A Carry On star was turned down for a role playing himself in a film based on a prisoner of war escape plot – because he was “too fat”. Peter Butterworth auditioned for the part in 1950 ...

As one of the core actors in the Carry On film franchise, Peter Butterworth was one of UK cinema ... and frantic hotel manager Pepe in Carry On Abroad. But behind the laughter was a deeply ...

The Great Escape and The Wooden Horse are two classic British World War II escape films, but what is perhaps less well known is that one of the team involved in both of the escapes that inspired ...

Carry On legendary actor Peter Butterworth has been revealed as a World War Two hero who helped plan the Great Escape from Stalag Luft camp in Poland. According to the National Archives ...

This collection contains all 30 hilarious Carry On movies ... Barbara Windsor Hattie Jacques Windsor Davies Valerie Leon Peter Butterworth Bernard Bresslaw Terry Scott Bill Maynard Phil Silvers ...

This collection contains all 30 hilarious Carry On movies ... Barbara Windsor Hattie Jacques Windsor Davies Valerie Leon Peter Butterworth Bernard Bresslaw Terry Scott Bill Maynard Phil Silvers ...

However, the franchise never quite managed to go abroad for filming - the Sahara backdrop in Carry On ... Kenneth Williams and Peter Butterworth with Anita Harris and Sheena the camel at ...

Getty Images Peter Butterworth (centre) alongside other Carry On regulars, Jack Douglas and Barbara Windsor A cache of prisoner of war documents recently released from a German archive is now ...