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Charles Hawtrey

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Charles Hawtrey (1914-1988) b. London, England.

Bespectacled comic actor who made a whole career out of snooty schoolboys, especially in Will Hay comedies. Dark-haired Hawtrey, from a theatrical family, started in show business as a child: on radio: after brief fame as a boy soprano, he was the voice of Norman Bones, boy detective in children's programmes for many years. Later one of the 'Carry On' comedy gang.