Arthur Mullard - wikipedia Arthur Mullard Arthur Mullard Arthur Ernest Mullord ( 1910 - 09 - 19 ) 19 September 1910 Islington, London, England 11 December 1995 ( 1995 - 12 - 11 ) ( aged 85 ) Islington, London, England Occupation Actor, singer Years active 1939 - 1995 Spouse ( s ) Florence Rose ( 1939 - 1961 ) ( her death ) Children Arthur Ernest Mullard ( né Mullord ; 19 September 1910 -- 11 December 1995 ) was an English actor and singer. Following military service and a brief boxing career, Mullard found work as a cockney character actor in film and TV comedy, notably in the series Romany Jones. Soon after his death, it was revealed that he had been guilty of extreme domestic violence and sexual abuse. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Acting 2.2 Singing 3 Personal life 4 Selected filmography 5 References 6 External links Early life Mullard was born in a humble background in Islington, London. He started work at the age of 14 as a butcher 's assistant, and joined the Army at 18. It was there that he began boxing, becoming champion of his regiment. When he left the army after three years, he had a short stint at boxing professionally. This ended after 20 fights over three years, following a knock - out from which he lost his memory. He married Florence Rose in the second quarter of 1939. He is recorded in the 1939 Register as a general labourer living with his parents at 35 Douglas Street, Islington. He rejoined the army in the Second World War, becoming a sergeant major in the Royal Artillery. Career Acting Following the end of the war in 1945, Mullard sought work as a stuntman at Pinewood and Ealing film studios, from which he drifted into uncredited bit - parts in British films such as Oliver Twist ( 1948 ), The Lavender Hill Mob ( 1951 ) and The Ladykillers ( 1955 ). Mullard 's face and cockney accent lent itself to a certain character, and he graduated to more visible roles in comedy films and on television. It was on television that Mullard made a name for himself, first as a straight man for Tony Hancock, Frankie Howerd and Benny Hill, then in The Arthur Askey Show. It was the London Weekend Television series Romany Jones, first aired in 1973, which give Mullard his highest profile, playing Wally Briggs, a crafty caravan - dweller. Popular in its time, the show did not find critical favour and has subsequently been named as one of the worst British sitcoms ever made. So popular was Mullard 's character that a sequel, Yus, My Dear, was broadcast in 1976, in which Wally and his wife Lily ( Queenie Watts ) had moved out of their caravan into a council house. The series gained modest ratings, though it too received critical broadsides as one of Britain 's worst - ever sitcoms. Mullard ( or `` Arfur '' as he was widely known ) was regularly a guest in other programmes and television commercials. He and Watts also reprised their roles of Wally and Lily appearing in the film Holiday on the Buses ( 1973 ), the last feature - length version of the popular On the Buses comedy series of the time. Mullard also appeared in Ladies Who Do ( 1963 ), Morgan ! ( 1966 ), The Great St Trinian 's Train Robbery ( 1966 ), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ( 1968 ) and Adventures of a Plumber 's Mate ( 1978 ). In 1986, invited by producer Victor Lewis - Smith, Mullard hosted an edition of Midweek on BBC Radio 4 to replace regular host Libby Purves during her temporary absence. Singing In 1967, Mullard recorded `` I Love You, You Love Me '' / `` Was It Something I Said '' on the Masquerade label ( MA5001 ). This was followed the same year by an album Arthur Mullard of London ( MQ 2003 ) The LP included Mullard 's cover of the Beatles ' `` Yesterday '', jokes and philosophy. More singles followed in the 1970s, including 1974 's `` Not Now Arthur '' / `` If I Only Had My Time Again '' ( BASFBA 1012 ), and in 1975 `` I Only Have Eyes for You '' / `` One ' Fing ' N ' Annuver '' ( RCA 2610 ) with `` Yus My Dear '' / `` Arthur '' ( RCA Z639A ) released in 1976. He entered the UK Singles Chart in 1978 with his cover of `` You 're the One That I Want '' ( Pye 7N 46121 ) ( from the film, Grease ) with Hylda Baker, who was in her seventies. The single, which peaked at Number 22 in the UK, was taken from the album, Band On The Trot ( Pye PKL 5576 ). The single was the last professional success of Mullard 's life ; there followed an uncredited narration on the Glenn Close - led live action 101 Dalmatians, released in 1996 after his death. Personal life In 1996, the Sunday Mirror reported that a This Is Your Life special about Mullard was planned, until producers contacted his eldest son and discovered Mullard 's history of extreme domestic violence, and years of sexual abuse against his daughter, starting when she was 13. His wife Florence died of an overdose of sleeping tablets in 1961 after suffering from poor health. Her suicide was said by her daughter to be partly the result of the extreme physical and mental violence Mullard perpetrated against her. Mullard continued to live in a council house in Islington after his success, and spent much of his free time in local pubs. He died in his sleep on 11 December 1995, aged 85. Despite his history of child sexual abuse against her, his daughter was instrumental in nursing him in his dotage. He left her and one of her brothers £ 5,000 each ; he left £ 250,000 to a children 's home. He wrote an autobiography, Oh, Yus, It 's Arthur Mullard. Selected filmography To the Public Danger ( 1948 ) The Story of Shirley Yorke ( 1948 ) Four Men in Prison ( 1950 ) There Is Another Sun ( 1951 ) The Long Memory ( 1952 ) Twilight Women ( 1952 ) The Long Haul ( 1957 ) The Bank Raiders ( 1958 ) Two - Way Stretch ( 1960 ) And the Same to You ( 1960 ) Crooks Anonymous ( 1962 ) Postman 's Knock ( 1962 ) Band of Thieves ( 1962 ) - Getaway The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ( 1962 ) - Chief Borstal Officer ( uncredited ) The Wrong Arm of the Law ( 1963 ) - Brassknuckles Sparrows Ca n't Sing ( 1963 ) - Ted Heavens Above ! ( 1963 ) - Cast Member ( uncredited ) Ladies Who Do ( 1963 ) - Mr. Merryweather Father Came Too ! ( 1964 ) - Traffic Warden The Counterfeit Constable ( 1964 ) - Le malfaiteur Gonks Go Beat ( 1965 ) - Drum Master Morgan -- A Suitable Case for Treatment ( 1966 ) - Wally The Great St Trinian 's Train Robbery ( 1966 ) - Big Jim Cuckoo Patrol ( 1967 ) - Yossle Smashing Time ( 1967 ) - Cafe Boss Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ( 1968 ) - Big Man Lock Up Your Daughters ( 1969 ) - Night Watchman Crooks and Coronets ( 1969 ) - Perce On the Buses ( 1971 ) - ( uncredited ) Steptoe and Son ( 1972 ) - ( uncredited ) The Vault of Horror ( 1973 ) - Gravedigger ( segment 4 `` Bargain in Death '' ) Holiday on the Buses ( 1973 ) - Wally Briggs Three for All ( 1975 ) - Ben Adventures of a Plumber 's Mate ( 1978 ) - Blackie 101 Dalmatians ( 1996 ) - ( voice, uncredited ) References Jump up ^ Arthur Mullard ( Obituary ), The Times, 13 December 1995. Jump up ^ His obituary in The Times gives his date of birth as 10 November 1910 but conflicts with the birthdate given in his death registration. His year of birth appears as 1908, 1910, 1912 and 1913 in various sources. However online records at ( 1 ) show that the birth of an Arthur E Mullord was registered in Islington in October -- December 1910, which is probably him. Jump up ^ Date of birth of 19 September 1910 confirmed from 1939 Register. Jump up ^ GRO Register of Deaths : Arthur Ernest Mullard died December 1995 B32 136 ISLINGTON. DoB = 19 September 1910 Age 85 approx Jump up ^ GRO Register of marriages Jump up ^ 1939 Register entry ^ Jump up to : `` Obituaries : Arthur Mullard ''. The Independent. 13 December 1995. Jump up ^ Wainwright, Martin ( 30 September 2003 ). `` Bilko named best ever comedy ''. The Guardian. Jump up ^ `` Obituary : Mike Reid ''. The Times. 31 July 2007. Jump up ^ Wainwright, Martin ( 30 September 2003 ). `` Bilko named best ever comedy ''. The Guardian. Jump up ^ `` iPM ''. BBC Programme Library. 3 September 2011. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 40. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. ^ Jump up to : `` Arthur Mullard was the Cockney Comic Millions Loved... and a Monster who Raped his Daughter at 13 ''. Sunday Mirror. 12 May 1996. Retrieved 2012 - 05 - 02. External links Arthur Mullard on IMDb A Tribute in The New York Times VIAF : 164947988 LCCN : no2008176993 ISNI : 0000 0001 1458 6370 BNF : cb16642236w ( data ) BIBSYS : 10076129 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Mullard&oldid=832649218 '' Categories : 1910 births 1995 deaths English male comedians English male film actors English male television actors People from Islington ( district ) Royal Artillery soldiers 20th - century English male actors Child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from April 2012 Articles with hCards Pages using div col with deprecated parameters All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from October 2016 Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Edit links This page was last edited on 27 March 2018, at 06 : 46. 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Question: who sang you're the one that i want with arthur mullard
Answer: Hylda Baker