Harry Locke
Harry Locke was an English character actor.
He was born and died in London. He married Joan Cowderoy in 1943 and Cordelia Sewell in 1952. He was a good friend of the poet Dylan Thomas. Their friendship in London and South Leigh, Oxfordshire, has been described by Locke in a 1970s interview with the radio journalist Colin Edwards.
Locke was a familiar face in three decades of British cinema, playing small parts such as assorted cockneys, working men, clerks, porters and cab drivers, with appearances including Passport to Pimlico, Reach for the Sky, Carry On Nurse, The Devil-Ship Pirates, Alfie and The Family Way.
His numerous roles on TV included Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) as a night porter in 1969. In 1972 he played Platon Karataev in the BBC production of War and Peace, with his final role, playing a gardener, in an episode of Just William, in 1977.
Selected filmography
The Day Will Dawn - George in Civvy Street - Piccadilly Incident - No Room at the Inn - Tobacconist Passport to Pimlico - SergeantPrivate Angelo - Cpl. Trivet Treasure Island - HaggottThe Naked Heart High Treason - Andy - Telephone Engineer Judgment Deferred - BertAngels One Five - Look OutFather's Doing Fine - Little Man My Wife's Lodger - Passer-byTread Softly - Nutty PottsTime Bomb - Train FiremanThe Red Beret - Medical OrderlyDevil on Horseback - Doctor in the House - JessupThe Teckman Mystery - LeonardA Kid for Two Farthings - A Yank in Ermine - ClaytonThe Long Arm - Secondhand DealerYield to the Night - Fred HiltonReach for the Sky - BatesThe Baby and the Battleship - CPO BladesThe Silken Affair - TobacconistTown on Trial - Sgt. BealeThe Happy Road - Emerson Doctor at Large - PorterWoman in a Dressing Gown - Wine merchantBarnacle Bill - ReporterNowhere to Go - George Bendel The Captain's Table - HoleCarlton-Browne of the F.O. - Gaillardian CommentatorCarry On Nurse - Mick the OrderlySerious Charge - I'm All Right Jack - Trade Union OfficialUpstairs and Downstairs - Train Ticket Inspector Sink the Bismarck! - Clue of the Twisted Candle - AmisLight Up the Sky! - Roland KenyonThe Girl on the Boat - The Man in the Back Seat - Joe CarterWatch It, Sailor! - Ticket Collector On the Fiddle - HuxtableNever Back Losers - BurnsidePlay It Cool - Train Guard She'll Have to Go - StationmasterCrooks Anonymous - FredTwo and Two Make Six - TedIn the Doghouse - Sid WestTiara Tahiti - Kill or Cure - HigginsThe Wild and the Willing - 2nd CustomerThe Amorous Prawn - Albert HugginThe L-Shaped Room - NewsagentThe Small World of Sammy Lee - Stage ManagerHeavens Above! - Shop StewardWhat a Crazy World - GeorgeA Home of Your Own The Devil-Ship Pirates - BraggThe Counterfeit Constable The Early Bird - Commissionaire Alfie - Foreman Arabesque - Zoo Guard The Family Way - Mr. StubbsMister Ten Per Cent - Theatre Heckler - Half a Sixpence - Weight GuesserCarry On Doctor - SamSubterfuge - TrampOh! What a Lovely War - Heckler at Pankhurst SpeechCarry On Again Doctor - PorterTales from the Crypt - Harry the Cook The Creeping Flesh - Barman