Jimmy Gardner (actor) explained

Jimmy Gardner
Birth Name:	Edward Charles James Gardner
Birth Date:	1924 8, df=y
Birth Place:	Newmarket, Suffolk, England
Death Place:	London, England
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	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
• (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
• (2005) .... Kaiser (final film role)

Notes and References

1. News: Jimmy Gardner: War hero and actor whose roles ranged from gravedigger in the RSC's 'Hamlet' to a bus driver in 'Harry Potter' . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jimmy-gardner-war-hero-and-actor-whose-roles-ranged-from-gravedigger-in-the-rscs-hamlet-to-a-bus-driver-in-harry-potter-1964258.html . 8 June 2022 . subscription . live . . 6 May 2010 . Mark . Rylance . 6 May 2010.
2. Web site: THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB British Board of Film Classification . www.bbfc.co.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161005020416/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/curse-mummys-tomb-1964 . 2016-10-05.
3. Book: Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010. 9780786486496. 21 March 2016. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers .
4. http://www.ahds.rhul.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/shakespeare/performancedetails.do?performanceId=11100
5. Web site: Jimmy Gardner obituary. TheGuardian.com. 16 June 2010.
6. Web site: Veteran actor, brought up in Marlborough, dies, 85. 6 May 2010 .