Wally Patch

Wally Patch
File:Wally Patch I.jpg
Born	Walter Sydney Vinnicombe 26 September 1888 Willesden, Middlesex, England
Died	Hillingdon, Middlesex, England
Occupation	Film, television & stage actor, comedian
Years active	1926–70

Wally Patch ( 26 September 1888 in Willesden, Middlesex – 27 October 1970 in Hillingdon, Middlesex) was an English comedian and film, television and stage actor.

He was born Walter Sydney Vinnicombe and began working on the music hall stages in 1912 and at regular theatres in 1938 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. His first film appearance was in 1928, and went on to appear in 213 other films. He worked up to his death, with his last television appearance in the comedy Doctor in the House in 1970.

Partial filmography

• The King's Highway (1927)
• Shooting Stars (1927)
• Blighty (1927)
• Carry On (1927)
• The Guns of Loos (1928)
• Warned Off (1930)
• The Great Gay Road (1931)
• Tell England (1931)
• Never Trouble Trouble (1931)
• Castle Sinister (1932)
• The Lucky Number (1932)
• Channel Crossing (1933)
• Trouble (1933)
• The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) as Butcher
• Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
• Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
• The Crime at Blossoms (1933)
• What Happened to Harkness? (1934)
• Borrow a Million (1934)
• Tiger Bay (1934)
• Virginia's Husband (1934)
• Badger's Green (1934)
• The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)
• Dandy Dick (1935)
• While Parents Sleep (1935)
• Death on the Set (1935)
• No Monkey Business (1935)
• Get Off My Foot (1935)
• Not So Dusty (1936)
• Luck of the Turf (1936)
• Prison Breaker (1936)
• Ticket of Leave (1936)
• The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936)
• Dusty Ermine (1936)
• Busman's Holiday (1936)
• Hail and Farewell (1936)
• The Scarab Murder Case (1936) (lost)
• The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
• Captain's Orders (1937)
• Farewell Again (1937)
• Doctor Syn (1937)
• Night Alone (1938)
• Bank Holiday (1938)
• Alf's Button Afloat (1938)
• On Velvet (1938)
• The Ware Case (1938)
• Pygmalion (1938)
• What Would You Do, Chums? (1939)
• Sword of Honour (1939)
• Inspector Hornleigh (1939)
• Home from Home (1939)
• Poison Pen (1939)
• Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
• Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1940)
• Laugh It Off (1940)
• Neutral Port (1940)
• Quiet Wedding (1941)
• Once a Crook (1941)
• Cottage to Let (1941)
• Banana Ridge (1942)
• Bob's Your Uncle (1942)
• I Didn't Do It (1945)
• Gaiety George (1946)
• Appointment with Crime (1946)
• The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947)
• The Guinea Pig (1948)
• Calling Paul Temple (1948)
• River Patrol (1948)
• Salute the Toff (1952)
• Hammer the Toff (1952)
• My Wife's Lodger (1952)
• Not So Dusty (1956)
• Morning Call (1957)
• Suspended Alibi (1957)
• The Naked Truth (1957)
• Operation Cupid (1960)
• Nothing Barred (1961)
• Serena (1962)
• Danger by My Side (1962)
• Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)
• A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964)
• The Bargee (1964)
• The Comedy Man (1964)
• Poor Cow (1967)

External links

• Wally Patch at the Internet Movie Database