Eric Barker "St Trinians" films, and four in the classic "Carry On" British comedy film series. He found his niche in playing variations on the busybody sticking his nose in everyone's business, or as some authority figure, "Carry On Constable" (1960) being a good example. Along with Kenneth Williams and Kenneth Connor he is the only actor to appear in the first, "Carry On Sergeant" in 1958, and the last of the original series of "Carry On" films, "Carry On Emmannuelle" in 1978. Barker's other "Carry On" appearances were "Carry On Constable" (1960) and "Carry On Spying" (1964). In that same year
Carry On series on screen and stage sole producer and director respectively. They mostly employed the same crew and a regular group of actors. The main cast predominantly featured Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas and Jim Dale. The "Carry On"s comprise the largest number of films of any British series and, next to the "James Bond" films, are the second-longest continually-running UK film series (with a fourteen-year hiatus between 1978 and 1992). Between 1958 and 1992, there were seven writers, principally Norman Hudis (1958–62) and Talbot Rothwell (1963–74). The films