Brian Rawlinson (12 November 1931 – 23 November 2000)"Brian Rawlinson". BFI. Retrieved 14 February 2021. was an English actor and writer for films and TV from the 1950s.
Rawlinson was born in Stockport, Cheshire. He appeared in several films (including several in the Carry On series) but was more frequently on television, a regular role being Robert Onedin in the BBC TV serial The Onedin Line. He also played character roles in many other TV programmes such as Coronation Street, The Baron, Z-Cars, Market in Honey Lane, The Bill, Heartbeat, Danger Man, Goodnight Sweetheart and Last of the Summer Wine, in which he played Cyril Gridley, which was his final appearance. He was also a cast regular in the series The Buccaneers, playing Gaff Guernsey.
As a writer, Rawlinson wrote several plays, but was most involved in the mid-1970s BBC serial Churchill's People, an adaptation based on Winston Churchill's book A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. He was later interviewed about his association with the series on TV Hell, a theme night that BBC Two ran in 1992 on bad television programmes.
He died in Lyme Regis, Dorset on 23 November 2000 aged 69.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1957 Dangerous Exile Dylan Evans 1958 Behind the Mask Mr. Maddox Uncredited1959Life in Dangermale nurse1960 No Kidding Will 1960 Sword of Sherwood Forest 1st Falconer Uncredited1961 The Unstoppable Man Moonlight Jackson 1962 Carry On Cruising Nervous Steward 1962 The Iron Maiden Albert, Village Constable 1963 Nurse on Wheels Policeman 1963 Ladies Who Do Shop Steward 1964 Carry On Cleo Hessian Driver 1965 The Big Job Henry Blobbitt 1965 Carry On Cowboy Burt, Stagecoach Guard 1967 Far From the Madding Crowd Matthew Moon 1971 See No Evil Barker
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