jon pertwee played the sheriff in carry on cowboy.
jon pertwee played the sheriff in carry on cowboy.
who played the sheriff in carry on cowboy?
jon pertwee
on stage, he played the part of lycus in the 1963 london production of "a funny thing happened on the way to the forum" with frankie howerd and appeared in the smaller role of crassus in the 1966 film version. he appeared as sidney tait in the comedy film "ladies who do" (1963). in 1966, pertwee starred alongside donald sinden in the original west end production of the long-running comedy "there's a girl in my soup" and in this period appeared in several "carry on" films: "carry on cleo" (1964), as the soothsayer; "carry on cowboy" (1965) as sheriff earp; and "carry on screaming!" (1966) as dr. fettle. ("carry on columbus", with pertwee in his fourth "carry on" role, this time as the duke of costa brava, was released in 1992). in 1967, he was chosen by "dad's army" producer david croft for the role of captain george mainwaring, but pertwee turned it down – possibly because he preferred to extend his role on broadway in "there's a girl in my soup".
jon pertwee
the office of the sheriff, monterey county was founded in 1850 when sheriff william roach was elected. william roach was considered by many to be a very controversial sheriff. he was a part of the new york regiment of volunteer soldiers sent to fight in the mexican–american war. however, the regiment arrived too late to fight the war. many of the soldiers decided to stay and become a part of the california gold rush. when roach decided to run for sheriff, he had a large percent of the vote due to the large population of new york regiment soldiers living in monterey county. roach later became involved in a feud known as the roach-belcher feud. the monterey county sheriff's office, like many offices, was small (1-3 men) even into the 1910s. the department didn't even obtain uniforms until the late 1930s. they were obtained through a traveling uniform peddler and each deputy was allowed to choose his own badge from a catalog. the monterey county sheriff's office was considered a largely unprofessional office until 1962, when sheriff davenport was elected. davenport chose a man named james rodriguez to be his undersheriff. rodriguez was a world war ii veteran, an officer in the california national guard a former monterey police department captain and was a very strict taskmaster. he instituted reforms large and small. small point, being deputies wear required to wear the regulation stetson, cowboy hat at all times and large, being that deputies could no longer drink on the job (no matter how well they held liquor). he also required deputies to carry firearms at all times even if they were off duty. this time period is considered to be the beginning of the present monterey county sheriff's office by many. the sheriff's office was sued in order to force it to comply with the new federal peace officer safety regulations. the department lost and all officers were equipped with "bullet-proof" vests. the sheriff's office now has a staff of 400+, sworn deputy sheriffs, each armed with semi-automatic weapons.
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