From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Percy Herbert 31 July 1920 6 December 1992 was an English character actor who often played soldiers most notably in The Bridge on the River Kwai The Wild Geese and Tunes of Glory However he was equally at home in comedies Barnacle Bill Call Me Bwana two Carry On films and science fiction One Million Years BC Mysterious Island He also acted on television he was a regular on the shortlived series Cimarron Strip starring Stuart Whitman Herbert was a soldier and prisoner of war during World War II captured by the Japanese when they took Singapore He was discovered by Dame Sybil Thorndike Herbert died of a heart attack on 6 December 1992 Description above from the Wikipedia article Percy Herbert actor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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