Larry Dann

Larry Dann born 4 May 1941 in London England is a British film and television actor His acting career began by a fluke with a chance knock at the door looking for kids to work in films He made his film debut age five in Adam and Evelyn 1946 with Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger and worked as an extra before training at the Corona Stage Academy As a youngster he had a cameo playing a schoolboy in Carry On Teacher 1959 and appeared in two films with Sir Norman Wisdom Trouble in Store 1953 and The Bulldog Breed 1960 He later rejoined the famous Carry On series of films for Carry On Behind 1975 Carry On England 1976 and Carry On Emmannuelle 1978 His other film roles included What a Crazy World 1963 All Neat in Black Stockings 1968 The Body Stealers 1969 Before Winter Comes 1969 Our Miss Fred 1972 Ghost Story 1974 and The Bunker 1981 From 1984 to 1992 he played Sergeant Alec Peters in 227 episodes of the ITV police series The Bill In 2020 Dann shared his memories of his early work on The Bill for the book Witness Statements Making The Bill Series 13 A followup volume Witness Statements Making The Bill 1988 was published in 2022 also featuring memories from Dann about his time as Sgt Peters during the earliest halfhour episodes of the programme Dann joined the Theatre Workshop in 1962 and appeared in numerous plays directed by Joan Littlewood including Oh What a Lovely War in London Paris and New York In 2023 Dann wrote his autobiography Oh What A Lovely Memoir published by Devonfire Books