nolan (#6)
Bodkin Bill Maynard (#5)
Sergeant Jock Strapp Jack Douglas (#4)
This was the final Carry On film for Sid James, Hattie Jacques and Barbara Windsor.
The Bow Street Runners tangle with Richard “Big Dick” Turpin not knowing he is also the local vicar.
Carry On Behind (1975) (#27)
Professor Roland Crump Kenneth Williams (#24)
Daphne Barnes Joan Sims (#22)
Major Leep Kenneth Connor (#15)
Henry Barnes Peter Butterworth (#14)
Arthur Upmore Bernard Bresslaw (#14)
Linda Upmore Patsy Rowlands (#9)
Ernie Bragg Jack Douglas (#5)
Sylvia Ramsden Liz Fraser (#4)
Sandra Carol Hawkins (#2)
Fred Ramsden Windsor Davies (#1)
Professor Anna Vrooshka Elke Sommer
Archaeologists Crump and Vrooshka carry out a dig on a caravan site.
Carry On England (1976) (#28)
Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe Joan Sims (#23)
Captain S Melly Kenneth Connor (#16)
Major Carstairs Peter Butterworth (#15)
Bombardier Ready Jack Douglas (#6)
Brigadier Peter Jones (#2)
Sergeant Major "Tiger" Bloomer Windsor Davies (#2)
Sergeant Len Able Patrick Mower
Sergeant Tilly Willing Judy Geeson
Set on a mixed anti-aircraft battery during WWII.
Carry On Emmannuelle (1978) (#29)
Emile Prevert Kenneth Williams (#25)
Mrs Dangle Joan Sims (#24)
Leyland Kenneth Connor (#17)
Richmond Peter Butterworth (#16)
Lyons Jack Douglas (#7)
Ancient General Eric Barker (#4)
Emmannuelle Prevert Suzanne Danielle
This spoof on the soft porn films of the era sounded the death knell for the franchise for the next 14 years.
Carry On Columbus (1992) (#30)
Christopher Columbus Jim Dale (#11)
Governor of the Canaries Peter Gilmore (#11)
Marco the Cereal Killer Jack Douglas (#8)
Queen Isabella June Whitfield (#4)
Mordecai Mendoza Bernard Cribbins (#3)
King Ferdinand Leslie Phillips (#4)
Duke of Costa Brava Jon Pertwee (#4)
The Sultan Rik Mayall
Fatima Sara Crowe
Don Juan Diego Julian Clary
Pepi the Poisoner Keith Allen
The revival starred a few of the survivors of the original series plus the best of the 1990 comedy scene but didn’t really capture the essence of Carry On.
Supporting Cast
Many actors and actresses appeared regularly in supporting roles in the Carry On films. Here are just a few:
Esma Cannon
Sally Douglas
Marianne Stone
Cyril Chamberlain
Julian Holloway
Julian Orchard
Bill Pertwee
Valerie Leon
David Lodge
Larry Dann
Victor Maddern
