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Kenneth Connor MBE (6 June 1918 – 28 November 1993) was an English comedy stage, radio, film and TV actor, best known for his appearances in the Carry On films. Born the son of a naval officer in Islington, London, Connor first appeared on the stage at the age of 2. By 11 years old, he had his own act. After periods at drama school and the army – during which time he participated in the British invasion of Rome – he returned to the stage. He found more success, however, in BBC radio comedy, particularly in comedian Ted Ray's Ray's a Laugh where played the brother-in-law and other... MORE

Kenneth Connor MBE (6 June 1918 – 28 November 1993) was an English comedy stage, radio, film and TV actor, best known for his appearances in the Carry On films. Born the son of a naval officer in Islington, London, Connor first appeared on the stage at the age of 2. By 11 years old, he had his own act. After periods at drama school and the army – during which time he participated in the British invasion of Rome – he returned to the stage. He found more success, however, in BBC radio comedy, particularly in comedian Ted Ray's Ray's a Laugh where played the brother-in-law and other oddball characters such as Sidney Mincing. He also on occasion appeared in The Goon Show, standing in for regular cast members struck down by illness. In 1955, Connor gained a small role in the film The Ladykillers (1955) as a taxi driver. In 1958, he was cast in the first Carry On film, Carry On Sergeant and became one of the regular cast in the series, appearing in seventeen of the original thirty films and many of the associated television productions. Alongside Kenneth Williams and Eric Barker, Connor was one of only three actors to appear in both the first and last of the original sequence of Carry On LESS