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Alfie Bass

Highest Rated: 100% The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

Lowest Rated: 67% A Kid for Two Farthings (1956)

Birthday: Apr 10, 1916

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Durable, diminutive, immensely endearing character player of British and international films. Bass made his film debut in 1945's "Johnny Frenchman" and soon became a valuable fixture in often comical supporting roles, typically as feisty, working-class, often Cockney blokes. He was very fine as one of a group of soldiers keeping the news of imminent death from a hospitalized comrade in the touching "The Hasty Heart" (1949), but Bass is perhaps most fondly remembered as Shorty, a delightfully larcenous member of "The Lavender Hill Mob" (1951). He was busiest in films in the 1950s and 60s in films ranging from "Svengali" (1954) to "Help!" (1965, as the doorman), from an entry in the endless knockabout "carry on" series, "Carry on Admiral" (1957) to "Alfie" (1968, not in the title role), but his feature credits extend into the early 80s with the likes of "Moonraker" (1979).

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 86% The Lavender Hill Mob
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97% 76% Alfie
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89% 67% It Always Rains on Sunday
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74% 76% The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, but Your Teeth Are in My Neck
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67% 70% A Kid for Two Farthings
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22% A Challenge for Robin Hood
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Boys in Brown
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49% A Tale of Two Cities
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The Monkey's Paw
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40% Blackout
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Filmography

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Dance of the Vampires 73% 2011 Actor The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins 0% 1971 Mr. Spencer Actor A Challenge for Robin Hood 22% 1968 The Pie Seller Actor The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, but Your Teeth Are in My Neck 74% 76% 1967 Shagal, the Inn-Keeper Actor Alfie 97% 76% 1966 Harry Actor I Was Monty's Double 59% 1959 The Small Man Actor A Tale of Two Cities 49% 1958 Jerry Cruncher Actor I Only Arsked 1958 Actor A Touch of the Sun 1958 May Actor The Bespoke Overcoat 78% 1956 Fender Actor The Night My Number Came Up 1956 Soldier Actor A Kid for Two Farthings 67% 70% 1956 Alf the Bird Man (uncredited) Actor Behind the Headlines 1956 Sammy Actor Svengali 1955 Carrell Actor Blackout 40% 1954 Ernie Actor Outpost in Malaya 1952 Soldier Actor Made in Heaven 1952 Mr. Jenkins Actor Derby Day 1952 Spider Wilkes Actor The Lavender Hill Mob 100% 86% 1951 Shorty Actor The Hasty Heart 74% 1949 Orderly Actor Boys in Brown 1949 "Basher" Walker Actor Man on the Run 1949 Bert the Barge Mate Actor The Monkey's Paw 1948 Speedway Track Manager Actor It Always Rains on Sunday 89% 67% 1947 Dicey Perkins Actor
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