This Is Your Life: Alfie Bass

Alfie BASS (1916-1987)

THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Alfie Bass, actor, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.

Alfie, who was born in Bethnal Green, London, began his acting career at London's Unity Theatre in the late 1930s. After serving with the Middlesex Regiment as a despatch rider during the Second World War, where he took part in concert parties and documentary films, he returned to the Unity, appearing in and directing several productions.

During the 1950s, he played supporting roles in films, including The Lavender Hill Mob and It Always Rains on Sunday. He appeared regularly on television, most notably from 1957 in the ITV sitcom The Army Game in the role of Pte. Montague "Excused Boots" Bisley, a role which made him a household name and which he reprised in the show's sequel Bootsie and Snudge in 1960.

programme details...

Edition No: 272
Subject No: 274
Broadcast date: Wed 11 Mar 1970
Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
Recorded: Wed 11 Feb 1970
Venue: Euston Road Studios
Series: 10
Edition: 16

on the guest list...

Beryl - wife
Sammy - son
Annie - daughter
Miriam Karlin
James Gibb
Ted Willis
C J Hamilton
Harry Newton
Bill Fraser
Lionel Bart
John Jorda

production team...

Researcher: unknown
Writer: unknown
Director: Margery Baker
Producer: Robert Tyrrell

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Ted Willis

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