He also played the title role in the television series My Uncle Silas, based on the short stories by H. E. Bates, about a roguish but lovable poacher-cum-farm labourer looking after his great-nephew.

He is assisted by his brother Rodney ( played by Nicholas Lyndhurst ) and Grandad ( played by Lennard Pearce ) and, in later episodes, Uncle Albert ( played by Buster Merryfield ).

" I always felt that Uncle Remus should be played by a living person ," Disney is quoted as saying, " as should also the young boy to whom Harris ' old Negro philosopher relates his vivid stories of the Briar Patch.

Directed by Harry A. Pollard ( who played Uncle Tom in a 1913 release of Uncle Tom's Cabin ), this two-hour movie was more than a year in production and was the third most expensive picture of the silent era ( at a cost of $ 1. 8 million ).

In 1980 he played the Funny Uncle in a dramatisation of the John Betjeman poem " Indoor Games Near Newbury ", part of an ITV special titled Betjeman's Britain that also starred Peter Cook and Susannah York.

Lucas later played the title role in the 1914 cinematic production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

" Uncle John ," as Carl called him, was an African American in his sixties who played blues and gospel on his battered acoustic guitar.

* " Uncle Al had to take a lot of medicine last night " ( line by Uncle Al, the Kiddies ' Pal, played by Alan Sues )

At a Zappa concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Mothers Of Invention keyboardist Don Preston climbed up to the legendary venue's pipe organ, usually used for classical works, and played the signature riff ( this can be heard on the 1969 Zappa album Uncle Meat ).

In addition to a few small roles with Croydon rep, he had his radio debut on the BBC Light Programme in a November 1946 adaptation of Just William, where he played Uncle Noel.

As an actor at Chichester, he also starred in four plays, including his first Uncle Vanya in 1996 ( he played it again in 2000, which he brought to Broadway for a limited run ).

Moreover, Rice wrote and starred in Otello ( 1844 ), he also played the title character in Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Miami also played a major role in the rise of Southern Hip-hop during this time frame with successful acts like 2 Live Crew, Uncle Luke, and other artists who relied heavily on the Miami Bass sound.

In 1973, he played Dr Astrov in Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya at the Bristol Old Vic, and had an uncredited role as Charles Calthrop in the film The Day of the Jackal.

Fields played himself in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, and his " niece " called him " Uncle Bill ".

Their country rock sound was influential on many bands who played the Twin Cities circuit during the 1980s and 1990s like Uncle Tupelo, The Gear Daddies and The Honeydogs.

One of his final movies was Billy Bob Thornton's Daddy and Them, where Varney played Uncle Hazel, who had been arrested for murder.

He was replaced as live-in housekeeper by actor William Demarest, who played Bub's brother, Uncle Charley.

In Strained Relations, a 1985 episode of the TV series Only Fools and Horses, the character Uncle Albert asks Rodney, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst, if he had ever been on board a ship to which he replied " Yes " but then added it was " only the Woolwich Ferry.

Among the local programming offered during the 1950s and 1960s was news analysis from Dorothy Fuldheim, children's programming featuring the " Uncle Jake " character played by Gene Carroll and the " Captain Penny " character played by Ron Penfound, and exercise programs with Paige Palmer.

Educated at Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive school in Beddau, Jenkins first played rugby union aged 13 at Beddau RFC based in Pontypridd, starting out as a flanker but was pushed forward into the front row at age 15.

There are six Welsh classes held in the village, a Ti a Fi ( parent and toddler group ), a Meithrin ( Welsh medium nursery ) and Bedlinog is home to the Bedroc festival, a major event in the Welsh language calendar which is held over a weekend in June every year, which has played host to acts like Dafydd Iwan, Tebot Piws, Frizbee, Heather Jones, Bryn Fôn and Jess.

Accordingly, at the Comedie last year, Jean Meyer played a sympathetic Arnolphe and drew criticism for turning the comedy into a tragedy.

Among many roles in his career, Arau has played " Captain Herrera ", a lieutenant of Federal general " Mapache ", in Sam Peckinpah's 1969 western, The Wild Bunch, chief bandit " El Guapo " in Three Amigos ( USA, 1986 ), a comedy with Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Chevy Chase, and the smuggler " Juan " in Romancing the Stone which starred Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.

Sólo con tu pareja was a sex comedy about a womanizing businessman ( played by Daniel Giménez Cacho ), who after spurning an attractive nurse, is fooled into believing he's contracted HIV.

She played bit parts in three English-language films, the British comedy Doctor at Sea ( 1955 ) with Dirk Bogarde, Helen of Troy ( 1954 ), in which she was understudy for the title role but appears only as Helen's handmaid, and Act of Love ( 1954 ) with Kirk Douglas.

* Baldrick is a character in the BBC comedy series Blackadder played by Tony Robinson.

His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in the Keystone comedy Kid Auto Races at Venice in 1914.

Charles appeared in the John Godber comedy play Teechers, in which he swapped in and out of various roles, at the Arts Theatre, London, and at the Edinburgh Festival ( 1989 ), and he played Idle Jack in the pantomime Dick Whittington, at the Hull New Theatre ( 1997 ).

In the romantic comedy 50 First Dates ( 2004 ), Adam Sandler plays veterinarian Henry Roth, who falls for Lucy Whitmore, played by Drew Barrymore.

He played a character who saved his town from under-the-earth " graboid " monsters in the comedy / horror film Tremorsa role that People found him " far too accomplished " to playand portrayed an earnest medical student experimenting with death in Joel Schumacher's Flatliners.

She played the title role in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette ( 2006 ) and starred in the comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People ( 2008 ).

Also in 2004, she portrayed a rising tennis player in the Wimbledon Championships opposite Paul Bettany, who played a fading former tennis star in the romantic comedy Wimbledon.

This was also played upon when Wilson made a guest appearance on the comedy TV quiz show Shooting Stars, in which Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer purposefully misquoted his catchphrase by referring to him as " Richard ' I don't believe you ' Wilson ".

In 2001 and 2002 Whitehouse wrote and performed in two series of the BBC comedy drama Happiness, in which he played a voice-over actor with a mid-life crisis.

He played the guitar with a jazz and comedy group called The Bill Hall Trio in concert parties for the troops.

* Down Among the Z Men ( 1952 ), played Eccles in a black-and-white secret agent comedy with all the Goons, including early member Michael Bentine and original announcer Andrew Timothy.

Heckart played Diane Keaton's meddling mother in the 1996 comedy film The First Wives Club.

* Chris Pepper, character played by Peter Lawford in 1969 comedy One More Time ( film ) directed by Jerry Lewis

In 2011, she played " Lenore Case ", the journalist in the remake of the 1940s film The Green Hornet, and was the central lead in the hit comedy Bad Teacher.

In an uncharacteristic offbeat comedy role, Eastwood played Philo Beddoe, a trucker and brawler who roams the American West searching for a lost love accompanied by his brother and an orangutan called Clyde.

Eastwood directed and played the lead role in the 1980 comedy Bronco Billy alongside Locke, Scatman Crothers, and Sam Bottoms.

* One version of Minuit was played by Groucho Marx in the 1957 comedy film The Story of Mankind.

After leaving the CFU, Weir made his first major independent film, the short feature Homesdale ( 1971 ), an offbeat black comedy which co-starred rising young actress Kate Fitzpatrick and musician and comedian Grahame Bond, who came to fame in 1972 as the star of The Aunty Jack Show ; Weir also played a small role, but this was to be his last significant screen appearance.

Robin Williams was mainly known for his anarchic standup comedy and his popular TV role as the wisecracking alien in Mork & Mindy ; in this film he played an inspirational teacher in a dramatic story about conformity and rebellion at an exclusive New England prep school in the 1950s.

In the comedy Grumpier Old Men ( 1995 ), Loren played a femme fatale opposite Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, and Ann-Margret.

In the summer of 1968, Tate began her next film, The Wrecking Crew ( 1969 ), a comedy in which she played Freya Carlson, an accident-prone spy, who was also a romantic interest for star Dean Martin, playing Matt Helm.