Graham Moffatt
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Graham Victor Harold Moffatt 6 December 1919 Hammersmith, London |
| Died | 2 July 1965 (aged 45) Bath, Somerset |
| Cause of death | Myocardial infarction (heart attack) |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Comedy actor |
| Spouse(s) | Joyce Muriel (m. 1948-1965) (his death) |
| Parent(s) | Frederick Victor Moffatt and Daisy Eleonora 'nee Whiteside |
Graham Victor Harold Moffatt (6 December 1919 – 2 July 1965) was an English character actor and comedian who was most active in the 1930s and 1940s. He is best known for a number of films where he appeared with Will Hay and Moore Marriott as 'Albert': an insolent, overweight, overgrown-schoolboy type character, loosely reminiscent of Billy Bunter.
Born in Hammersmith, London, the son of Frederick Victor Moffatt (1896-1977) and Daisy Eleonora née Whiteside (1895-1969), both of whom outlived him. He was born on 6th December 1919, exactly 31 years after Will Hay whom Moffatt would become famous starring in movies with.
Moffatt had wanted to act from a young age. He had two sisters, one being Rita Doreen Moffatt (1936-1991) and the other living. He originally worked as a call boy at Shepherd's Bush Studios, and often saw actor Tom Walls going in and out of the sound stages. Walls took a liking to Moffatt, and chose him for a bit part in the 1934 film A Cup of Kindness. He then gave up his job as a call boy, and went on to appear in 4 more films in minor, uncredited roles before getting his big break in Will Hay films.
His first film with Will Hay was Where There's a Will (1936) in which he plays an office boy. In his next film with Hay, Windbag the Sailor (1936), he is joined by Moore Marriott and his character has become 'Albert'. He is known by this name in all his later films with Hay and Marriott: Oh, Mr Porter! (1937), Old Bones of the River (1938), Ask a Policeman (1939) and Where's That Fire? (1940). Still as Albert, he appeared again with Moore Marriott in a series of films starring Arthur Askey: Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940), I Thank You (1941), and Back Room Boy (1942).
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