Percy Herbert, (31 July 1920 — 6 December 1992), was a British character actor.
Before he started acting, he was a soldier in World War II. His ship was bombed by a Japanese plane upon entry into Singapore Harbour and he was sent to Alexandria Hospital, where he was one of eleven soldiers to survive the massacre and was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
One of his first film roles came in The Bridge on the River Kwai as Grogan. Thanks to his first-hand experience in the war, David Lean paid Herbert an extra £5 to act as a consultant for the film. The way the prisoners whistle "The Colonel Bogey March" was all Herbert's idea.
Herbert appeared in three films in the Carry On... Series. While he went uncredited for Carry On Cleo, he played larger supporting roles in Carry On Jack as Mr. Angel, the bo'sun, and in Carry On Cowboy as Charlie, the bartender.
In 1967, he briefly went to America to play Angus MacGregor in Cimarron Strip. Following this, he returned to films, including Up the Front, One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, The Wild Geese, and The Sea Wolves. His final film was The Love Child, released in 1987.
He died of a heart attack at the age of 72.
Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
Films- Doctor at Sea (1955) — Helmsman (Uncredited Role)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) — Grogan
- Night of the Demon (1957) — Farmer
- The Devil's Disciple (1959) — Edict Sergeant
- Tunes of Glory (1960) — Regimental Sergeant Major Riddick
- The Guns of Navarone (1961) — Sergeant Grogan
- Mysterious Island (1961) — Sergeant Pencroft
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) — Seaman Matthew Quintal
- Call Me Bwana (1963) — Henchman
- Carry On Jack (1964) — Mr. Angel
- Becket (1964) — Baron
- Carry On Cleo (1964) — Guard (Uncredited Role)
- Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) — Policeman at Station
- Carry On Cowboy (1965) — Charlie
- One Million Years B.C. (1966) — Sakana
- Tobruk (1967) — Dolan
- Casino Royale (1967) — Piper
- Night of the Big Heat (1967) — Gerald Foster
- Man in the Wilderness (1971) — Fogarty
- Up the Front (1972) — Corporal Lovechild
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) — Mr. Gibbons
- The Wild Geese (1978) — Keith
- The Sea Wolves (1980) — Dennison
- Danger Man, 2 episodes:
- "The Conspirators" (1960) — Innkeeper
- "The Mercenaries" (1965) — Sergeant Bates
- The Saint, 2 episodes:
- "The Careful Terrorist" (1962) — Hoppy Uniatz
- "The Frightened Inn-Keeper" (1965) — Tom Kane
- Z Cars, episode "Suspected Murder" (1965) — Tommy Schofield
- Dixon of Dock Green, 3 episodes:
- "Unlawful Possession" (1965) — Arthur Hanley
- 2 episodesshow list (1972-74) — Detective Chief Superintendent Donovan
- Cimarron Strip, 23 episodes (1967-68) — Angus MacGregor
- Doctor on the Go, episode "What's in a Name?" (1977) — Mr. Patterson
- The Tomorrow People, 2 episodes of 4-episode story "War of the Empires" (1979) — Thargon Commander
- Worzel Gummidge, episode "Worzel in the Limelight" (1980) — Mr. Oakshott
- Look and Read, 10 episodes (1983) — Bert Thurston
