Harry Fielder obit

Harry Fielder 1940 - 2021 

He was not on the list.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

 

Filmography

Film

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1967            Quatermass and the Pit            Workman

Possessed man            Uncredited

1967    The Dirty Dozen            French Waiter            Uncredited

1968    Oliver!            Smart gentleman            Uncredited

1970            Cromwell         Man in Parliament            Uncredited

Trog            Security Guard            Uncredited

1972    Carry On Abroad            Monk            Uncredited

Mutiny on the Buses   Bus Driver            Uncredited

1973    Holiday on the Buses            Busman            Uncredited

1977    Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope            Corporal Grenwick, Death Star trooper            Uncredited

1978    The Thirty Nine Steps            Policeman            Uncredited

Superman            Policeman            Uncredited

1980            Superman II     Cop            Uncredited

1981    Raiders of the Lost Ark            German soldier            Uncredited

Take It or Leave It            Barman            Uncredited

1984    Top Secret! German guard            Uncredited

1986            Highlander            Hospital guard            Uncredited

1995    Mary Reilly            Bearded man            Uncredited

First Knight            Villager            Uncredited

1996    Loch Ness            Reporter            Uncredited

Mission: Impossible            Car driver            Uncredited

101 Dalmatians            Passerby            Uncredited

Evita     Crowd member            Uncredited

1997            Incognito          Prison warder            Uncredited

Wilde            Courtroom member            Uncredited

The Man Who Knew Too Little            Photographer            Uncredited

FairyTale: A True Story            Houdini's stagehand            Uncredited

The Jackal            American cop on roof            Uncredited

1999            Entrapment            Stallholder            Uncredited

 

Television

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1967–1977            Z-Cars            PC and others   6 episodes

1967–1982            Doctor Who     Guard, Crewmember, Vogan, Assassin, Titan Base Crewman, Levithian Guard, Tigellan Guard   14 episodes

1976–77            Space: 1999    Medic and others            7 episodes, uncredited

1977            Survivors         Larry            1 episode, The Peacemaker

1977–79            Secret Army            Candide Patron, German POW and Tim Wooldridge            5 episodes, uncredited

1978–1981            Blake's 7            Federation Trooper and others            10 episodes

1979–1982            Minder            Wedding guest and others   3 episodes, uncredited

1979    Fawlty Towers            Laundry van driver            1 episode, The Kipper and the Corpse, uncredited

1980    A Tale of Two Cities            Gaoler            2 episodes

1981    Yes Minister            Hitman            1 episode, The Death List, uncredited

1982    Beau Geste            Legionnaire       4 episodes, TV mini-series

1983    The Optimist            Man in street    1 episode, The Light Fantastic

1985–1995            EastEnders      Cafe Customer and others   3 episodes

1987    The Diary of Anne Frank            Vegetable man            2 episodes, credited as Harry Aitch Fielder

1987–1991            The Bill            Man at Council Estate and others            4 episodes

1990–93            London's Burning            Barman and Pub Landlord            2 episodes