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Percy Herbert

Highest Rated: 100% Curse of the Demon (1957)

Lowest Rated: 0% One More Time (1970)

Birthday: Jul 31, 1920

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Humble Cockney origins eventually paid off for Percy Herbert, a beefy and bent-nosed veteran of World War II who became a reliable resource for directors needing a gruff, working-class British soldier for their war pictures. In Jose Ferrer's "The Cockleshell Heroes" he plays one of the doomed soldiers on a bizarre kayaking mission into occupied France. In David Lean's "The Bridge on the River Kwai," he appears as one of the more reluctant bridge-building prisoners. And for director Ronald Neame he became reacquainted with Alec Guinness, once again playing a mildly deranged character, in "Tunes of Glory." Science fiction movies also attracted Herbert, who could make an unworldly impression with his imposing physique and distinctive accent. He appeared in the second installment of the quirky Quatermass franchise, and played a dangerous farmer in Jacques Tourneur's "Curse of the Demon." His military and fantastical qualities were brought together in 1961's "Mysterious Island," where he played a soldier caught up in a Jules Verne phantasmagoria. For the British television series "The Worker," he had a recurring role opposite Charlie Drake. Herbert had an American sojourn for the late '60s series "Cimarron Strip," for which he affected a believable Scottish brogue. In his twilight years, he was one of the aging seamen in the 1980 film "The Sea Wolves," his penultimate film role.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 85% Curse of the Demon
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96% 93% The Bridge on the River Kwai Watchlist
82% 65% Mysterious Island
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80% 61% Quatermass II
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70% 76% The Wild Geese
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70% 73% Mutiny on the Bounty
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67% 36% One Million Years B.C.
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58% 43% The Mackintosh Man
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57% 70% Too Late the Hero
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0% 25% One More Time
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Filmography

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The Love Child 1987 Maurice Actor The Wild Geese 70% 76% 1978 Keith Actor Fiona 1977 Hubert Actor The Mackintosh Man 58% 43% 1973 Taafe Actor Black Snake (Sweet Suzy) (Dutchess of Doom) 29% 1973 Actor Sweet Suzy 1973 Joxer Tierney Actor The Fiend 25% 1972 Commissionaire Actor Doomwatch 20% 1972 Hartwell Actor Man in the Wilderness 71% 1971 Fogarty Actor Captain Apache 33% 1971 Moon Actor One More Time 0% 25% 1970 Mander Actor Too Late the Hero 57% 70% 1970 Sgt. Johnstone Actor Tobruk 50% 1967 Dolan Actor Island of the Burning Doomed 35% 1967 Gerald Foster Actor The Viking Queen 15% 1967 Catus Actor One Million Years B.C. 67% 36% 1966 Sakana Actor The Cracksman 1965 Nosher Actor Joey Boy 1965 Mad George Long Actor Carry on Jack 42% 1964 Mr. Angel Actor Carry on Venus 1964 Mr. Angel Actor The Counterfeit Constable 1964 L'agent Baxter Actor Call Me Bwana 50% 1963 First Henchman Actor Journey to a Hanging 1963 Actor Mutiny on the Bounty 70% 73% 1962 Matthew Quintal (Bosun) Actor Mysterious Island 82% 65% 1961 Sgt. Pencroft Actor
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