Larry Dann

Known for ActingBorn 1941-05-04 (age 85)London, England, UK

Larry Dann (born 4 May 1941 in London, England) is a British film and television actor. His acting career began by a fluke, with "a chance knock at the door looking for kids to work in films." He made his film debut age five in Adam and Evelyn (1946) with Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger, and worked as an extra before training at the Corona Stage Academy. As a youngster he had a cameo playing a schoolboy in Carry On Teacher (1959), and appeared in two films with Sir Norman Wisdom, Trouble in Store (1953) and The Bulldog Breed (1960). He later rejoined the famous Carry On series of films for Carry On Behind (1975), Carry On England (1976) and Carry On Emmannuelle (1978). His other film roles included What a Crazy World (1963), All Neat in Black Stockings (1968), The Body Stealers (1969), Before Winter Comes, (1969), Our Miss Fred (1972) Ghost Story (1974) and The Bunker (1981). From 1984 to 1992, he played Sergeant Alec Peters in 227 episodes of the ITV police series The Bill. In 2020, Dann shared his memories of his early work on The Bill for the book Witness Statements: Making The Bill (Series 1-3). A follow-up volume, Witness Statements: Making The Bill (1988) was published in 2022, also featuring memories from Dann about his time as Sgt. Peters during the earliest half-hour episodes of the programme. Dann joined the Theatre Workshop in 1962 and appeared in numerous plays directed by Joan Littlewood including Oh, What a Lovely War! in London, Paris and New York. In 2023, Dann wrote his autobiography Oh, What A Lovely Memoir, published by Devonfire Books.Read more

Movies & web series

Kate: The Good Neighbour

What's a Carry On?

Robin of Sherwood

Sovereign's Company

Sooty & Co.

Theatre 625

The Detectives

Tales of Unease

Linda

The Bill

West 11

The Million Pound Note

Sherlock Holmes

The Bunker

What a Crazy World

Carry On Teacher

Playing Away

Our Miss Fred

Calculated Nightmare

Before Winter Comes

Trouble in Store

The Bulldog Breed

That's Carry On!

Whirlpool

Carry On Behind

Ghost Story

No Hiding Place

Carry On England

Carry On Emmannuelle

Sooty Heights

Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story

The Hope and the Glory