Charles Oliver (actor)

Charles Arthur Richardson Oliver (born Charles Arthur Sherlock Oliver; 21 June 1907, in Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland – 29 March 1983, in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England) was an Irish-born British film actor. He married on 4 June 1938 the actress (Margaret) Noel Hood.[1] They had two children: Nina (1943) and William (1947). He appeared in the Will Hay film Ask a Policeman as the local squire who oversees a smuggling empire.[2]

Television

• The Parnell Commission (18 Jul 1939) – Captain O'Shea[3]
• Three in a Bar (21 Aug 1939) – Beddall[4]

Selected filmography

• Beloved Imposter (1936) – Pierre
• The Avenging Hand (1936) – Toni Visetti
• Wings Over Africa (1936) – Collins
• Second Bureau (1936) – Paul Benoit
• Midnight at Madame Tussaud's (1936) – Harry Newton
• Fifty-Shilling Boxer (1937) – Jim Pollett
• The Green Cockatoo (1937) – Terrell – Gang Boss
• If I Were Boss (1938) – Owen Reeves
• The Drum (1938) – Rajab
• The Lady Vanishes (1938) – The Officer
• Hey! Hey! USA (1938) – Curly (uncredited)
• Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938) – Max Fleming
• Mountains O'Mourne (1938) – Errol Finnegan
• Life of St. Paul (1938) – Elder
• Ask a Policeman (1939) – The Squire
• The Saint in London (1939) – Dr. Jim – Templar's Friend (uncredited)
• This Man in Paris (1939) – Gaston
• Band Waggon (1940) – Saboteur (uncredited)
• Night Train to Munich (1940) – SS Officer at Concentration Camp (uncredited)
• Under Your Hat (1940) – Carl
• Three Silent Men (1940) – Johnson
• Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941) – Dr. Wilkinson
• Crook's Tour (1941) – Sheik (final film role)

References

1. Charles Oliver at bfi.org.uk
2. "Ask a Policeman". Radio Times. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
3. Radio Times (18 July 1939), The Parnell Commission, vol. 64, BBC Television, p. 16
4. Radio Times (21 August 1939), Three in a Bar, vol. 64, BBC Television, p. 16

External links

• Charles Oliver at IMDb