CROWTHER, CAPTAIN WELLINGTON

      Played by Sid James

      Captain Crowther has been at the helm of the Happy Wanderer for ten years. He served in the navy during the war, sailing Arctic waters, but has spent the last few decades ferrying passengers around the Mediterranean. Has hopes of being offered the captaincy of the company’s spanking new trans-Atlantic liner but realises it’s not a foregone conclusion, especially with several board members disliking him. Such an inferiority complex explains why he becomes incredibly nervous and worried when new faces join the crew of the Happy Wanderer, splitting up the loyal, reliable team he’s established over the years.

      Despite problems endured during the April cruise to the Med in Cruising, the trip turns out successful and Crowther is offered his dream job, only to turn it down in order to stay with the Happy Wanderer.

      Away from the wheelhouse, he’s green-fingered; his garden is the envy of everyone associated with the various horticultural societies to which he belongs.

       CRUISING, CARRY ON

       see feature box here.

      CRUMP, HAROLD

      Played by Bernard Cribbins

      Agent 04733, whose codename is Blue Bottle, is one of the callow agents reporting to Simkins in Spying. A Southern Counties champion in ludo for four years, he’s recruited to the team whose job is to retrieve a stolen formula. While doing so, he falls in love with fellow agent, Daphne Honeybutt.

      CRUMP, PROFESSOR ROLAND

      Played by Kenneth Williams

      The distinguished archaeologist, who lectures at the University of Kidburn, heads to Templeton where a Roman encampment has been unearthed next to a caravan site. He’s joined on his dig by a bunch of enthusiastic students and an expert in Roman remains, Professor Vooshka, who, surprisingly, takes quite a fancy to the professor, although his inexperience with the opposite sex is plain to see.

      CUMMINGS, BILL

      Role: Thug in Spying

      As a stuntman, Bill Cummings worked on such films as Willow and ten James Bond movies, ranging from Dr No and From Russia with Love to The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only. On television he carried out stunts on Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and The Prisoner.

      Cummings appeared in small parts in The Champions and The Avengers on television, as well as Heavenly Bodies! and The Pink Panther Strikes Again on the big screen.

      CURLY

      Played by Peter Gilmore

      One of the Rumpo Kid’s men who run Stodge City to their own game plan. Seen in Cowboy.

      CURRY, IAN

      Roles: Eric in Constable and Leonard Beamish in Regardless

      Born in Rhodesia in 1930, Ian Curry was seen only occasionally on screen during the early 1960s. His television credits include Richard the Lionheart, The Avengers and Zero One, while he appeared in a few films, such as Underground and The Dock Brief.

      CURTIS, ALAN

      Roles: Conte di Pisa in Henry and Police Chief in Abroad

      Born in Coulsdon, Surrey, in 1930, Alan Curtis left school and immediately entered the business at the Croydon Grand, appearing as a village boy in Great Day. Apart from a brief spell working for Anglo-American Oil, he’s remained in the industry ever since. In 1947, he secured his first break with a repertory company in Gloucester, helping construct the sets, followed by a six-month spell with a small film company in Reigate, making short, animated religious films.

      In 1948 he mixed acting with work behind the scenes, including a stint at Colwyn Bay, and by the mid-1950s was appearing on the screen. His film credits include Die Screaming, Marianne, Four Dimensions of Greta, The Flesh and Blood Show, Tiffany Jones and The Vision, while on television he’s been seen in, among others, The Saint, Paul Temple, Whoops Baghdad!, Last of the Summer Wine, The Corridor People, Crossroads and Duty Free. His busy stage career, meanwhile, has seen him make just under a thousand appearances at the London Palladium.

      In 1995 he suffered a stroke which restricted work opportunities for a while but has since returned to acting and, in 2003, was seen in the popular drama, Footballers’ Wives.

      CUSTOMS OFFICER

      Played by David Hart

      Searches Emmannuelle Prevert’s baggage in Emmannuelle when she first arrives in the UK, paying particular attention to her underwear. (Note: the scene was cut from the film.)

      WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

       When Emmannuelle first arrives in the UK she gets more than she bargained for at the Customs desk, and in an earlier draft of the script, a female customs officer was involved, too.

       INT. CUSTOMS BAGGAGE AREA, AIRPORT – DAY

       Emmannuelle is standing at a Customs bench