Percy Herbert

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Percy Herbert (31 July 1920 - 6 December 1992) was an English character actor who often played soldiers, most notably in The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Wild Geese and Tunes of Glory. However, he was equally at home in comedies (Barnacle Bill, Call Me Bwana, two Carry On films) and science fiction (One Million Years B.C., Mysterious Island). He also acted on television; he was a regular on the short-lived series Cimarron Strip, starring Stuart Whitman. Herbert was a soldier and prisoner of war during World War II, captured by the Japanese when they took Singapore. He was discovered by Dame Sybil Thorndike. Herbert died of a heart attack on 6 December 1992.

Most Popular Percy Herbert Trailers

Total trailers found: 72

Tank Force! Trailer (1958)

22 April 1958

During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.

The Gold Express Trailer (1955)

01 August 1955

Claustrophobic train-set comedy-thriller (produced by H.G. Wells son) with an ace reporter coming up against crooks intent on stealing a gold shipment on the Scotland to London express.

The Cracksman Trailer (1963)

01 January 1963

Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable asset to his crime kingdom.

Sea Fury Trailer (1958)

26 August 1958

The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl at the behest of her father, in the hope of getting his hands on the vessel.

The Prisoner Trailer (1955)

19 April 1955

A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war and his resistance when his country again fell to a totalitarian conqueror.

The Royal Hunt of the Sun Trailer (1969)

05 October 1969

The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold.

Tiger in the Smoke Trailer (1956)

27 November 1956

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother.

Casino Royale Trailer (1967)

18 April 1967

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'.

One Million Years B.C. Trailer (1966)

24 November 1966

As the Earth wrestles with its agonizing birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive.

The Guns of Navarone Trailer (1961)

27 April 1961

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

The Bridge on the River Kwai Trailer (1957)

11 October 1957

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors.

Child in the House Trailer (1956)

14 August 1956

A lonely child must stay with her uncaring aunt and uncle after her mother is hospitalized. Her estranged father is a fugitive.

Hardcore Trailer (1977)

17 March 1977

Aka Hardcore, aka Frankly Fiona. The heavily fictionalised fantastical autobiography of the fantastic 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond, played by Fiona herself!

Serious Charge Trailer (1959)

30 April 1959

Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears being a spinster, wants to be his wife.

Call Me Bwana Trailer (1963)

14 June 1963

A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds it. Washington sends Matthew Merriwether to recover it—thinking he's an expert on the region—when in fact he's no such thing.

The London Connection Trailer (1979)

21 December 1979

A missing formula, a defecting Eastern European scientist kidnapped, car chases, foot chases, air chases, the British secret service, and a couple of American tourists caught right in the middle.

Lost Trailer (1956)

31 January 1956

U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London.

Guns at Batasi Trailer (1964)

30 October 1964

An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.

Valentino Trailer (1977)

07 September 1977

The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.

The Night My Number Came Up Trailer (1955)

22 March 1955

British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie's flight to Tokyo on a small Dakota propeller plane crashes on a Japanese beach.

The Young Lovers Trailer (1954)

24 August 1954

A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective countries' officials, who suspect espionage.

The Wild Geese Trailer (1978)

28 June 1978

A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution.

One Good Turn Trailer (1955)

04 January 1955

Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for.

Captain Apache Trailer (1971)

27 October 1971

The title character is a US army Captain of Native American descent who is asked to investigate the murder of an Indian agent.

Mysterious Island Trailer (1961)

19 December 1961

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals.

Yesterday's Enemy Trailer (1959)

10 September 1959

Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enemy.

Tobruk Trailer (1967)

07 February 1967

In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt.

Becket Trailer (1964)

11 March 1964

Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty from the Church.

A Hill in Korea Trailer (1956)

18 September 1956

Based on real events, A Hill in Korea charts the fortunes of a small group of British soldiers serving in the Korean War.

Too Late the Hero Trailer (1970)

20 May 1970

A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island.

Joey Boy Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better.

The Challenge Trailer (1960)

17 May 1960

Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.

Up the Front Trailer (1972)

14 July 1972

In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward.

Mutiny on the Bounty Trailer (1962)

08 November 1962

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline.

The Sea Wolves Trailer (1980)

03 July 1980

A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results.

Night of the Demon Trailer (1957)

09 November 1957

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before.

The Cockleshell Heroes Trailer (1955)

16 November 1955

During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

Bunny Lake Is Missing Trailer (1965)

03 October 1965

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

The Safecracker Trailer (1958)

05 March 1958

Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occupied chateau in Belgium.

Sea of Sand Trailer (1958)

04 November 1958

A small British army team is sent deep behind enemy lines to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North African campaign.

The MacKintosh Man Trailer (1973)

01 August 1973

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang.

El juicio Trailer (1968)

04 January 1968

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing Trailer (1975)

09 July 1975

Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.

Night of the Big Heat Trailer (1967)

01 May 1967

While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan.

The Counterfeit Constable Trailer (1964)

10 October 1964

An extremely funny film about a group of French rugby supporters who go to see a match at Twickenham and one of them inadvertently receives a blow in the mouth from someone else's elbow.

Man in the Wilderness Trailer (1971)

24 November 1971

In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter.

Doctor at Sea Trailer (1955)

12 July 1955

The second of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970.

The Devil's Disciple Trailer (1959)

20 August 1959

In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev.

Craze Trailer (1974)

16 May 1974

A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with unimaginable wealth and power if he merely offers human sacrifice.

What's a Carry On? Trailer (1998)

29 December 1998

Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast.

Carry On Cowboy Trailer (1965)

26 November 1965

Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P.

Quatermass 2 Trailer (1957)

17 June 1957

In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space.

The Viking Queen Trailer (1967)

25 March 1967

Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe of Britons led by Selina, set out to defy the invaders and discard their yoke of bondage.

The Hunted Trailer (1967)

05 October 1967

Black Snake Trailer (1973)

28 March 1973

On a 19th century Caribbean island, slaves revolt against their beautiful and sadistic mistress.

One More Time Trailer (1970)

27 May 1970

London nightclub buddies Salt and Pepper link Pepper's dead twin to diamond smugglers.

Confession Trailer (1955)

01 June 1955

A falling-out between thieves over the proceeds of a stickup results in several deaths and a priest being marked for murder because of a confession he receives from one of the gang members.

Carry On Jack Trailer (1964)

23 February 1964

Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless. Those swabbing the decks include Juliet Mills, Charles Hawtrey and Donald Houston.

Barnacle Bill Trailer (1957)

17 December 1957

A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as ''

The Fiend Trailer (1972)

30 April 1972

Led by a sinister minister, a controlling religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness and murder.