death_place death_date children birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
eng sutton , london , england 09 may 2003 julian spear eng croydon , london , england 11 september 1919 bernard spear
 bernard spear actor
bernard spear

bernard spear -lrb- 11 september 1919 -- 9 may 2003 -rrb- was an english actor .
he was born to a polish father and russian mother .
spear starred in the bafta tv award-winning television play `` bar mitzvah boy '' , and also played the dual roles of cervantes 's manservant and sancho panza in the 1968 london stage version of `` man of la mancha '' .
his film career includes roles in the films `` drop dead darling '' -lrb- 1966 -rrb- , `` bedazzled '' -lrb- 1967 -rrb- , `` chitty chitty bang bang '' -lrb- 1968 -rrb- , `` the adventures of barry mckenzie '' -lrb- 1972 -rrb- , `` hide and seek '' -lrb- 1972 -rrb- , `` wombling free '' -lrb- 1977 -rrb- and `` yentl '' -lrb- 1983 -rrb- .
spear and his wife mary had one child , julian , a director of turnerspear ltd -lrb- an independent promotion company for television and radio -rrb- , who is married to the actress carol royle .
