Alfie Bass

(1921-1987)

Cockney of birth and Cockney in nature, actor Alfie Bass made his first stage appearance in 1939, in the Unity Theatre production Plant in the Sun.

Bass began acting before the camera in wartime British documentaries. While his stage career embraced Shakespeare and Shaw, Bass usually showed up in films as slang-spewing, pragmatic working class types.

His movie credits include:

The Boys in Brown (1950)

The Hasty Heart (1950)

The Night My Number Came Up (1952)

Help (1965), Alfie (1966)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)

Moonraker (1979)

Alfie Bass was starred in the award-winning 1955 short subject The Bespoke Overcoat, and in 1967's The Fearless Vampire Killers he raised many a chuckle as the Jewish vampire who is impervious to the traditional crucifix. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

1979 Moonraker - Character played: Consumptive Italian
1978 The Revenge of the Pink Panther - Character played: Feruet
1977 Come Play with Me - Character played: Kelly
1971 The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins - Character played: Mr. Spencer
1968 A Challenge for Robin Hood - Character played: Pie Merchant
1968 Up the Junction - Character played: Charlie
1968 The Fixer - Character played: Potseikin
1967 The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me but Your Teeth Are in My Neck - Character played: Shagal
1966 Alfie - Character played: Harry
1966 The Sandwich Man - Character played: Yachtsman
1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Character played: Gatekeeper
1966 Doctor in Clover - Character played: Fleming
1965 Help! - Character played: Doorman

1961 The Millionairess - Character played: Fish Curer
1958 I Was Monty's Double - Character played: Small Man
1958 A Tale of Two Cities - Character played: Jerry Cruncher
1958 I Only Asked! - Character played: Excused Boots Bisley
1957 No Road Back - Character played: Rudge Haven
1957 Time Is My Enemy - Character played: Ernie Gordon
1957 Carry on Admiral - Character played: Orderly
1957 Hell Drivers - Character played: Tinker
1956 Behind the Headlines - Character played: Sammy
1956 A Touch of the Sun - Character played: May
1956 Cash on Delivery - Character played: Cab Driver
1956 Jumping for Joy - Character played: Blagg
1956 Child in the House - Character played: Ticket Collector
1955 The Night My Number Came Up - Character played: Soldier
1955 A Kid for Two Farthings - Character played: Alf, the Bird Man
1955 Svengali - Character played: Carrell
1954 Blackout - Character played: Ernie
1954 Make Me an Offer - Character played: Fred Frames
1954 The Passing Stranger - Character played: Harry
1954 The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp - Character played: Lennox
1953 The Square Ring - Character played: Frank Forbes
1953 Top of the Form - Character played: Artie Jones
1952 The Bespoke Overcoat
1952 You Can't Beat the Irish - Character played: Lorcan
1952 Made in Heaven - Character played: Mr. Jenkins
1952 Derby Day - Character played: Spider Wilkes
1952 Treasure Hunt
1952 Outpost in Malaya - Character played: Soldier
1952 Brandy for the Parson - Character played: Dallyn
1951 The Lavender Hill Mob - Character played: Shorty Fisher
1951 High Treason
1951 Pool of London - Character played: Alf
1951 The Galloping Major - Character played: Newsboy
1949 The Hasty Heart - Character played: Orderly
1949 Man on the Run - Character played: Bargee's Mate
1949 Boys in Brown - Character played: Basher
1948 The Monkey's Paw - Character played: Speedway Track Manager
1947 It Always Rains on Sunday - Character played: Dicey Perkins
1947 Holiday Camp - Character played: Redcoat
1947 Vice Versa - Character played: 1st Urchin
1946 Johnny Frenchman - Character played: Corporal