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  • Carry On Camping
  • Carry On Camping review by from LEYLAND
    Rated - 5.0 stars 26 November 2003
    ...lm ever. Obvious one liners, classic performances from the Carry On favourites, Charles Hawtrey with stew on his head, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques in the shower, Barba...   Read customer review
  • Carry on Screaming
  • Carry on Screaming review by jonny2hats from
    Rated - 5.0 stars Frying Tonight!! 28 December 2011
    ...ff but Kenneth Williams was never better, and many of the usual cast (including Charles Hawtrey, contrary to the previous review!!) are there....   Read customer review
  • Carry On Spying
  • Carry On Spying review by A customer from Cardiff, Wales
    Rated - 4.0 stars The first spoof Carry On 28 June 2005
    ...ams, Bernard Cribbins, Barbara Windsor (her first appearance in 'Carry On') and Charles Hawtrey blunder around Europe and North Africa trying to retrieve the formula. The scen...   Read customer review

Charles Hawtrey - filmography


  • Carry On Abroad on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Sid James,  Kenneth Williams,  Charles Hawtrey
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The Carry On team again manage to find themselves in another farcical situation. This time, Sid James, Bernard Bresslaw and Barbara Windsor and the gang go on holiday to Spain only to find their hotel unfinished and practically unstaffed. It's particularly memorable for the several instances that ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,004 members
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  • Carry On Matron on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Sid James,  Kenneth Williams,  Charles Hawtrey
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this episode of the popular comedy series, a con-man coerces his son into donning a nurse's uniform and sneaking into a hospital in order to steal birth-control pills. This throws the staff, including neurotic surgeon Bernard Cutting (Kenneth Williams) and the strange psychiatrist Dr. F.A. Goode ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,837 member
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  • Carry On At Your Convenience on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Sid James,  Kenneth Williams,  Charles Hawtrey
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The bawdy Carry On troupe star in this tale of a toiletware manufacturer trying to cope with a workers' strike. Even an exciting works outing to Brighton can't appease the shopfloor and soon only the factory owner Boggs and a handful of staff are left to hold the fort.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,794 member
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  • Carry On Henry on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Sid James,  Joan Sims,  Kenneth Williams
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    CARRY ON HENRY is the Carry On team's somewhat liberal take on the story of Henry VIII. Feathers fly in the royal court when Henry takes a liking to Bettina (Barbara Windsor) much to the annoyance of Queen Marie (Joan Sims).
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,598 member
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  • Carry On Up The Jungle on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Frankie Howerd,  Sid James,  Charles Hawtrey
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this episode of the quintessentially British comedy series, the gang are on safari. They're on the hunt for the rare Oozulum bird, but instead come across all other types of wildlife. Parodies of "Tarzan" and other jungle films continue the fine Carry On tradition as Frankie Howerd, Sid James ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 1,750 member
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  • Carry On Again Doctor on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Sid James,  Kenneth Williams,  Charles Hawtrey
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In CARRY ON AGAIN DOCTOR, the Carry crew has taken over the Long Hampton Hospital, and malpractice abounds. Join Doctors Stoppidge and Nookey, surgeon Frederick Carver, and orderly Gladstone Screwer for a strong dose of silliness.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,707 member
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  • Carry On Up The Khyber on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Sid James,  Kenneth Williams,  Charles Hawtrey
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in colonial British India in 1895, CARRY ON UP THE KHYBER is one of the very best films in the Carry On series. With the Khasi of Kalabar leading the natives in a revolt against the British, the cosy life of Sir Sidney Ruff Diamond looks set to come to a bloody end. Will the 3rd Foot and Mouth ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,057 members
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  • Carry On Camping on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Sid James,  Kenneth Williams,  Charles Hawtrey
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The Carry On boys try to spice up their girlfriends by taking them on an outdoor vacation... at a nudist camp. Temptation is placed in front them with the arrival of Dr. Soaper and the young girls from the Chayste Place Finishing School. Soon the campsite is the scene of the usual Carry On chaos.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2,150 members
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  • Carry On Don't Lose Your Head on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Sid James,  Kenneth Williams,  Jim Dale
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    CARRY ON DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD is one of the best films in the series in which a foppish Englishman, Sir Rodney Ffing (Sid James) and his partner Lord Darcy (Jim Dale) go undercover as 'The Black Fingernail' to rescue French aristocrats. Hoe on their heels are Citizen Bidet and and Citizen Camembert ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,850 member
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  • Carry On Follow That Camel on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Phil Silvers,  Kenneth Williams,  Jim Dale
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A slight diversion into the desert for the Carry On team this as the starring role goes to the legendary American Phil Silvers who plays (in what's practically a reprise of his Bilko role) an officer in the Foreign Legion who finds himself in charge of an Englishman (Jim Dale) who has joined to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,450 member
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  • Carry On Doctor on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Frankie Howerd,  Sid James,  Kenneth Williams
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A certain hospital, bordering on mental institution, is headed up by the slightly crazy medical team of Dr. Kilmore and Dr. Tinkle. Their abnormal patients and love-starved nurses make for a prescription of laughter as the best medicine in this British production.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,791 member
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  • Carry on Cowboy on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Sid James,  Kenneth Williams,  Jim Dale
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In CARRY ON COWBOY, a group of lewd and comic characters take the viewer on a hilarious romp through the saloon bars (and bedrooms) of Stodge City in the Old West. The film stars Sid James as the Rumpo Kid; Joan Sims as the luscious Mae West character Belle ("Ding Dong!") and Angela DOUGLAS as ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,650 member
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  • Carry On Spying on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Kenneth Williams,  Barbara Windsor,  Charles Hawtrey
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In CARRY ON SPYING, when a top-secret formula is stolen by STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans), Agent Simpkins (Kenneth Williams) and his gadget-toting crew embark on a hilarious mission to foil the bad guys.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,662 member
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  • Carry On Cabby on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Sid James,  hattie Jacques,  Kenneth Connor
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this CARRY ON film, Hattie Jacques stars as Peggy, a young wife unhappy with her workaholic husband, Charlie (Sidney James), who owns a cab company. Peggy decides to get back at Charlie by starting her own cab company--one that hires beautiful girls as the taxi drivers. Needless to say, business ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,723 member
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  • Carry on Jack on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Kenneth Williams,  Bernard Cribbins,  Juliet Mills
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This time around, the Carry On crew embark on a pirate adventure. Buckles are swashed, and poop decks are scrubbed in this wacky outing. The film features Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, and other Carry On regulars.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,316 member
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  • What A Whopper on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Adam Faith,  Sid James,  Carole Lesley
    Director: Gilbert Gunn
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Coming after Operation Bullshine and My Wife's Family, What A Whopper is a comedy from former documentarist Gilbert Gunn. Adam Faith stars in this tale about a struggling writer who fakes photographs of the Loch Ness monster and then heads for the Highlands to convince the locals so that they'll ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 47 members
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  • Carry On Regardless on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Sid James,  Kenneth Connor,  Charles Hawtrey
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This CARRY ON film features the bumbling workers at the Helping Hands agency--odd people who are capable of botching any task. The cast includes Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, and Kenneth Williams.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,522 member
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  • Our House (1960)
    Starring: hattie Jacques,  Joan Sims,  Charles Hawtrey
    Director: Ernest Maxin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Created by Norman Hudis, who scripted the earliest Carry On films, this popular sitcom reunited Hudis with some of the films' most charismatic and best-loved stars, including Hattie Jacques, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, and their future co-stars Bernard Bresslaw and Norman Rossington. Enjoying a ..read more »
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  • Carry On Constable on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Sid James,  Eric Barker,  Hattie Jacques
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sidney James (in his first Carry On role) heads up the cast in this wacky take on law and order. This sorry lot of boys in blue can't seem to get anything right. CARRY ON CONSTABLE also features Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, and Shirley Eaton.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,660 member
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  • Carry On Teacher on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Hattie Jacques,  Kenneth Connor,  hattie Jacques
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In CARRY ON TEACHER, chaos rules at school. When an exhausted headmaster attempts to leave, the students decide to tarnish his reputation. The perennially funny cast includes Kenneth Connor, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, and Charles Hawtrey.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,675 member
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  • Carry On Nurse on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Shirley Eaton,  Hattie Jacques,  Kenneth Connor
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    CARRY ON NURSE, the second film in the classic comedy series, focuses on a men's hospital ward. When the patients tire of the intimidating matron (Hattie Jacques), they revolt, leading to plenty of silliness. The movie also stars Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Shirley Eaton, Joan Sims, Kenneth ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,183 members
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  • You're Only Young Twice on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Charles Hawtrey,  Duncan Macrae,  Joseph Tomelty
    Director: Terry Bishop
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A young girl Ada Shore, arrives at Skerryvore University in Scotland in search of her long lost uncle who was once a subversive Irish poet but is now working under another name as the University Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal, Asher, as his new secretary and she goes along with the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 58 members
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  • Brandy For The Parson on DVD (1951)
    Starring: Charles Hawtrey,  Kenneth More,  Kenneth More
    Director: John Eldridge
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Bill Harper (James Donald) and Petronilla Brand (Jean Lodge), a young couple on a yachting holiday together, become involved with Tony Rackham (Kenneth More), who is smuggling brandy from France to a respectable London wine merchants. Through various mishaps, Bill and Petronilla find themselves ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 112 members
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  • The Army Game - Vol. 1 (3 discs)
    Starring: Bill Fraser,  Alfie Bass,  Frank Williams
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A colossal success in its day, THE ARMY GAME featured the humorous shenanigans of a mismatched bunch of National Service conscripts assigned to the Surplus Ordnance Department at Nether Hopping. The series - which ran for 154 episodes over five years - featured the talents of William Hartnell, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 191 members
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  • Grasshopper Island on DVD
    Starring: Charles Hawtrey,  Patricia Hayes,  Julian Orchard
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Three brothers sail away to find Grasshopper Island which is perfect: Sun, sand, fruit in the trees and fish in the sea. No winter woolies, no haircuts, no school dinners, no goodnight kisses, and best of all, no grown ups. Or so they think. Then they discover Cornelius Button, the grasshopper ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 39 members
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Charles Hawtrey facts

5 most recent films

Carry On Quizzing - 2.5 stars
Carry On Abroad - 3.5 stars
Carry On Matron - 3.5 stars
Carry On At Your Convenience - 3.5 stars
Carry On Henry - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Will Hay - The Ghost of St Michael's - 3.5 stars
Carry on Screaming - 3.5 stars
Carry On Camping - 3.5 stars
The Goose Steps Out - 3.5 stars
A Canterbury Tale - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Our House - 3 stars
Grasshopper Island - 2.0 stars
The Terrornauts - 3.0 stars
What A Whopper - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kenneth Williams - 28 times - show films
Joan Sims - 26 times - show films
Sid James - 20 times - show films
hattie Jacques - 17 times - show films
Bernard Bresslaw - 15 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Gerald Thomas - 32 times - show films
none - 6 times - show films
Basil Dearden - 2 times - show films
Michael Powell - 2 times - show films
Emeric Pressburger - 2 times - show films