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
Carry On Teacher While in conference with his teaching staff (including Gregory Adams (Kenneth Connor), science master; Edwin Milton (Kenneth Williams), English master; Michael Bean (Charles Hawtrey), music teacher; Sarah Allcock (Joan Sims), gym mistress and Grace Short (Hattie Jacques), maths teacher); a senior pupil (Robin Stevens, played by Richard O'Sullivan) overhears that Wakefield is planning to leave at the end of term. The pupils are fond of the venerable teacher and Stevens immediately rushes this information to his schoolmates. They plan to sabotage every endeavour that might earn Wakefield praise, which would set him on the road to his new post. On