Alfie Bass in some guise of other. Basically playing the same character, he has hopped chirpily from drama to comedy and into costume pieces and back like an energised sparrow. To all of these, he has added an engaging warmth and sanguinity". Bass appeared as a poacher rescued by Robin in the first episode of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" starring Richard Greene. He appeared in "The Army Game" (1957–61), a British TV comedy series, as Private Montague 'Excused Boots' Bisley, and its sequel "Bootsie and Snudge" from 1960–63 (there was also a one series revival in colour in 1974) working at
A Successful Calamity A Successful Calamity A Successful Calamity is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring George Arliss and Mary Astor. Based on the 1917 play "A Successful Calamity" by Clare Kummer, the film is about an elderly millionaire who must deal with his selfish young second wife and a pair of spoiled grown children. Henry Wilton is a successful financier who is returning to America after a year away in Europe helping to arrange war debt repayments. He looks forward to being reunited with his family, including his much-younger second wife Emmy, his daughter Peggy