caption death_date death_place birth_name birth_place birth_date yearsactive image article_title name
in '' carry on doctor '' 7 june 1985 bristol , england gordon charles rollings batley , west riding of yorkshire , england 17 april 1926 1959-1985 actor_gordon_rollings . jpg gordon rollings
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gordon rollings

gordon charles rollings -lrb- 17 april 1926 -- 7 june 1985 -rrb- was an english actor who mainly appeared on television , but also appeared on-stage and in feature films .
he was born in batley , in the west riding of yorkshire , england and started his career in radio in israel .
he later trained as a clown in paris , appearing in the medrano circus .
rollings made an uncredited screen appearance in the beatles ' film `` a hard day 's night '' .
he played the man in the pub who is shocked to find that ringo has thrown a dart into his lunch .
then after a number of small parts in tv shows such as `` z-cars '' in the early 1960s , on 21 april 1964 , he was one of the first presenters of bbc 2 's daily programme for young children , `` play school '' , alongside virginia stride .
in the same year he played the character of charlie moffitt in `` coronation street '' .
he was a storyteller in `` jackanory '' in 1966-67 , reading among others , the story of `` worzel gummidge '' .
-lrb- rollings would later appear in a 1981 episode of the televised series of worzel gummidge -rrb- .
he later narrated `` the herbs '' , and as the character arkwright with his small dog , tonto , in the adverts for john smith 's bitter .
