Patrick David Newell (27 March 1932 – 22 July 1988) was a British actor known for his large size.
He was educated at Taunton School and completed his National Service, where a fellow recruit was Michael Caine, before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), alongside Albert Finney and Peter O'Toole.
Newell began to be seen frequently on TV, usually cast as a fat villain or in comic roles. Given his rotund appearance and ability for playing slightly stuffy types, he was a natural stooge in several comedy shows, first for Arthur Askey, in Arthur's Treasured Volumes (ATV, 1960), then for Jimmy Edwards in Faces Of Jim (BBC, 1962), with Ronnie Barker also supporting.
He was originally cast as one of the inept recruits in the first of the Carry On films, 1958's Carry On Sergeant but, according to producer Peter Rogers, Newell turned up on the first day of filming, only to recognise the real-life sergeant hired to drill the cast as the one who'd made his life hell in the Army. He then, so Rogers claims, got into his Rolls-Royce, drove off and was never seen again.
ton petit corps s’ennuie encore
et tu rêves d’être dans la mer
y’a rien à faire dans un bocal
criss moé à terre ou dans la mer
comme si la vie manquait d’air
une maison faite en verre
grosse comme un ballon
j’aimerais t’dire comment j’suis fier
quand tu défends les pauvres petits animaux
chu bocalophone et toi c’est pareil
quand tu rêves d’être sur la mer, sur la mer
comme si la vie manquait d’air
une maison faite en verre
grosse comme un ballon
j’aimerais t’dire comment j’suis fier
quand tu défends les pauvres petits animaux
dans une chambre d'ami on m'observe et on rit
ça suffit tu vois bein qu'mon espace est trop p'tit
un corps-mort orangé et un maître dérangé
j'veux grandir, m'épanouir pas mourir suffoqué
j’vois bein qu'mon heure est arrivée
mais c’est facile de me remplacer
j’vois bein qu'mon heure est arrivée
mais c’est facile de me remplacer
dans la mer dans la mer
comme si la vie manquait d’air
une maison faite en verre
Patrick David Newell (27 March 1932 – 22 July 1988) was a British actor known for his large size.
He was educated at Taunton School and completed his National Service, where a fellow recruit was Michael Caine, before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), alongside Albert Finney and Peter O'Toole.
Newell began to be seen frequently on TV, usually cast as a fat villain or in comic roles. Given his rotund appearance and ability for playing slightly stuffy types, he was a natural stooge in several comedy shows, first for Arthur Askey, in Arthur's Treasured Volumes (ATV, 1960), then for Jimmy Edwards in Faces Of Jim (BBC, 1962), with Ronnie Barker also supporting.
He was originally cast as one of the inept recruits in the first of the Carry On films, 1958's Carry On Sergeant but, according to producer Peter Rogers, Newell turned up on the first day of filming, only to recognise the real-life sergeant hired to drill the cast as the one who'd made his life hell in the Army. He then, so Rogers claims, got into his Rolls-Royce, drove off and was never seen again.
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