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Bill Maynard
English comedian and actor (1928-2018) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 89
Walter Frederick George Williams, better known by his stage name Bill Maynard, was an English comedian and actor. He began working in television in the 1950s, notably starring alongside Terry Scott in Great Scott - It's Maynard! (1955-56).
Bill Maynard is read about 371 times a day, in 13 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 19 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
The MoorsideSeries, Cecil2003
The RoyalSeries, Claude Greengrass1998
What's a Carry On?Film, Bodkin (archive footage) (uncredited)1992
HeartbeatSeries, Claude Jeremiah Greengrass1991
Filipina DreamgirlsFilm, George Trout1990
Oddball HallFilm, Copperthewaite1982
The Plague DogsFilm, Editor (voice)1981
The GafferSeries, Fred Moffatt1980
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas SpecialFilm, Sgt Beetroot1977
Confessions from a Holiday CampFilm, Mr. Walter Lea1976
Confessions of a Driving InstructorFilm, Mr. Walter Lea1975
The SweeneySeries, Det. Chief Insp. Stephen Quirk
Confessions of a Pop PerformerFilm, 1975Mr. Walter Lea1974
Carry On DickFilm, Bodkin1973
Orson Welles' Great MysteriesSeries, Detective Superintendent Marker
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His DownfallFilm, 1973Sgt. Ellis1971
A Hole Lot of TroubleFilm, Bill1970
Play for TodaySeries, Harry
Carry On LovingFilm, 1970Mr. Deery1969
It All Goes to ShowFilm, Mike Sago1968
The Ugliest Girl in TownSeries, Vladimir1966
Till Death Us Do PartSeries, Bert1958
The Boy with Two HeadsFilm, Farmer1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Reg Turnbull1928Born8 October 1928People around Bill
Gerald Thomas Directed Carry On Henry and Carry On Dick- Patsy Rowlands Also in Carry On Henry and Carry On Dick
Robin Askwith Also in Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)- Peter Rogers Produced Carry On Henry and Carry On Dick
- Sid James Also in Carry On Loving (1970)
- Tony Booth Also in Till Death Us Do Part (1969)
Kenneth Williams Also in Carry On Loving (1970)- Geoffrey Hughes Also in Heartbeat and Till Death Us Do Part
- Joan Sims Also in Carry On Henry (1971)
- Terry Scott Also in Carry On Henry (1971)
- Bill Pertwee Also in Carry On at Your Convenience (1994)
- Margaret Nolan Also in Carry On Henry and Carry On Dick
Arthur Lowe Also in It All Goes to Show (1969)
Hattie Jacques Also in Carry On Loving (1970)- Charles Hawtrey Also in Carry On Loving (1970)
Bernard Bresslaw Also in Carry On Dick and Carry On Loving- Sheila White Also in Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
Julian Holloway Also in Carry On at Your Convenience (1994)
Kenneth Cope Also in Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
Philip Stone Also in Carry On at Your Convenience (1994)- Kenneth Connor Also in Carry On Henry and Carry On Matron
- Marianne Stone Also in Carry On Dick (1989)
- Yootha Joyce Also in Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1973)
- Doris Hare Also in Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975)
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The Plague Dogs 1982
Robin and Marian 1976
Carry On at Your Convenience 1971
Carry On Matron 1972
Carry On Henry 1971
Filmography 38
71 credits on file
Television 24
About this person
In the 1970s and 1980s, he starred in the successful British sitcoms Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt and The Gaffer and appeared in five films in the Carry On series. After a hiatus from television work in the late 1980s, Maynard starred as Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the long-running television series Heartbeat from 1992 to 2000, reprising the character in the spin-off The Royal in 2003.
