Edwin Apps

Edwin Apps (14 May 1931 – 16 April 2021)[1] was an English television actor and writer.[2] He appeared in many British and French television series and films, which include Whack-O!, I Thank a Fool, Danger Man, The Avengers, Steptoe and Son, My Wife Next Door, Special Branch, Katts and Dog, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Vatel, Joséphine, ange gardien, 15 ans et demi and others.[3][4]

Edwin Apps
Born(1931-05-14)14 May 1931
Wingham, Kent, England
Died16 April 2021(2021-04-16) (aged 89)
France
OccupationTelevision actor, screenwriter and painter
Spouse(s)Pauline Devaney (div.)[1]

He created and co-wrote the 1960s sitcom All Gas and Gaiters (1966–71) with his wife, actress Pauline Devaney.[5] Their joint writing was sometimes credited to the pseudonym John Wraith.[6]

Acting credits
Production Notes Role
A Place of Execution
  • "Eye for an Eye" (1953)
Armchair Theatre
  • "It Pays to Advertise" (1957)
 Ellery Clark
Hour of Mystery
  • "Night Must Fall" (1957)
 Hubert Laurie
The Stolen Miniatures
  • TV Short (1957)
 Dr. Barling
Whack-O!
  • 31 episodes (1958–60)
 Mr. L.J. Halliforth
Dial 999
  • "Illegal Entry" (1959)
 Lab Technician
ITV Play of the Week
  • "Parnell" (1959)
  • "The Protest" (1960)
  • "A Choice of Coward 1: Present Laughter" (1964)
  • "The Edwardians 4: The Madras House" (1965)
 Mr. Stanley
Hotel manager
Henry Lyppiatt
Windlesham
Magnolia Street
  • 1 episode (1961)
 Eric Winberg
Deadline Midnight
  • "Take Over" (1961)
 Reporter
Citizen James
  • 2 episodes (1961)
Here's Harry
  • 12 episodes (1961–65)
Top Secret
  • "Dangerous Project" (1962)
 Frederico
I Thank a Fool
  • Film (1962)
 Junior Counsel
Out of This World
  • "The Tycoons" (1962)
 Mr. Crampsey
The Benny Hill Show
  • 2 episodes (1962)
Mr Justice Duncannon
  • 2 episodes (1963)
 Mr. Marsham, Defence Counsel
Comedy Playhouse
  • "Have You Read This Notice?" (1963)
  • "The Handyman" (1963)
 Aeroplane Passenger
First Card Player[7]
William
  • "William goes Shopping" (1963)
 Outfitter
More Faces of Jim[8]
  • "A Matter of Spreadeagling" (1963)
 Publius Conspicuous
Ring of Spies
  • Film (1964)
 Blake (uncredited)
Hugh and I
  • "A Fat Chance of Slimming" (1964)
The Bargee
  • Film (1964)
 George (Barman)
The Graham Stark Show
  • 2 episodes (1964)
 Actor
Mike
  • "The Wandering Overcoat" (1964)
 Mr. Wilson
Meet the Wife
  • "The Shelf" (1964)
 The Brush Salesman
Danger Man
  • 2 episodes (1964)
 Mumford
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
  • "The Man Who Was" (1964)
 Captain Bassett
Armchair Mystery Theatre
  • "Man and Mirror" (1965)
 Mr. Medina
The World of Wooster
  • "Jeeves and the Song of Songs" (1965)
 Tuppy Glossop
Summer Comedy Hour
  • "Charley's Aunt" (1965)
  • "Almost a Honeymoon" (1965)
 Brassett
Mr. Dixon
Pardon the Expression
  • "Self Defence" (1966)
 Lloyd
The Liars
  • 1 episode (1966)
 Riggles Barton
Three Rousing Tinkles
  • TV series (1966)
 Bro Paradock
Harry Worth
  • "To Be Called For" (1966)
Four Tall Tinkles
  • TV Series (1967)
 Bro Paradock
Orlando
  • "Curtain up" (1967)
 Mr. Diddybox
The Avengers Winters
Ooh La La!
  • "Making a Pass" (1968)
The Root of All Evil?
  • "West of Eden" (1968)
 Mr. Crump
ITV Sunday Night Theatre
  • "Suffer Little Children" (1970)
 Psephologist
Steptoe and Son
  • "Live Now, P.A.Y.E. Later" (1972)
 Official
Love Thy Neighbour
  • "Religious Fervour" (1972)
 The Captain
My Wife Next Door
  • "Undesirable Residence" (1972)
 Mr. Mitchell
Late Night Theatre
  • "1939" (1973)
 Praed
Special Branch
  • "Stand and Deliver" (1974)
 Major Philip Erskine
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
  • "Cheers" (1977)
 Graham the Barman
The Black Panther
  • Film (1977)
King of the Olympics: The Lives and Loves of Avery Brundage
  • TV Film (1988)
 Adrianov
Crossbow
  • "The Mission" (1989)
 Captain of the Guard
Katts and Dog
  • 3 episodes (1991)
Highlander: The Raven
  • "Thick as Thieves" (1999)
 Chancellor
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
  • Film (1999)
 Bishop[9]
Rendezvous in Samarkand
  • Film (1999)
 Callum
Vatel
  • Film (2000)
 Fish Deliveryman
Joséphine, ange gardien
  • "Noble cause" (2005)
 Monsieur Smith
15 ans et demi
  • Film (2008)
 Un scientifique
JC comme Jésus Christ
  • Film (2011)
 Le pédopsy

Writing credits
Production Notes
Summer Comedy Hour
  • "Charley's Aunt" (1965)
    (adaptation - as John Wraith)
All Gas and Gaiters[10]
  • 33 episodes (1966–71)
Comedy Playhouse
  • 3 episodes (1966; 1974)

References
  1. "Edwin Apps, actor and writer who co-scripted the popular 1960s sitcom All Gas and Gaiters – obituary". The Telegraph. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  2. Devaney, Pauline (31 May 2021). "Edwin Apps obituary". the Guardian.
  3. "Edwin Apps". BFI.
  4. "Edwin Apps". www.aveleyman.com.
  5. Lindy Orthia (20 June 2013). Doctor Who and Race. Intellect Books. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-78320-124-2.
  6. Tise Vahimagi; Michael Ian Grade (1996). British television: an illustrated guide. Oxford University Press. p. 153.
  7. Christopher Perry (December 2015). The British Television Pilot Episodes Research Guide 1936-2015. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-900203-62-3.
  8. Anthony Slide (6 May 2018). Wake Up At The Back There: It's Jimmy Edwards. BearManor Media. pp. 126–. GGKEY:3R963QNHECC.
  9. Dominique Mainon; James Ursini (2006). Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-87910-327-9.
  10. Radio Times. G. Newnes. 1972.


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