Jonathan Cecil:
† 1939-2011
Despite being descended from the aristocratic
line of Lord Salisbury, and educated at Eton and Oxford (his father was
the famous Oxford literary scholar Lord David Cecil), he has spent his
whole career playing idiotic fops, upper-crust nincompoops, and society
dimwits. Perhaps best-known on TV
as Poirot's slow-witted sidekick, Captain Hastings, he has mainly
appeared in a lot of fairly low-brow and kid's stuff, including 'The
Goodies', 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum', 'Worzel Gummidge', 'Kenny Everett',
'Doctor In The House', 'Romany Jones' and the like. 'Wodehouse
Playhouse', 'Dad's Army' and 'Alice In Wonderland' (1986) were rare
treats, but he's a great character actor who always brightens the screen
when he appears.
Jonathan Cecil - imdb profile
