Percy Herbert
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Percy Herbert (31 July 1920 - 6 December 1992) was an English character actor who often played soldiers, most notably in The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Wild Geese and Tunes of Glory. However, he was equally at home in comedies (Barnacle Bill, Call Me Bwana, two Carry On films) and science fiction (One Million Years B.C., Mysterious Island). He also acted on television; he was a regular on the short-lived series Cimarron Strip, starring Stuart Whitman.
Herbert was a soldier and prisoner of war during World War II, captured by the Japanese when they took Singapore.
He was discovered by Dame Sybil Thorndike.
Herbert died of a heart attack on 6 December 1992.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 12.974 |
Birthday | 1920-07-31 |
Place of Birth | London, England, UK |
Also Known As | Перси Херберт, Перси Герберт, |
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
7.829/2047
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence...
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
1966
One Million Years B.C.
6.086/204
As the Earth wrestles with its agonizing birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive. Driven by animal instinct they comp...
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One Million Years B.C.
1961
The Guns of Navarone
7.3/768
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range fiel...
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The Guns of Navarone
1958
Sea of Sand
6.4/18
A small British army team is sent deep behind enemy lines to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North A...
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Sea of Sand
1965
Carry On Cowboy
6.2/79
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mist...
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Carry On Cowboy
1962
Mutiny on the Bounty
7/293
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as...
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Mutiny on the Bounty
1973
Blacksnake!
5.5/28
A man searches for his brother on an island where a vicious woman keeps slaves on a plantation.
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Blacksnake!
1957
Night of the Demon
6.967/263
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was ki...
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Night of the Demon
1964
Carry On Jack
5.9/55
Tenth entry in the Carry On series. Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless. Those swabbing t...
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Carry On Jack
1967
Tobruk
6.13/50
In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which th...
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Tobruk
1957
Quatermass 2
6.393/122
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly...
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Quatermass 2
1967
The Viking Queen
4.794/17
Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe of Britons led by Selina, set out to defy the inva...
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The Viking Queen
1963
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
7.1/15
English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.
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Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1960
Tunes of Glory
7.1/54
Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, wit...
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Tunes of Glory
1957
Barnacle Bill
6.342/19
A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as 'All at Sea'
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Barnacle Bill
1955
The Cockleshell Heroes
5.8/26
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
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The Cockleshell Heroes
1971
Man in the Wilderness
6.2/89
In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to be...
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Man in the Wilderness
1977
That's Carry On!
5.7/19
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film s...
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That's Carry On!
1961
Mysterious Island
6.528/181
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They mus...
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Mysterious Island
1960
There Was a Crooked Man
6/6
When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight a...
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There Was a Crooked Man
1974
Craze
5.1/14
A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with unimag...
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Craze
1963
Call Me Bwana
5.7/7
A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds it. Washington sends Matthew Merriwether to recover it—t...
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Call Me Bwana
1971
Captain Apache
4.4/24
The title character is a US army Captain of Native American descent who is asked to investigate the murder of an Indian agent. His only clue is "April...
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Captain Apache
1972
The Fiend
5.029/17
Led by a sinister minister, a controlling religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny,...
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The Fiend
1959
Don't Panic Chaps!
5.6/7
During World War II, four British soldiers are commissioned to set up an observation post on a seemingly deserted island in the Mediterranean. However...
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Don't Panic Chaps!
1978
The Wild Geese
6.822/245
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and s...
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The Wild Geese
1964
Guns at Batasi
6.917/24
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
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Guns at Batasi
1967
The Hunted
0/0
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The Hunted
1968
El juicio
0/0
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El juicio
1962
Conquered City
4.3/3
Filmed in 1962 but not released in the US until 1966 (with 20 of its 108 minutes removed), Conquered City is an all-star World War II drama financed i...
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Conquered City
1964
Carry On Cleo
6.5/87
Two Brits—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their fi...
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Carry On Cleo
1955
The Deadliest Sin
5.7/6
A confession to a priest from a thief leads to the priest's life being threatened by his gang.
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The Deadliest Sin
1958
Sea Fury
6/6
The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl at the behest of her father, in the ho...
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Sea Fury
1958
The Steel Bayonet
5.2/4
Tunis, 1943. Battle-weary troops of Company C have orders to occupy a derelict Tunisian farmhouse. They are to establish an artillery observation post...
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The Steel Bayonet
1967
Night of the Big Heat
5.3/44
While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea...
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Night of the Big Heat
1963
The Cracksman
6.3/5
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable as...
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The Cracksman
1954
The Green Buddha
5.4/5
Yankee charter pilot Morris inadvertently finds himself in the midst of thieves who have purloined a costly antique jade figure from an exhibit. He tr...
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The Green Buddha
1956
A Hill in Korea
6.8/13
Based on real events, A Hill in Korea charts the fortunes of a small group of British soldiers serving in the Korean War. Out on a routine patrol, the...
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A Hill in Korea
1979
The London Connection
7.8/2
A missing formula, a defecting Eastern European scientist kidnapped, car chases, foot chases, air chases, the British secret service, and a couple of...
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The London Connection
1972
Doomwatch
6/22
The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.
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Doomwatch
1977
Hardcore
3.9/4
Aka Hardcore, aka Frankly Fiona. The heavily fictionalised fantastical autobiography of the fantastic 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond, played by Fion...
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Hardcore
1973
The MacKintosh Man
6.08/87
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate...
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The MacKintosh Man
1967
Casino Royale
5.281/716
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be...
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Casino Royale
1970
One More Time
4.3/11
London nightclub buddies Salt and Pepper link Pepper's dead twin to diamond smugglers.
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One More Time
1956
Child in the House
5.8/4
A lonely child must stay with her uncaring aunt and uncle after her mother is hospitalized. Her estranged father is a fugitive. For love and companion...
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Child in the House
1969
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
6/9
The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. But Pizarro finds hi...
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The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1988
The Love Child
7/1
When he was a little boy, Dillon's rock musician father and hippie mother died in a traffic accident. Now in his twenties, Dillon wants nothing more t...
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The Love Child
1959
Serious Charge
6.4/8
Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears bei...
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Serious Charge
1958
Tank Force!
6/8
During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.
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Tank Force!
1956
Tiger in the Smoke
7.1/5
In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he ta...
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Tiger in the Smoke
1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing
7.2/182
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
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Bunny Lake Is Missing
1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
5.802/43
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese...
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1970
Too Late the Hero
6.4/66
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a m...
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Too Late the Hero
1960
The Challenge
5.3/9
Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.
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The Challenge
1959
Idol on Parade
7/5
A rock'n'roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment.
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Idol on Parade
1959
Yesterday's Enemy
7.1/33
Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enem...
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Yesterday's Enemy
1977
Valentino
5.9/38
In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide...
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Valentino
1980
The Sea Wolves
5.8/83
A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to un...
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The Sea Wolves
1964
The Counterfeit Constable
5.7/11
An extremely funny film about a group of French rugby supporters who go to see a match at Twickenham and one of them inadvertently receives a blow in...
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The Counterfeit Constable
1954
The Young Lovers
5.8/5
A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective coun...
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The Young Lovers
1959
The Devil's Disciple
6.5/31
In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Re...
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The Devil's Disciple
1956
Lost
7/4
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London...
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Lost
1955
The Prisoner
7.2/20
A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war and his...
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The Prisoner
1964
Becket
7.164/176
King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pio...
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Becket
1965
Joey Boy
5.8/2
While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish s...
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Joey Boy
1958
The Safecracker
5.8/6
Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occupied chateau in Belgium.
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The Safecracker
1955
The Gold Express
5/2
Claustrophobic train-set comedy-thriller (produced by H.G. Wells son) with an ace reporter coming up against crooks intent on stealing a gold shipment...
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The Gold Express
1955
The Night My Number Came Up
6.8/29
British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie's flight to Tokyo on a small D...
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