The Morecambe & Wise Show

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Series Directed by

Ed Stuart
(1 episode, 1972)
John Ammonds
(uncredited) (18 episodes, 1973-1974)
Ernest Maxin
(uncredited) (6 episodes, 1976)

Series Writing Credits

Eddie Braben
(written by) (59 episodes, 1969-1977)
Mike Craig
(additional material) (3 episodes, 1969)
Mike Craig
(Nina sketch) (2 episodes, 1970)
Mike Craig
(written by) (3 episodes, 1973-1976)
Mike Craig
(reindeer sketch) (1 episode, 1972)
Mike Craig
(written by) (3 episodes, 1973-1976)
Barry Cryer
(written by) (2 episodes, 1972-1976)
Barry Cryer
(opening wig sketch) (1 episode, 1973)
Sidney Green
(written by) (8 episodes, 1968)
Sidney Green
(Trousers sketch) (1 episode, 1970)
Richard Hills
(written by) (8 episodes, 1968)
Richard Hills
(Trousers sketch) (1 episode, 1970)
John Junkin
(written by) (1 episode, 1972)
Lawrie Kinsley
(additional material) (3 episodes, 1969)
Lawrie Kinsley
(Nina sketch) (2 episodes, 1970)
Lawrie Kinsley
(written by) (3 episodes, 1973-1976)
Lawrie Kinsley
(reindeer sketch written by) (1 episode, 1972)
Lawrie Kinsley
(written by) (3 episodes, 1973-1976)
Ron McDonnell
(written by) (1 episode, 1976)
Eric Morecambe
(additional material) (19 episodes, 1972-1977)
Ernie Wise
(additional material) (19 episodes, 1972-1977)

Series Cast

Eric Morecambe
 Self / ... 70 episodes, 1968-1977
Ernie Wise
 Self / ... 70 episodes, 1968-1977
Ann Hamilton
 Nurse / ... 40 episodes, 1968-1976
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
 Themselves / ... 36 episodes, 1968-1976
Janet Webb
 Diva / ... 33 episodes, 1969-1973
Jenny Lee Wright
 Various Roles / ... 15 episodes, 1968-1977
Rex Rashley
 Car Park Attendant / ... 12 episodes, 1969-1971
The Pattersons
 Themselves 11 episodes, 1969-1973
Arthur Tolcher
 Self / ... 10 episodes, 1971-1976
Wilma Reading
 Self / ... 9 episodes, 1973-1974
Sidney Green
 Sid 1 episode, 1968
Nina van Pallandt
 Self 6 episodes, 1969-1971
Allan Cuthbertson
 'The Connoisseurs' Host / ... 6 episodes, 1973-1976
Alan Curtis
 Bank Manager / ... 6 episodes, 1969-1971
Grazina Frame
 Nurse / ... 5 episodes, 1971-1974
Trio Athénée
 Themselves 5 episodes, 1968-1971
Peter Cushing
 Self 4 episodes, 1969-1973
Design
 Themselves / ... 4 episodes, 1971-1973
Fenella Fielding
 Self 4 episodes, 1969-1972
Gordon Clyde
 Opening Scene 'Eric' / ... 4 episodes, 1970-1971
Raymond Mason
 Bailiff / ... 4 episodes, 1973-1974
Frank Tregear
 Bounty Crewman / ... 4 episodes, 1970-1971
André Previn
 Self 4 episodes, 1971-1974
Glenda Jackson
 Self 4 episodes, 1971-1974
Francis Matthews
 Self / ... 4 episodes, 1971-1977
Ian Carmichael
 Self 3 episodes, 1970-1972
Anthony Sharp
 Colonel Charles Fairfax / ... 3 episodes, 1973-1976
Eric Porter
 Self 3 episodes, 1970-1973
Constance Carling
 Angela / ... 3 episodes, 1969-1973
Flora Robson
 Self 3 episodes, 1970-1972
Christine Shaw
 Milk Lady / ... 3 episodes, 1971-1973
Ronnie Carroll
 Self 2 episodes, 1968-1971
Kenneth McKellar
 Self 2 episodes, 1969-1970
Nana Mouskouri
 Self 2 episodes, 1970-1973
Anita Harris
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1971-1973
Jack Jones
 Self 2 episodes, 1971-1972
Hannah Gordon
 Self 2 episodes, 1973
Elton John
 Self - Guest / ... 2 episodes, 1976-1977
Frankie Vaughan
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1969-1976
Des O'Connor
 German Firing Squad Soldier / ... 2 episodes, 1975-1976
Vince Hill
 Self 2 episodes, 1969-1970
Edward Woodward
 Self 2 episodes, 1969-1970
Sacha Distel
 Self 2 episodes, 1969-1970
Arthur Lowe
 Capt. George Mainwaring / ... 2 episodes, 1971-1977
Mrs. Mills
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1971-1974
The Settlers
 Themselves / ... 2 episodes, 1971-1973
Robert Young
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1971
Pete Murray
 Major Ivor Request / ... 2 episodes, 1972-1973
Alan Price
 Self 2 episodes, 1973
Georgie Fame
 Self 2 episodes, 1973
Diane Solomon
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1975-1976
Peter und Alex
 Themselves 2 episodes, 1971
Robin Day
 Interviewer / ... 2 episodes, 1970-1975
A.J. Brown
 Mr. Howe / ... 2 episodes, 1971-1974
Reg Lye
 Egyptian Waiter / ... 2 episodes, 1973
Michael Ward
 Adrian Fondle / ... 2 episodes, 1970-1971
Percy Edwards
 Jungle Sounds / ... 2 episodes, 1973
Les Rawlings
 Member of the Harpenden String Quartet 2 episodes, 1973
The Geraldine Yates Dancers
 Themselves 2 episodes, 1976
Johnny Vyvyan
 Cigar Holder / ... 2 episodes, 1973
Michael Aspel
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1968-1977
John Le Mesurier
 Captain Bligh's Crewman / ... 2 episodes, 1971-1977
Lilian Padmore
 Elderly Record Shop Lady / ... 2 episodes, 1970-1971
Richard Baker
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1974-1977
Diane Keen
 Dolly Bird 2 episodes, 1969-1970
John Laurie
 Captain Bligh's Crewman / ... 2 episodes, 1971-1977
Angela Rippon
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1976-1977
Patrick Moore
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1971-1976
Penny Beeching
 Second Sister 2 episodes, 1970
Michael Parkinson
 Self - Fred and Ginger Sketch Chorus / ... 2 episodes, 1971-1977
Frank Bough
 Self - Fred and Ginger Sketch Chorus / ... 2 episodes, 1971-1977
Eddie Waring
 Self - Fred and Ginger Sketch Chorus / ... 2 episodes, 1971-1977
Matt Monro
 Self 2 episodes, 1968-1971
Los Zafiros
 Themselves / ... 2 episodes, 1968-1971
Thelma Bignell
 Fatima 2 episodes, 1968-1970
Henry Cooper
 Gainsborough Lady / ... 1 episode, 1973
Bruce Forsyth
 Santa Claus / ... 2 episodes, 1968-1972
Acker Bilk
 Self 1 episode, 1968
Edmund Hockridge
 Self - Performer: 'I've Got You Under My Skin' 1 episode, 1968
Juliet Mills
 Self 1 episode, 1969-1971
Diane Cilento
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Paul Anka
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Richard Greene
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Barbara Murray
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Edward Chapman
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Herman's Hermits
 Themselves 1 episode, 1970
John Mills
 Self 1 episode, 1971
Keith Michell
 Self 1 episode, 1971
Tom Jones
 Self 1 episode, 1971
Shirley Bassey
 Self 1 episode, 1971
Cilla Black
 Self 1 episode, 1971
Frank Ifield
 Self 1 episode, 1971
Vanessa Redgrave
 Self - Guest 1 episode, 1973
Susan Hampshire
 Self 2 episodes, 1973-1974
Helen Reddy
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1973
Lulu
 Musical Guest / ... 1 episode, 1973
Robert Morley
 Self 1 episode, 1973
Frank Finlay
 Casanova / ... 2 episodes, 1973-1974
Cliff Richard
 Musical Guest / ... 1 episode, 1973
Roy Castle
 Self 1 episode, 1973
June Whitfield
 Muriel 1 episode, 1974
Ludovic Kennedy
 Self 1 episode, 1974
Hughie Green
 Self 1 episode, 1974
Syd Lawrence
 Musical Guest / ... 1 episode, 1974
Diana Rigg
 Self - Guest 1 episode, 1975
Michele Dotrice
 Constance / ... 1 episode, 1976
Lena Zavaroni
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1976
Gilbert O'Sullivan
 Self 1 episode, 1976
The Karlins
 Musical Guests / ... 1 episode, 1976
Penelope Keith
 Roxanne / ... 1 episode, 1977
Roy Budd
 Self 1 episode, 1968
Chris Langford
 Self 1 episode, 1968
Bobbie Gentry
 Self 1 episode, 1969
Moira Anderson
 Self 1 episode, 1969
Malcolm Roberts
 Self 1 episode, 1969
Dusty Springfield
 Self 1 episode, 1970
William Franklyn
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Ray Stevens
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Clodagh Rodgers
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Craig Douglas
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Patricia Lambert
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Jan Daley
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Samantha Jones
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Susan Maughan
 Self 1 episode, 1971
Mary Hopkin
 Self 1 episode, 1971
Esther Ofarim
 Self 1 episode, 1971
Sheila Southern
 Self 1 episode, 1971
Vikki Carr
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1973
Mary Allin Travers
 Self 1 episode, 1973
Vicky Leandros
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1973
The Mitchell Minstrels
 Themselves 1 episode, 1973
Alex Welsh
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1973
Springfield Revival
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1973
Rostal and Schaefer
 Musical Guests / ... 1 episode, 1973
David Dimbleby
 Self 1 episode, 1974
Magnus Magnusson
 Self 1 episode, 1974
Dilys Watling
 Flossie, A Serving Wench 1 episode, 1976
Vincent Zarra
 Musical Guest / ... 1 episode, 1976
The Spinners
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1976
Champagne
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1976
Jackie Darnell
 Musical Guest / ... 1 episode, 1976
Michael Redgrave
 Self 1 episode, 1970
George A. Cooper
 George Morecambe 1 episode, 1970
Sylvia McNeill
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Kiki Dee
 Self - Guest 1 episode, 1971
Percy Thrower
 Self 1 episode, 1971
Ronnie Hilton
 Self 1 episode, 1971
Vera Lynn
 Self 1 episode, 1972
Anne Murray
 Self 1 episode, 1973
Christopher Neil
 Self 1 episode, 1973
Harry Corbett
 Self 1 episode, 1973
New World
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1973
The New Seekers
 Themselves 1 episode, 1973
Jo Rowbottom
 Pat Parsons 1 episode, 1974
John Quayle
 Muriel's Lover 1 episode, 1974
Gordon Jackson
 The Butler 1 episode, 1975
John Thaw
 Guvnor 1 episode, 1976
Maggie Fitzgibbon
 Miss Flanagan and Allen 1 episode, 1976
The Vernons
 Themselves 1 episode, 1976
Angharad Rees
 Self 1 episode, 1977
Margery Mason
 Sadie Morecambe 1 episode, 1970
Richard Caldicot
 The Connoisseurs Host 1 episode, 1971
Angela Grant
 Yvette 1 episode, 1971
Frank Williams
 Mr. Walmsley 1 episode, 1973
George Hamilton IV
 Self 1 episode, 1973
John Hanson
 Self 1 episode, 1973
Gordon Gostelow
 Taxi Driver 1 episode, 1974
Aimée Delamain
 Miss Tasker 1 episode, 1974
Dennis Waterman
 Sergeant 1 episode, 1976
Peter O'Sullevan
 Announcer 1 episode, 1976
Tammy Jones
 Musical Guest / ... 1 episode, 1976
Lesley Roach
 Small girl 1 episode, 1968
Deryck Guyler
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Robert Webber
 Vicar Perkins 1 episode, 1970
Arnold Diamond
 Camp Kommandant 1 episode, 1971
Damaris Hayman
 Member of the Harpenden String Quartet 1 episode, 1973
Michael Brennan
 Ticket Collector 1 episode, 1973
Jan Rossini
 Tree Girl 1 episode, 1973
Anita Tibbles
 Self 1 episode, 1974
Norman Percival
 Pianist 1 episode, 1976
Jimmy Berriman
 Small boy 1 episode, 1968
Frank Thornton
 Richards the Waiter 1 episode, 1970
Felix Aylmer
 Self 1 episode, 1970
Tony Melody
 Rescue Soldier 1 episode, 1971
John Scott Martin
 Stage Hand 1 episode, 1971
Gerald Case
 Hotel Manager 1 episode, 1971
Charles Rayford
 Bald Man in Wig Boutique 1 episode, 1971
Bernie Winters
 Self 1 episode, 1973
Maryetta Midgley
 Jeanette MacDonald 1 episode, 1973
Yehudi Menuhin
 Self 1 episode, 1973
Roy Sampson
 Pat's Fiancee 1 episode, 1974
Brenda Arnau
 Self 1 episode, 1975
Kate O'Mara
 Kate O'Mata Hari 1 episode, 1976
Lynda Thomas
 Fanny Wise 1 episode, 1969
Gilly Fraser
 Stumpy 1 episode, 1969
Diana Powell
 Eric the Tortoise's Visitor 1 episode, 1969
Bert Palmer
 Duncan 1 episode, 1971
David March
 Chauffeur 1 episode, 1971
Rudolf Nureyev
 Self 1 episode, 1973
Johnny Shannon
 Park Bench Bully 1 episode, 1973
Mike Yarwood
 TV Host 1 episode, 1973
Vernon Midgley
 Nelson Eddy 1 episode, 1973
Hatti Riemer
 Bride 1 episode, 1973
Marian Montgomery
 Self 1 episode, 1976
Winifred Taylor
 Self / ... 1 episode, 1976
Karen Burch
 Danny La Rue (after) 1 episode, 1969
Melita Clarke
 First Sister 1 episode, 1970
Leslie Noyes
 Older Bed Mover 1 episode, 1970
Eddie Braben
 Back Whistler 1 episode, 1970
Bruce Davis
 Themselves 1 episode, 1970
Ann Way
 Flora 1 episode, 1971
Jennifer Watts
 Gerda 1 episode, 1971
Laurence Olivier
 Self - Guest 1 episode, 1973
Pan's People
 Themselves 1 episode, 1975
Foggy Lyttle
 Self / ... 1 episode, 1976
The Nolans
 Themselves 1 episode, 1976
Richard Briers
 Theatre Patron 1 episode, 1977
Peter Davis
 Themselves 1 episode, 1970
Gertan Klauber
 Kommandant's Aide 1 episode, 1976
Paul Eddington
 Theatre Patron 1 episode, 1977
Richard Scott
 Corpse 1 episode, 1969
Debbie Ash
 Des O'Connor Fan 1 episode, 1975
James Hunt
 Chauffeur 1 episode, 1977
James Beck
 Captain Bligh's Crewman 1 episode, 1971
The Mike Sammes Singers
 Themselves 1 episode, 1971
Fiona Gray
 Des O'Connor Fan 1 episode, 1975
Ian Lavender
 Captain Bligh's Crewman 1 episode, 1971
Dick Emery
 Self 1 episode, 1971
Arnold Ridley
 Captain Bligh's Crewman 1 episode, 1971
Robert Dougall
 Self - Fred and Ginger Sketch Chorus 1 episode, 1971
Cliff Michelmore
 Self - Fred and Ginger Sketch Chorus 1 episode, 1971
Philip Jenkinson
 Self - Performer: There Ain't Nothing Like a Dame 1 episode, 1977
Kenneth Kendall
 Newsreader 1 episode, 1977
Barry Norman
 Self - Performer: There Ain't Nothing Like a Dame 1 episode, 1977
Richard Whitmore
 Self - Performer: There Ain't Nothing Like a Dame 1 episode, 1977
Peter Woods
 Self - Performer: There Ain't Nothing Like a Dame 1 episode, 1977
Valerie Leon
 Various Characters 1 episode, 1977
Georgia Brown
 Self 1 episode, 1968
The Paper Dolls
 Themselves 1 episode, 1968
Gemma Craven
 Self - Guest 1 episode, 1969
Jimmy Young
 Radio DJ 1 episode, 1971
Tom Edwards
 Self - Announcer unknown episodes
Richard Hills
 Dick (uncredited) 8 episodes, 1968
John Junkin
 Award Presenter in Nose Blowing Sketch / ... (uncredited) 2 episodes, 1970
Willie Shearer
 Train Passenger (uncredited) 1 episode, 1970
James Ellis
 Policeman in Record Shop (uncredited) 1 episode, 1971

Series Produced by

John Ammonds
producer (61 episodes, 1968-1974)
Ernest Maxin
producer (9 episodes, 1975-1977)

Series Editing by

Mike Adley
(1 episode, 1971)
Neil Pittaway
(1 episode, 1972)
Richard Trevor
(1 episode, 1972)
Bill Harris
(1 episode, 1975)
John Jarvis
(1 episode, 1976)
Ian McKendrick
(1 episode, 1976)
Bob Rymer
(1 episode, 1976)
Jim Duffy
(1 episode, 1977)

Series Production Design by

Victor Meredith
(27 episodes, 1972-1977)
Bernard Lloyd-Jones
(21 episodes, 1969-1971)
Brian Tregidden
(5 episodes, 1968-1971)
Gillian Howard
(4 episodes, 1970-1971)
David Chandler
(3 episodes, 1969-1970)
Leo Austin
(2 episodes, 1968)
Tony Snoaden
(2 episodes, 1973)
J. Roger Lowe
(1 episode, 1968)
Malcolm Middleton
(1 episode, 1968)
Tony Abbott
(1 episode, 1969)
Jeremy Bear
(1 episode, 1969)
Robert MacGowan
(1 episode, 1969)
Anna Ridley
(1 episode, 1971)

Series Costume Design by

Sonia Kerr
(37 episodes, 1968-1973)
Verity Lewis
(16 episodes, 1972-1977)
Paula Bruce
(7 episodes, 1975-1976)
Dorinda Rea
(4 episodes, 1974)
Sally Nieper
(1 episode, 1971)
Mary Woods
(1 episode, 1976)

Series Makeup Department

Janet Wild
makeup artist (6 episodes, 1974)
Pauline Cox
makeup artist (3 episodes, 1975-1976)
Sandra Exelby
makeup designer (1 episode, 1971-1972)
Jacquie Jefferies
makeup designer (1 episode, 1971)
Rhian Meakin
makeup designer (1 episode, 1973)
Sylvia James
makeup artist (1 episode, 1976)
Suzan Broad
makeup artist (1 episode, 1977)

Series Art Department

Sid Sutton
graphic designer (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
Dick Bailey
graphic designer (1 episode, 1976)
Ray Ogden
graphic designer (1 episode, 1977)

Series Sound Department

Adrian Bishop-Laggett
sound (21 episodes, 1970-1976)
Adrian Stocks
sound / studio sound / sound: studio (18 episodes, 1969-1976)
Michael McCarthy
sound (18 episodes, 1970-1973)
Len Shorey
sound / sound: studio / studio sound (11 episodes, 1968-1977)
John Delany
sound (10 episodes, 1971-1974)
Colin Dixon
studio sound (8 episodes, 1969-1970)
Larry Goodson
sound / studio sound (6 episodes, 1969-1976)
Alan Machin
sound / sound: studio (6 episodes, 1975-1976)
Leo Sturgess
studio sound (3 episodes, 1969)
James Cole
sound / studio sound (2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Hugh Barker
sound (2 episodes, 1971-1976)
Richard Chamberlain
sound (2 episodes, 1971-1974)
Ray Angel
sound (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Stan Nightingale
film sound recordist (1 episode, 1975)
Ron Blight
film sound recordist (1 episode, 1976)
Brian Hiles
sound: studio (1 episode, 1976)

Series Special Effects by

Bill King
special effects (39 episodes, 1971-1977)
John Horton
special effects (1 episode, 1969)

Series Visual Effects by

Mitch Mitchell
inlay operator (uncredited) (1 episode, 1969)

Series Stunts

The White Helmets Display Team
motorcycle stunts (1 episode, 1976)

Series Camera and Electrical Department

Peter Wesson
studio lighting (56 episodes, 1969-1976)
Geoff Shaw
studio lighting (4 episodes, 1969-1977)
James Richardson
lighting (3 episodes, 1968)
Peter Hamilton
film cameraman / camera operator (2 episodes, 1976)
Tom Moncrieff
lighting (1 episode, 1968)
Dickie Higham
studio lighting (1 episode, 1969)
Peter Catlett
studio lighting (1 episode, 1970)
James Balfour
film camera (1 episode, 1972)
Peter Sargent
film camera (1 episode, 1975)
Yousuf Aziz
film camera (1 episode, 1976)
Alec Curtis
film camera (1 episode, 1977)
Clive Leighton
lighting (uncredited) (1 episode, 1971)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department

Fran Brown
key set costumer (2 episodes, 1973)
Maggie Partington-Smith
dresser (2 episodes, 1973)

Series Editorial Department

John Barclay
vision mixer (1 episode, 1974-1975)
Mike Catherwood
vision mixer (uncredited) (1 episode, 1971)

Series Music Department

Peter Knight
orchestra director / musical arrangement / music arranger / vocal backing (61 episodes, 1969-1977)
Alyn Ainsworth
orchestra director / musical arrangement (8 episodes, 1968-1972)
Alec Firman
orchestra leader (3 episodes, 1968)
Johnny Harris
orchestra director (1 episode, 1968)
Harry Betts
musical arrangement (1 episode, 1972)
George Mitchell
vocal arrangement: minstrels (1 episode, 1973)
The Mike Sammes Singers
vocal backing (1 episode, 1977)

Series Additional Crew

Ernest Maxin
dance director / choreographer (9 episodes, 1970-1977)
Eddie Stuart
production assistant (9 episodes, 1974-1976)
Bill Ersser
production assistant (5 episodes, 1976)
Geraldine Yates
assistant dance director / choreography (3 episodes, 1976)
Jo Cook
dance direction (1 episode, 1968)
Irving Davies
dance director (1 episode, 1974)
Dave Perrottet
production assistant (1 episode, 1977)
Barry Cryer
warm up artist (uncredited) (1 episode, 1971)
Peter Lovell
assistant floor manager (uncredited) (1 episode, 1971)
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