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Home/People/Jerold Wells
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Born
Aug 8, 1908Died: Jul 19, 1999
Lived 90 years
Place of Birth
Wallington, Hampshire, England
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

31
Movies
27
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Jerold Wells

Acting

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.
Fighting Back poster

Fighting Back

as Herbert
1986
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poster

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

as 1st Torturer
1984
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime poster

Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime

as Self - Actor/Kramer
1984
The Element of Crime poster

The Element of Crime

as Kramer
1984
Time Bandits poster

Time Bandits

as Benson
1981
The Best of the Adventures poster

The Best of the Adventures

as Stropper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate poster

Adventures of a Plumber's Mate

as Stropper
1978
Jabberwocky poster

Jabberwocky

as Wat Dabney
1977
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own poster

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

as Quiz Panel Judge
1974
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell poster

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

as Landlord
1974
The Death of Glory poster

The Death of Glory

as Foulkes
1973
Gawain and the Green Knight poster

Gawain and the Green Knight

as Sergeant
1973
The Vault of Horror poster

The Vault of Horror

as Waiter (segment 1 "Midnight Mess")
1973
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width poster

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

as Tramp
1973
Burke & Hare poster

Burke & Hare

as Landlord
1972
Anne of the Thousand Days poster

Anne of the Thousand Days

as Boleyn Axeman (uncredited)
1969
Journey Into Darkness poster

Journey Into Darkness

as Mayhew
1968
A Ghost of a Chance poster

A Ghost of a Chance

as Ball and Chain Man
1967
The Ghost of Monk's Island poster

The Ghost of Monk's Island

as Convict
1966
Masquerade poster

Masquerade

as Brindle (uncredited)
1965