Jerold Wells

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jerold Wells (8 August 1908 - 19 July 1999) was an English actor. He appeared primarily in British comedies. Some of his best-known roles were in Time Bandits, where he played Benson, a mentally disturbed follower to Evil, and in Jabberwocky, where he played a footless man known as Wat Dabney. He also had a career in television, where he appeared in The Two Ronnies, The Old Curiosity Shop, and The Benny Hill Show. He was born in Wallington, Hampshire and died in Bath, Somerset. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerold Wells, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Time Bandits

as Benson

Jabberwocky

as Wat Dabney

The Element of Crime

as Kramer

The Vault of Horror

as Waiter (segment 1 "Midnight Mess")

Anne of the Thousand Days

as Boleyn Axeman (uncredited)

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

as Landlord

The New Avengers

as Barker

Maniac

as Giles

The Pirates of Blood River

as Penal Colony Master

The Naked Truth

as 1st Irishman (uncredited)