Kenneth Connor fellow "Carry On" stars Sid James and Esma Cannon in the comedy film "What a Carve Up!" In fact, in the 1959 – 1961 period, he was one of the most prominent leading men in British comedy films. As well as "What a Carve Up!" and the "Carry On" films, other films he starred in during this period included "Watch Your Stern" (1960), "Nearly a Nasty Accident" (1961) and the "Dentist" films. In 1960, he appeared as various characters in the "Four Feather Falls" puppet series. Connor had a good tenor voice, which he occasionally used to good effect, such
Kenneth Connor honoured by the Queen with appointment as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1991. He was still working just two days before his death, with an appearance on "Noel Edmond's Telly Addicts". His final TV appearance, as Mr Warren in "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" episode "The Adventure of the Red Circle", was broadcast posthumously in 1994. Connor died of cancer at his home in Harrow, Middlesex in 1993, and was survived by his wife Margaret (Miki), his son and three grandchildren, Thomas, Hayley and Rose, all of whom have been child actors. Kenneth Connor