Brian Oulton: character actor, Carry On films + Ralph Bates: Hammer Horror

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Autograph of Brian Oulton on an album page 13 cm x 7.5 cm. On the reverse Ralph Bates has signed - image available on request. This is from a massive collection of autographs collected in London from the late 1950s to the early 1970s at various loctations - theatres, television centres, luxury hotels etc. The majority are dedicated to the collector "Jean" who has recorded the date she obtained the autograph. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR A VARIETY OF AUTOGRAPHS FROM THIS COLLECTION. I AM HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE. Brian Oulton (11 February 1908 – 13 April 1992) was an English character actor. Born in Liverpool, he made his acting debut in 1939 as a lead actor. During World War II he served in the army, and returned to acting playing character roles in 1946; he made a name for himself playing the same pompous character in numerous films, most of them comedies, and he went on to appear in several Carry On films.In 1969 he appeared as an eccentric psychic medium in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in the episode "Never Trust a Ghost" and in 1971 a hypochondriac GP in Doctor at Large . He was also a stage actor and playwright, writing and starring in productions such as Births, Marriages and Deaths (1975) and For Entertainment Only (1976). He also appeared in The Young Ones as Neil's dad.Brian Oulton lived latterly in Stratford-upon-Avon and was married to the actress Peggy Thorpe-Bates (1914–1989), best known for her portrayal of the wife of Horace Rumpole ("she who must be obeyed") in the first television series of John Mortimer's novels....... /wiki/Brian_Oulton Ralph Bates (12 February 1940 – 27 March 1991) was an English film and television actor, known for his role in the British sitcom Dear John and for being one of Hammer Horror's best-known actors from the latter period of the company. Bates was born in Bristol, England, of French ancestry (he was the great-great-nephew of French scientist Louis Pasteur) and educated at Trinity College Dublin. He read French there, before winning a scholarship to Yale Drama School. The course completed, Bates returned to Ireland to make his stage debut in Shaw's You Never Can Tell at The Gate Theatre, Dublin, in 1963. A career in repertory theatre soon followed and the young actor gained experience in productions ranging from Hedda Gabler to raucous comedies.Later, Bates carved a niche in the world of horror films and played important roles or the lead in several Hammer Horror productions, such as Taste the Blood of Dracula , The Horror of Frankenstein , Lust for a Vampire , and Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde , in which he played a deranged doctor who mistakenly transforms himself into a beautiful siren.He portrayed Caligula in the series The Caesars and alongside Cyd Hayman in a passionate French tale of murder and mystery - Crime of Passion series. After playing Thomas Culpeper in an episode of The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), he went on to star in the BBC drama series, Moonbase 3 (1973) and the long-running Poldark , in which he played villainous George Warleggan. The series ran for 29 episodes, starting in 1975. He also played communist Paul Vercors in the final season of the drama series Secret Army . Because of his French ancestry and dark looks, he was often chosen to play a Frenchman on television, as for instance in a second series episode of ITV comedy drama Turtle's Progress . Bates also appeared in the television movie Minder on the Orient Express , again as a Frenchman.It looked, for some time, as if he might remain typecast in sinister roles, but he was offered a part in a farcical comedy by the writer John Sullivan, which saw Bates as the loveable but loveless central character among a singles group, with each of its members looking for that perfect but ever elusive partner. Dear John (1986–87), in which he realistically played the part of a divorcé returning to single life, lasted for two series, and around the same time he appeared in the ITV Yorkshire Television sitcom Fa... read more

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