Charles Penrose (entertainer) a character actor in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s. Charles Penrose died of heart disease on 17 November 1952 at the Princess Beatrice Hospital, Kensington, aged 79. Charles Penrose (entertainer) Charles Penrose (born Charles Penrose Dunbar Cawse; 11 November 1873 – 17 November 1952) was an English music hall and theatre performer, and later radio comedian, who is best known for his unusual comic song "The Laughing Policeman". He was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, the son of a master watchmaker and jeweller. He initially followed his father into the jewellery trade, but enjoyed such success with
Jon Hall (actor) in that instead; Hall made two Westerns, "When the Redskins Rode" (1951), and "Brave Warrior" (1952). He also made "China Corsair" (1951) for Columbia. It was back to Katzman for "Last Train from Bombay" (1952). Jon Hall is perhaps best remembered by later audiences as the star of the television series "Ramar of the Jungle", which ran from 1952 to 1954. He made a pilot for an unsold series, "Knight of the South Seas" for his own company, Lovina Productions. It was not picked up for series but the pilot was edited into a film, "Hell Ship Mutiny" (1957). He