Charles Arthur Richardson Oliver (actually registered as "Charles Arthur Sherlock Oliver"; 21 June 1907, in Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland – 29 March 1983, in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England) was a British film actor. He married on 4 June 1938 the actress (Margaret) Noel Hood.[1] They had two children: Nina (1943) and William (1947). He appeared in the Will Hay film Ask a Policeman as the local squire who oversees a smuggling empire.[2]

Television

 • The Parnell Commission (18 Jul 1939)[3]
A reconstruction of the famous forgery investigation of 1888-89
Writer / Producer Denis Johnston
Piggott Eliot Makeham
Sir Charles Russel Felix Aylmer
Parnell Mark Dignam
Attorney General Wilfrid Walter
Eye Witness Brefni O'Rorke
Mrs O'Shea Olga Edwardes
President of the Court Graveley Edwards
Timothy Harrington Blake Giffard
Doctor Maguire Nigel Fitzgerald
Henniker Heaton Lionel Dymoke
Frank Hugh O'Donnell Harry Hutchinson
Court Registrar Leo McCabe
Captain O'Shea Charles Oliver
Friend Micheline Patton
Servant at Eltham Moya Devlin
Solicitor's Clerk Russell Hogarth
Spanish Policeman Rafael Terry
Reporter
Houston's Voice		 Kenneth Barton
[Actor] Jack Clifford
 • Three in a Bar (21 Aug 1939)[4]
The scene is the bar-parlour of a public-house at Shepherd's Bush.
Author Peter Franklin
Producer Stephen Harrison
Mrs Johnson Kathleen Boutall
Lily Gertrude Musgrove
Beddall Charles Oliver
Stevens John Garside
Wilkins Basil Cunard

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Charles Oliver at bfi.org.uk
  2. ^ "Ask a Policeman". Radio Times. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ^ Radio Times (18 July 1939), The Parnell Commission, vol. 64, BBC Television, p. 16
  4. ^ Radio Times (21 August 1939), Three in a Bar, vol. 64, BBC Television, p. 16

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