Larry Dann
Actor
- Born
- May 4, 1941 (age 85) · London, England, UK
Larry Dann (born 4 May 1941 in London, England) is a British film and television actor.
His acting career began by a fluke, with "a chance knock at the door looking for kids to work in films." He made his film debut age five in Adam and Evelyn (1946) with Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger, and worked as an extra before training at the Corona Stage Academy. As a youngster he had a cameo playing a schoolboy in Carry On Teacher (1959), and appeared in two films with Sir Norman Wisdom, Trouble in Store (1953) and The Bulldog Breed (1960). He later rejoined the famous Carry On series of films for Carry On Behind (1975), Carry On England (1976) and Carry On Emmannuelle (1978). His other film roles included What a Crazy World (1963), All Neat in Black Stockings (1968), The Body Stealers (1969), Before Winter Comes, (1969), Our Miss Fred (1972) Ghost Story (1974) and The Bunker (1981).
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From 1984 to 1992, he played Sergeant Alec Peters in 227 episodes of the ITV police series The Bill. In 2020, Dann shared his memories of his early work on The Bill for the book Witness Statements: Making The Bill (Series 1-3). A follow-up volume, Witness Statements: Making The Bill (1988) was published in 2022, also featuring memories from Dann about his time as Sgt. Peters during the earliest half-hour episodes of the programme.
Dann joined the Theatre Workshop in 1962 and appeared in numerous plays directed by Joan Littlewood including Oh, What a Lovely War! in London, Paris and New York.
In 2023, Dann wrote his autobiography Oh, What A Lovely Memoir, published by Devonfire Books.
Known for
The Million Pound Note
January 7, 1954
Carry On Behind
June 10, 1975
The Bunker
April 15, 1981
Carry On Teacher
August 20, 1959
Carry On Emmannuelle
October 12, 1978
Carry On England
October 1, 1976
Whirlpool
March 28, 1970
Trouble in Store
December 14, 1953
That's Carry On!
November 10, 1977
The Bulldog Breed
December 13, 1960
Ghost Story
March 19, 1974
Before Winter Comes
January 17, 1969
Acting23
- 2009Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story as Himself
- 1998What's a Carry On? as Clive (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1987Playing Away as John
- 1984The Hope and the Glory as Barman
- 1981The Bunker as Moss
- 1980Kate: The Good Neighbour as Mr. Turner
- 1978Carry On Emmannuelle as Theodore Valentine
- 1977That's Carry On! as Clive (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976Carry On England as Gunner Shaw
- 1975