Carry On Henry

Carry On Henry

Series

Carry On

Director(s)

Gerald Thomas

Producer(s)

Peter Rogers

Writer(s)

Talbot Rothwell

Release Date(s)

February 1971

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Carry On Henry is the 21st of the Carry On series and was released in 1971. It tells a fictionalised story involving Sid James as Henry VIII, who chases after Barbara Windsor's character Bettina. James and Windsor feature alongside other regulars Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Terry Scott and Kenneth Connor. This was the first time that Williams and Connor appeared together since Carry On Cleo seven years previously. The original alternative title was to be Anne of a Thousand Lays, a pun on the Richard Burton film Anne of the Thousand Days, and Sid James wears exactly the same cloak that Burton wore in that film.

Carry On Henry - UK Trailer

Carry On Henry Trailer

Cast

• Sid James as King Henry VIII
• Kenneth Williams as Thomas Cromwell
• Charles Hawtrey as Sir Roger de Lodgerley
• Joan Sims as Queen Marie of Normandy
• Terry Scott as Cardinal Wolsey
• Barbara Windsor as Bettina
• Kenneth Connor as Lord Hampton of Wick
• Julian Holloway as Sir Thomas
• Peter Gilmore as Francis, King of France
• Peter Butterworth as Charles, Earl of Essex
• Julian Orchard as Duc de Poncenay
• Gertan Klauber as Bidet
• David Davenport as Major-domo
• Margaret Nolan as Buxom lass
• William Mervyn as Physician
• Norman Chappell as 1st plotter
• Derek Francis as Farmer

• Bill Maynard as Guy Fawkes
• Douglas Ridley as 2nd plotter
• Leon Greene as Torturer
• David Prowse as Torturer
• Monica Dietrich as Katherine Howerd
• Billy Cornelius as Guard
• Marjie Lawrence as Serving maid
• Patsy Rowlands as Queen
• Alan Curtis as Conte di Pisa
• John Bluthal as Royal tailor
• Bill McGuirk as Flunkey
• Jane Cardew as Henry's 2nd wife
• Valerie Shute as Maid
• Peter Rigby as Henry's courtier
• Trevor Roberts as Henry's courtier
• Peter Munt as Henry's courtier