aaron

This is one of my all-time favourite films, and i've seen it many times...
I noticed that in the end credits, it lists Bernard Spear as playing Irving Moses.
To my knowledge, no such character appears in the film (unless someone can tell me different?)
The name Irving Moses is mentioned by George Spiggot (Cook) in the scene where he's explaining to Stanley (Moore) his contractual rights, and filing his contract; "Irving Moses, The fruiterer"
I have to say, i'm not familiar with what the late Bernard Spear looked like, and so cannot be sure if he appeared in the film in any guise.(although his 'scant' internet biographies' list Bedazzled among his works.
Perhaps a Cook expert, may know of an abandoned subplot involving Mr. Moses?
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'He who is not one up...Is one down'

Steve Crook

Bernard Spear's filmography at the IMDb looks fairly impressive. Better than that of many actors.

Steve

jonathonphelps

During the course of countless viewings of this classic, really my favourite film, full stop, I have always assumed - through process of elimination, really: it's the only speaking role otherwise unaccounted for in the credits - that Bernard 'Irving Moses' Spear must be the pyjama'd gentleman dancing at George Spigott's farewell bash who feeds Barry Humphreys (as Envy) the line 'Isn't this a terrific party!' (BH replies archly: 'Terrific for some, ducky: Just look at the lousy table I've got..)'. He has no fruit about his person, lisps a bit, but seems ordinary enough to be, feasibly, an anonymous, hapless ex-client of Mr. S, who Cook then decided might as well be the only one of these we have heard mentioned by name in the rest of the film.

aaron

That's as good a theory as any....!!

'Your not as stupid as you look , are you Mr Moon?!'

Cheers, Aaron

'He who is not one up...Is one down'

Dandelion

I have the soundtrack to the film - not the Dudley Moore one (although I do have that as well), but the incidental music on CD, if a swap can be arranged.

wearysloth

Yup, That's him.

wearysloth

Further Bedazzled query
George's backing group - that wouldn't be the Ladybirds would it?

BobL

Not unless they have had a complete change of personnel