Jimmy Gardner (actor)

English actor (1924–2010)

Jimmy Gardner

Born	Edward Charles James Gardner (1924-08-24)24 August 1924 Newmarket, Suffolk, England
Died	3 May 2010(2010-05-03) (aged 85) London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1954–2005

Edward Charles James Gardner, DFM (24 August 1924 – 3 May 2010) was an English actor.^[1]

During World War II, Gardner served in the Royal Air Force as an air gunner with No. 10 Squadron. He completed 30 sorties as a Halifax rear gunner and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.^[1]

His first film appearance was in The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb released during 1964.^[2]^[3] Thereafter he appeared in over 30 films and also made extensive TV and theatre appearances. Some of his best known Shakespearean roles such as Adam in As You Like It, and Gravedigger in Hamlet were performed under the direction of Terry Hands.^[4]

He played Knight Bus driver Ernie Prang in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third film in the Harry Potter film series.^[5]^[6]

Filmography

Doctor Who : Marco Polo (1964) .... Chenchu
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) .... Fred's Mate
He Who Rides a Tiger (1965) .... Waiter
The Murder Game (1965) .... Arthur Gillett
Arabesque (1966) .... Hemsley (uncredited)
The Committee (1968) .... Boss
Take a Girl Like You (1970) .... Voter
Say Hello to Yesterday (1971) .... Balloon Seller (uncredited)
10 Rillington Place (1971) .... Mr Lynch
Up the Chastity Belt (1971) .... Little Man
Frenzy (1972) .... Hotel Porter
Ooh... You Are Awful (1972) .... Waterloo Porter (uncredited)
Take Me High (1973) .... Hulbert
11 Harrowhouse (1974) .... Man in Snack Bar (uncredited)
Percy's Progress (1974) .... Clerk of Court (uncredited)
Slade in Flame (1975) .... Charlie's Dad
Short Ends (1976) .... Alchemist
Doctor Who : Underworld (1978) .... Idmon
Tess (1979) .... Pedlar
The Company of Wolves (1984) .... Ancient
Mountains of the Moon (1990) .... Jarvis
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) .... Farmer
Thin Ice (1995) .... Old Man with gun
Gunslinger's Revenge (Italian title: Il mio West) (1998) .... Sam Comet
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) .... Ernie the Bus Driver
Finding Neverland (2004) .... Mr. Snow
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) .... Kaiser (final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b Rylance, Mark (6 May 2010). "Jimmy Gardner: War hero and actor whose roles ranged from gravedigger in the RSC's 'Hamlet' to a bus driver in 'Harry Potter'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
^ "THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB | British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016.
^ Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. 21 March 2016. ISBN 9780786486496.
^ http://www.ahds.rhul.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/shakespeare/performancedetails.do?performanceId=11100
^ "Jimmy Gardner obituary". TheGuardian.com. 16 June 2010.
^ "Veteran actor, brought up in Marlborough, dies, 85". 6 May 2010.