Other Actors in Supporting and Minor Roles
(In alphabetical order)
- Vincent Ball (2) had supporting roles in Cruising and Follow that Camel
- Bruce Boa (1) Emmannuelle.
- Martin Boddey (2) appears in avuncular mode in Sergeant and Nurse.
- Johnny Briggs (3) had small, unaccredited roles in Up The Khyber and Behind (in which the role of his Plasterer mostly hit the cutting room floor). He had a larger role as Melly's Driver in England. He also appeared in one episode of the Carry On Laughing TV series.
- Ronnie Brody (2) made his first unaccredited appearance in Don't Lose Your Head, followed up by the small role of Henry in Loving. Brody also appeared in 2 episodes of the Carry On Laughing TV series.
- Ray Brooks (1) had a sizeable supporting role in Abroad.
- Jeremy Bulloch (1) made an unaccredited appearance as a schoolboy in Teacher.
- Gerald Campion (1) had a sizeable supporting role in Sergeant.
- Brian Capron (0), the future Coronation Street baddie does not appear in any Carry On films. He does, however, feature in two episodes of the Carry On Laughing TV series.
- Patrick Cargill (2) appeared in Regardless and Jack. Carry On Nurse is based in part on the stage play Ring For Catty which he co-wrote with Jack Beale. Three years later Peter Rogers used the same play as the basis for his film Twice Round The Daffodils.
- John Carlin (2) made just two small appearances in the film series (in England and Emmannuelle). However, before these roles he had been seen as a semi-regular performer (frequently 'camping it up') in the Carry On Laughing TV series, notching up 6 episodes.
- Norman Chappell (2) made his Carry On debut in Cabby in a role originally offered to Kenneth Williams. When Williams refused it, the part of the Shop Steward was decreased and offered to Chappell. His other appearance was in Henry. He was also to appear in Loving, but his part was edited out of the film before release. He was more of a regular performer in the Carry On Laughing TV series where he made 7 appearances.
- Peggy Ann Clifford (1) was Tony Hancock's regular, female, television sparring partner, and makes an unaccredited guest appearance in Cleo.
- David Davenport (3) was a former ballet dancer whose major Carry On contribution was in the significant supporting role of Bilius the bodyguard in Cleo. He also appeared in Don't Loose Your Head and Henry.
- Francis de Wolff (1) puts in a fearsome supporting role in Cleo.
- Noel Dyson (2) was everyone's favourite nanny in Father, Dear Father, and a founder cast member in Coronation Street. She appeared in Constable and Cabby.
- E. V. H. Emmett (1) brought his newsreading authority to the narrator of Cleo. Although several other films in the series used a narrator, none used them as effectively as Cleo where the conceit runs throughout the film. Emmett was the only person to get credited for narrating a Carry On film. He had previously been a Gaumont British News newsreader and commentator, and also provided narration for the first series of Dad's Army.
- Charles Fleischer (1) Columbus.
- Joanna Ford (2) added some unaccredited sex-appeal to Cabby and Cleo.
- Gloria Best (3) added some unaccredited glamour to Spying, Cleo and Cowboy.
- Judith Furse (3) brought her formidable personality to Regardless, Cabby, and, most memorably, as Dr Crow in Spying, the film's take on the traditional Bond villain. For the latter role her voice was redubbed by John Bluthal in order to give the character a more asexual sound.
- Fred Griffiths (3) appears as an ambulance man in Nurse, and as a taxi driver in Regardless and Loving.
- Sheila Hancock (1) lends her immense comic support to Cleo as Hengist Pod's wife Senna.
- Irene Handl (2) appeared in Nurse and Constable.
- Sherrie Hewson (1) appeared in the large supporting role of Carol in Behind. However, she also made 4 appearances in the Carry On Laughing TV series.
- Linda Hooks (3) the former Miss Great Britain had small glamorous roles in 3 later films, plus two appearances in episodes on the Carry On Laughing TV series.
- Laraine Humphrys (2) brought glamour to Girls and Dick. Laraine also appeared in the 1975 Carry On Christmas TV special.
- Wilfrid Hyde-White (1) has a significant guest role in Nurse.
- Vivienne Johnson (1) is only credited with appearing in England. However, the previous year had seen her make three significant appearances in the Carry On Laughing TV series.
- Ian Lavender (1) has a large supporting role in Behind.
- George Layton (1) was probably best known at the time for playing Dr Paul Collier in the Doctor... TV series. In Behind he makes a 'gag' appearance as a Doctor. He also co-wrote an unused script for a potential Carry On film in the 1980s.
- Tutte Lemkow (1) brought his distinctive face to British film and television productions for 40 years. Sadly, his only Carry On contribution was as an unaccredited walk-on in Spying.
- John Levene (0) made an unaccredited 'gag' appearance in one of the Carry On Laughing TV episodes. Best known for playing UNIT soldier Corporal Benton in Doctor Who, he appears briefly as a mediaeval soldier in the episode The Baron Outlook. He did not appear in any of the films.
- Harry Locke (3) was a well-used supporting artist within the British film industry. His 3 Carry On appearances are all in medical comedies: Nurse, Doctor, and Again Doctor.
- Reuben Martin (2) played gorillas in both Up The Jungle and Emmannuelle (the latter unaccredited). He also donned his gorilla suit for an episode of the TV Carry On Laughing series.
- Derek Martinus (1) appeared in just one of the series, Sergeant. He went on to become a TV director of note, directing (amongst other things) 9 episodes of William Hartnell era Doctor Who, 17 further episodes of Doctor Who, and 2 episodes of Blake's 7.
- Larry Martyn (2) had small roles in Convenience and Behind.
- Rik Mayall (1) Columbus.
- William Mervyn (3) has cameo roles in Follow That Camel, Again Doctor, and Henry.
- Olive Milbourne (1) later found fame as Terry's mum in The Likely Lads (on both TV and radio), and its sequel Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads, but an early unaccredited appearance was as a sexy GlamCab driver in Cabby.
- Larry Miller (1) Columbus.
- Warren Mitchell (1) made an entertaining, single appearance in Cleo. He went on to create the role of Alf Garnett for writer Johnny Speight.
- Trisha Noble (1) had a large supporting role in Camping, but her role was decreased during editing.
- Cecil Parker (1) makes a guest appearance topping-and-tailing Jack.
- Daniel Peacock (1) Columbus.
- Ambrosine Phillpotts (2) brings an aristocratic air to Regardless and Cabby.
- Eric Pohlmann (2) brings something sinister to Regardless, and shines in the supporting role of a foreign spy in Spying.
- Brian Rawlinson (3) appeared in Cruising, Cleo and Cowboy.
- Linda Regan (1) appears as one of the ATS girls in England. 6 years earlier she had also appeared uncredited in the 1970 Carry On Again Christmas TV special.
- Beryl Reid (1) made a guest appearance in Emmannuelle.
- Wendy Richard (2) made her Carry On film debut in Matron, following it up with a larger supporting role in Girls. However, two years earlier she had also appeared in the 1970 Carry On Christmas TV special.
- Anton Rodgers (2) appeared in Cruising and Jack.
- Carole Shelley (2) brought 'ditzy' glamour to Regardless and Cabby.
- Vicki Smith (3) added unaccredited sex-appeal to Spying, Cleo, and Cowboy.
- Yutte Stensgaard (1) made an unaccredited appearance in Again Doctor as a nurse. She also filmed a scene for Loving alongside Dad's Army star James Beck, but their scene was removed from the film before release.
- Jimmy Thompson (3) appeared in Regardless and Jack, with a large supporting role in Cruising in the middle.
- Bob Todd (1) makes an unaccredited 'gag' appearance in Again Doctor. He also appeared in the 1970 Carry On Again Christmas TV special.
- Nikki van der Zyl (2) was one of British cinema's most prolific voice-over artistes, dubbing many of the original Bond girls (including Shirley Eaton in Goldfinger). She appears unaccredited in two of the films, none of them dubbing work. In Cleo she doubles for Amanda Barrie when Cleo is rolled out of her carpet, whilst in Don't Lose Your Head she provides stunt work and appears as the messenger who brings a letter to Charles Hawtrey at the start of the film when he is about to be executed.
- Wanda Ventham (2) has an unaccredited cameo in Cleo, and a slightly larger role as the Khasi's first wife in Up The Khyber.
- Kenneth Waller (1) stepped into the role of the Barman in Behind at the last minute replacing the now unavailable Chris Gannon.
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