Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914) the British regional tour of the stage musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", which also included his "Carry On" co-star Kenneth Connor. Despite making a handsome return for its producer, Peter Rogers, the "Carry On" cast were not well remunerated, commonly a standard fee of £5,000 per film. Hawtrey used public transport to get to and from work - although he was once given a lift to Pinewood Studios by Laurence Olivier. Requested to embrace Barbara Windsor at a meeting with the press, Hawtrey hurriedly left the room requesting a man in her place. Hawtrey
What a Whopper What a Whopper What a Whopper is a 1961 British comedy film, written by Terry Nation, from a story by Jeremy Lloyd and Trevor Peacock. Pop singer Adam Faith stars as a writer who travels with some friends to Scotland to fake a sighting of the Loch Ness Monster. The cast includes a number of leading British film actors, including Wilfrid Brambell as a local postman, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey and Terry Scott. The TV reporter Fyfe Robertson appears briefly as himself, covering the alleged sightings of the monster. Struggling young writer Tony Blake (Adam Faith) is served an eviction