
Biography
Harry Locke (10 December 1913 β 7 September 1987) was an English character actor.He was born and died in London. He married Joan Cowderoy in 1943 and Cordelia Sewell in 1952. He was a good friend of the poet Dylan Thomas. Their friendship in London and South Leigh, Oxfordshire, has been described by Locke in a 1970s interview with the radio journalist Colin Edwards.Locke was a familiar face in three decades of British cinema, playing small parts such as assorted cockneys, working men, clerks, porters and cab drivers, with appearances including Passport to Pimlico (1949), Reach for the Sky (1956), Carry On Nurse (1959), The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964), Alfie (1966) and The Family Way (1966).His numerous roles on TV included Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) as a night porter in 1969. In 1972 he played Platon Karataev in the BBC production of War and Peace, with his final role, playing a gardener, in an episode of Just William, in 1977.
Filmography
All 64
Movies 56
TV Shows 8
Self 1

The Creeping Flesh (1973)

Crown Court (1972)

War and Peace (1972)

Tales from the Crypt (1972)

Carry On Again Doctor (1969)

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

Half a Sixpence (1967)

Carry On Doctor (1967)

The Sky Bike (1967)

The Family Way (1966)

Arabesque (1966)

Alfie (1966)

Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

Gideon's Way (1965)

The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)

Go Kart Go (1964)

What a Crazy World (1963)

Heavens Above! (1963)

The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)

The Amorous Prawn (1962)

The L-Shaped Room (1962)

Zero One (1962)

In the Doghouse (1962)

Two and Two Make Six (1962)

Crooks Anonymous (1962)

She'll Have to Go (1962)

Play It Cool (1962)

The Scales of Justice (1962)

Never Back Losers (1961)

On the Fiddle (1961)

Watch It, Sailor! (1961)

The Man in the Back Seat (1961)

Light Up the Sky! (1960)

Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)

No Hiding Place (1959)

Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)

Carry On Nurse (1959)

Nowhere to Go (1958)

Fair Game (1958)

Barnacle Bill (1957)

Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)

The Happy Road (1957)

Doctor at Large (1957)

The Silken Affair (1956)

Reach for the Sky (1956)

Yield to the Night (1956)

The Baby and the Battleship (1956)

The Long Arm (1956)

A Kid for Two Farthings (1956)

A Yank in Ermine (1955)

The Teckman Mystery (1954)

Doctor in the House (1954)

The Red Beret (1953)

1066 and All That (1952)

Tread Softly (1952)

Father's Doing Fine (1952)

Angels One Five (1952)

Judgment Deferred (1952)

Treasure Island (1950)

Probation Officer (1950)

The Undefeated (1950)

Passport to Pimlico (1949)

Private Angelo (1949)

Piccadilly Incident (1946)
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Information
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1913-12-10
Deathday1987-09-17 (73 years old)
Place of birthLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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