1. Patrick Cargill was an English actor remembered for his lead role in the British television sitcom Father, Dear Father.
18 Facts About Patrick Cargill
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Patrick Cargill became a commissioned officer in the British Indian Army.
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Patrick Cargill became a supporting player in John Counsell's repertory at Windsor alongside Brenda Bruce and Beryl Reid and scored a huge hit in the revue The World's the Limit, which was seen by the Queen and 26 of her guests one evening.
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Patrick Cargill made his first West End appearance in 1953 in Ian Carmichael's revue High Spirits at the London Hippodrome.
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Patrick Cargill co-wrote the stage play Ring for Catty, with Jack Beale.
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The farce, which was ideal for Patrick Cargill, drew the attention of major producers led to him starring in Say Who You Are at Her Majesty's Theatre in 1965 and directing Not Now Darling by Ray Cooney and John Chapman at the Strand Theatre in 1968.
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Patrick Cargill first came to TV notice when playing Sergeant Cuff in the 1959 series The Moonstone.
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In 1960, Patrick Cargill played Gestapo agent Herr Grosnitz in the BBC TV series "The Long Way Home".
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Patrick Cargill performed on several occasions with Tony Hancock, twice in Hancock's final BBC television series, including a role as the doctor who clashes with him in the well-known episode "The Blood Donor".
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Patrick Cargill co-starred in Key for Two with Moira Lister at the Vaudeville Theatre and then at the Old Vic Theatre in William Douglas-Home's After the Ball is Over.
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Patrick Cargill played British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in the 1990 British Sitcom Heil Honey I'm Home, which was cancelled after one episode.
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The first was an album called Father, Dear Father in which Patrick Cargill sang a medley of songs.
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Patrick Cargill was a private man, who did not relish his celebrity status, though he was always kind to fans who approached him.
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Patrick Cargill spent time at Spring Cottage, his country retreat situated in Warren Lane, near, East Sussex.
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Patrick Cargill had a Mini and often told a story about driving through Barnes one day and on seeing one of the other five Bentley dropheads at the traffic lights, waved furiously at the driver, only to realise that he was driving his Mini that day.
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For many years, Patrick Cargill was companions with Vernon Page, an eccentric landscape gardener, poet and lampoon songwriter, until Page married in 1984.
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At the time of his death at the age of 77, Patrick Cargill was suffering from a brain tumour and was being nursed in a hospice in Richmond on Thames, London.
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In 1995, the year before he died, Patrick Cargill had been struck by a car in Australia; though he was only slightly injured, this accident led to false reports that the cause of his death was a hit-and-run accident.