Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914) Hawtrey also took a hand at directing films himself, including "What Do We Do Now?" (1945) a musical mystery written by the English author George Cooper and starring George Moon. Around the same time Hawtrey directed Flora Robson in "Dumb Dora Discovers Tobacco" (1946). Both films are believed lost. In 1948, Hawtrey appeared at the Windmill Theatre, Soho in comedy sketches presented as part of "Revudeville". In 1956 Hawtrey appeared alongside his future "Carry On" co-star Hattie Jacques in the comedian Digby Wolfe's ATV series "Wolfe at the Door", a 12-week sketch show. Not screened in London, it ran in
What a Carve Up! (novel) becomes reclusive, staying in his London flat watching videotapes of old films – in particular the 1961 British comedy "What a Carve Up!" starring Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton and Sid James. He emerges back into society, and resumes his interest in the project, following a visit from a neighbour, Fiona, seeking sponsorship for a 40-mile bicycle ride. The novel focuses by turns on the various figures in the Winshaw family: the lazy, hypocritical, populist tabloid newspaper columnist Hilary, the ambitious and ruthless career politician Henry, the brutal chicken and pork farmer Dorothy, the predatory art-gallery owner and art dealer Roderick