Who's Who Of
The Benny Hill Show

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(Bond - Cartwright)

A Special Thanks must go to contributing editor William Brown for submitting these photos and information on each of these actors / actresses. Many of them were regulars and some were actually guest stars. I have added links to the Internet Movie Database where I could find them. Hope you can find many of those stars you've been wondering about and maybe a few you hadn't thought of. If you don't find what you are looking for, fear not. This section will continue to expand. Thanks again to William Brown, who wrote all of the information. I have also taken this section and put all of the entries in alphabetical order. If you are looking for someone specific, simply place your cursor on the links on the right hand side of the page. A caption will pop up letting you know which names that link will take you to. Enjoy!

Sharon Bond

The image is unclear and far from close, but this is Sharon Bond as seen in the opening "Coconut Milk" number of the Dec. 26, 1978 show. She and her sister, Tina Bond, were among the dancers in this, their only known TV credit.

Sue Bond (b.1945)

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Two pics of the lovely Sue Bond, (top) from her first TBHS appearance on Dec. 23, 1970 and (bottom) from her next-to-last, on Feb. 22, 1973. This petite (5' 2") blonde, the most famous Sue on the show before Ms. Upton, was in eight shows in total and made a lasting impression in all of them (she was one of those who had what Mr. Hill would refer to as "twinkle"). Was the lone female firefighter in the original "Lower Tidmarsh Volunteer Fire Brigade" sketch, the patient in the original "Egyptian flu" quickie, one of the dancers in "Top of the Tops," a saloon girl in one of the Western bloopers from Feb. 24, 1971, and one of the members of the Dalton Abbott Railway Porter Choir in her final show for Benny on March 29, 1973 (among others). Started out as a singer in the 1960's. Her last major TV work (as was the case with Jenny Lee-Wright, q.v.) was in the 1986 revival of Mind Your Language. As of 1992, she was attempting to revive her singing career.

Tina Bond

From the Dec. 26, 1978 "Coconut Milk" opening, two pics of Tina Bond, who with sister Sharon Bond was among the dancers in this number. This was their only known TV credit.

Noreen Bothen

One of the 1984 Angels, Noreen Bothen, as seen in the Hill's Angels Aerobatics (a.k.a. Workout) opening. She was among a handful of Angels to have previously been a cheerleader on the BBC's long-running Top of the Pops.

Georgina Boyle

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Though the shot isn't ideal, close-up or all too clear, this is a still of Georgina Boyle from the ending "men's toilet" runoff of the Oct. 25, 1972 edition of TBHS where she, Sue Bond and Cherri Gilham entered what they thought was a real estate office. She may have also been one of the extras in the mammoth "Woodstick" sketch. Ms. Boyle was not credited on this show, but was listed in the end credits on one of the half-hour British compilation edits (not seen in such form in the U.S.) that contained this runoff, as aired on ITV on Nov. 28, 1985. Her only other known credit was a 1971 movie, Not Tonight, Darling, as a "Health Club Girl."

Ronnie Brody (1918-1991)

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Ronnie Brody (1918-1991), veteran British comic actor, who was a supporting player on Mr. Hill's BBC shows of the 1950's and '60's; made his only Thames TV TBHS appearance on Dec. 22, 1971 (seen here in the "News at Ten" parody); also appeared (with mustache) in the "Es Ist Eine Mann's Leif in der Deutch Armee" blooper segment.

Denise Brownlow

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This is Denise Brownlow's appearance on May 30, 1978 in the "Digger Blue, Private Eye" sketch.

Anne Bruzac

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The lovely French-born Anne Bruzac, in two shots: (top) from the opening of the "Newer Faces" sketch of her first TBHS appearance on Jan. 8, 1975, and (bottom) from the "Lovely Bristols" blooper quickie of her last show on March 23, 1977, where she was credited under her nickname of "Froggie." On the latter edition, she was the second of three girls Benny daydreamed about in the "Girls, Girls, Girls" sketch. Was also a regular on the British sketch comedy show What's On Next? in 1978.

Emma Bryant

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The lovely Emma Bryant (top) as she appeared in the big January 2, 1985 musical number (duetting with Louise English). Her appearane in the April 25, 1979 "Maria, Maria" opening number, (middle), when she also appeared in the "O'Jack" and "Yield to the Dawn: Lean on My Crutch" sketches, and (bottom) in the May 27, 1985 "Costa Coco" opening number. For part of the period in between her 1979 appearance and her 1985-86 run as a Hill's Angel, Ms. Bryant was a dancer in future Angels choreographer Libby Roberts' prior dance troupe, Lipstick. Is known today as Emma Wynter (married to onetime early 1960's British pop singer turned stage performer Mark Wynter, they have three children); she is a dance teacher at, and partner in, the "Jellyroll Workshop" in England. A more recent picture of her (with the staff of the school) can be found at www.childrenstheatreworkshop.co.uk (she's the one at right). You can also read her Biography there, but it makes no specific mention of her TV work including TBHS.

Zoe Bryant

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Zoe Bryant, (top), as seen in one of the quickies of the Jan. 13, 1988 show and (bottom), from from the April 27, 1988 show. She was among the group of Hill's Angels for the 1988 series.

Eddie Buchanan (1939-1987)

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The late Eddie Buchanan, who was as synonymous with TBHS in the mid-1970's as Diana Darvey - but for different reasons. His obituary was printed in the May 21, 1987 issue of The Stage and Television Today, as follows: "After a long illness following a heart operation, Eddie Buchanan died in the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle on April 24 at the age of 47. An all-round entertainer of considerable ability, Manchester-born Buchanan was a contemporary of such fellow townsmen as Eddie Large and Johnny More and like them came into the business during the clubs boom which started in the late fifties. He had a long run on television in the Benny Hill Show, and when this came to an end he and his wife Susan Wilson concentrated on their light comedy and vocal act, making many overseas tours which included Australia, Central and East Africa, Spain and Portugal. They continued to appear in this country and won many awards in clubland, working with the act as recently as the beginning of this year. The couple had a nine-year-old son, Robert."

Geraldine Burnett

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This is a shot of Geraldine Burnett from the Feb. 23, 1972 "What's that in the road? A head?" segment. She'd appeared in the Jan. 27, 1971 "Top of the Tops" sketch (uncredited, natch) as one of the groupies. She was also part of the "Scuttle's Keep Fit Brigade."

Jan Butlin (1940-1998)

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The late actress and writer Jan Butlin (1940-1998), seen here in the "Agent Rape" portion of the Oct. 28, 1970 "Look #7" sketch. She appeared in many of the segments therein, plus the "Tribute to the Lower Tidmarsh Hospital Service" sketch of the first Thames show. Before that, she was in Mr. Hill's short film The Waiters. In 1968, she wrote for two TV shows that boasted different certain future members of the Monty Python troupe amongst the writers: the ABC (Associated British Corporation)/Thames series Horne A'Plenty with Kenneth Horne, whose writing staff also included Terry Jones and Michael Palin (and was directed by Peter Frazer-Jones who helmed TBHS Episode #17), and the BBC series According to Dora with Dora Bryan, which also included Eric Idle amongst its scribes.

Helen Carpenter

Helen Carpenter, one of the latter-day Hill's Angels of TBHS as seen in the "Seven Foolish Virgins" segment on April 5, 1989. She was the longest-lasting of all the Angels who appeared on the show in its last few years on the air, first appearing on Jan. 13, 1988 and lasting right up to the Benny Hill's World Tour: New York special in 1990. Is known today as Helen Carpenter-Waters; she is an aerobics and fitness expert, and choreographer who teaches various courses in dance and music. One web page featuring her, with a more recent picture, can be seen at www.fitpro.com; she is also founder and leader of the UK Fitness Academy, the homepage of which (with another recent picture of her) can be found at ukfitnessacademy.co.uk; the site has a biography of her (click on the "About Us" page and go to her name), but while her entry mentions that she's done much film, video and TV, they make no mention of any specific credits, let alone her time on TBHS.

Walter Cartier

A still of dancer Walter Cartier as from the March 11, 1970 "Cotillion Dancing" routine. A year after this show, he played a Russian dancer in the movie version of Fiddler on the Roof, and was also in the 1982 movie Lookin' to Get Out. Lives in the U.S. today. Is not to be confused with the late American boxer (1922-1995) of the same name, who played bit parts in movies from the 1940's onwards and had a role as "Private Claude Billingham" on The Phil Silvers Show / Sgt. Bilko.

Malou Cartwright

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As from the March 13, 1974 "Match of the Week" sketch, Malou Cartwright. On that show, she also figured in the "Hallo Hair Studio" series of bloopers; and was walking with Diana Darvey at the start of the "Hawaii/Havaii" quickie. She was in every show of the 1973-74 series (including the Feb. 7, 1974 edition where she was uncredited but appeared in the two "Courting" quickies). Also figured in one of the variants of the "Bo Peep" story ("Naked Lust in Sinful Sweden") as aired Dec. 27, 1973; and was in the "Zeek/Lem 'How's the wife?'" quickie. Perhaps best known in England for appearing in the play "No Sex Please, We're British."