Harry Fielder Explained

Harry Fielder
Birth Name:Henry Arthur Fielder
Birth Date:26 April 1940
Birth Place:London, England
Spouse:[1]
Yearsactive:1967 - 1999

Henry Arthur Fielder (26 April 1940 – 6 February 2021), sometimes credited as Harry H. Fielder or Harry Aitch Fielder, was an English actor who worked extensively in British film and television from the 1960s to the 1990s.[2]

Career

Fielder was born in Islington, London. He appeared as an extra in many American films due to filming taking place partly or entirely in Britain. His film credits include Oliver!, Star Wars: A New Hope, McVicar, and Highlander.[2]

He appeared as an extra in a wide range of TV shows including Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Shoestring, The Sweeney, Minder and The Professionals.[3]

Fielder co-presented CBTV, a Thames TV programme for younger viewers, in the 1980s where he played the Security Guard, Harry, who Jim Sweeney and Steve Steen would have to sneak past at the gates of Teddington Studios.

Personal life

In 2012, Fielder published his autobiography Extra Extra, Read All About It!: My Life as a Film and TV Extra.[4]

Fielder died on 6 February 2021 at the age of 80.[5] [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967Quatermass and the PitWorkman
Possessed man
Uncredited
1967The Dirty DozenFrench Waiter Uncredited
1968Oliver!Smart gentlemanUncredited
1970CromwellMan in ParliamentUncredited
TrogSecurity GuardUncredited
1972Carry On AbroadMonkUncredited
Mutiny on the BusesBus DriverUncredited
1973Holiday on the BusesBusmanUncredited
1977Star Wars Episode IV: A New HopeCorporal Grenwick, Death Star trooperUncredited
1978The Thirty Nine StepsPolicemanUncredited
SupermanPolicemanUncredited
1980Superman IICopUncredited
1981Raiders of the Lost ArkGerman soldierUncredited
Take It or Leave ItBarmanUncredited
1984Top Secret!German guardUncredited
1986HighlanderHospital guardUncredited
1995Mary ReillyBearded manUncredited
First KnightVillagerUncredited
1996Loch NessReporterUncredited
Mission: ImpossibleCar driverUncredited
101 DalmatiansPasserbyUncredited
EvitaCrowd memberUncredited
1997IncognitoPrison warderUncredited
WildeCourtroom memberUncredited
The Man Who Knew Too LittlePhotographerUncredited
Houdini's stagehandUncredited
The JackalAmerican cop on roofUncredited
1999EntrapmentStallholderUncredited

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967–1977Z-CarsPC and others6 episodes
1967–1982Doctor WhoGuard, Crewmember, Vogan, Assassin, Titan Base Crewman, Levithian Guard, Tigellan Guard14 episodes
1976–77Medic and others7 episodes, uncredited
1977SurvivorsLarry1 episode, The Peacemaker
1977–79Secret ArmyCandide Patron, German POW and Tim Wooldridge5 episodes, uncredited
1978–1981Blake's 7Federation Trooper and others10 episodes
1979–1982MinderWedding guest and others3 episodes, uncredited
1979Fawlty TowersLaundry van driver1 episode, The Kipper and the Corpse, uncredited
1980 A Tale of Two CitiesGaoler2 episodes
1981Yes MinisterHitman1 episode, The Death List, uncredited
1982Beau GesteLegionnaire4 episodes, TV mini-series
1983The OptimistMan in street1 episode, The Light Fantastic
1985–1995EastEndersCafe Customer and others3 episodes
1987The Diary of Anne FrankVegetable man2 episodes, credited as Harry Aitch Fielder
1987–1991The BillMan at Council Estate and others4 episodes
1990–93London's BurningBarman and Pub Landlord2 episodes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harry Fielder - My career in British films and TV . www.harryfielder.co.uk . 5 May 2010 .
  2. Web site: Harry Fielder. https://web.archive.org/web/20180309071206/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba8ae53fd. dead. 9 March 2018. BFI.
  3. Web site: Harry Fielder. www.aveleyman.com. 24 March 2019. 14 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210214091642/http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=22497. dead.
  4. Book: Harry 'Aitch' Fielder. Clive Saunders. Extra, Extra, Read All About It!: My Life as a Film and TV Extra. 4 August 2017. 24 July 2015. Andrews UK Limited. 978-0-9931796-1-7.
  5. Web site: Home . harryfielder.co.uk.
  6. Web site: Henry Arthur (Aitch/Harry) Fielder.