Robertson Hare the provinces, and in South Africa. He reached a new public in the late 1960s in a television series, "All Gas and Gaiters". He played the Archdeacon of St. Ogg's, the Ven Henry Blunt. His co-stars were William Mervyn as the Rt Rev Cuthbert Hever, Bishop of St Ogg's, Derek Nimmo as the Rev Mervyn Noote, the Bishop's chaplain, and John Barron as the Very Rev Lionel Pugh-Critchley, Dean of St Ogg's. George Melly wrote: His most famous catchphrase was: "Oh, calamity!" He was awarded the OBE in 1979. Hare died in London at the age of 87. Robertson Hare
Mervyn Williams Mervyn Williams Group Captain Mervyn Francis Douglas Williams (24 March 1911 – 13 March 1987) was a British Royal Air Force pilot of the Second World War who later served as security coordinator at 10 Downing Street. Williams was the son of Herbert Douglas Williams, a school headmaster, and Alice Elizabeth Piper. He was educated at Brighton College and the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. He commissioned into the RAF on 19 December 1931. Between September 1933 and April 1934, he served with 811 Naval Air Squadron, before serving with 812 Naval Air Squadron until March 1935. Williams then undertook