Gordon Wharmby
Biography
Gordon Wharmby was a British television actor. He was best known for the role of Wesley Pegden on Last of the Summer Wine. He was born in Manchester, Lancashire, in 1933, and served in the Royal Air Force during his national service. He died in 2002, aged 68.
Known For & Full Filmography10 Titles
Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as Horace
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Club Member
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Drama Series - 1973, 16 episodes • as Wesley
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes • as Mr. Atkinson
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.
Drama Series - 1996, 16 episodes • as Albert Slater
Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her husband, and her pocketbook, this senior sleuth takes on all the cases the police deem too minor.
Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Caretaker
Environmental activist Emma Craven is murdered in front of her father, local police inspector Ronald Craven. Investigating the death leads him through a haunting revelation of the murkiness of British nuclear policy of the 1980s.
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Simmons
Aspiring dancer Phyllis Dixey makes her name as a stripper.
Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • as 2nd Policeman
Based on the book "Spend, Spend, Spend" by Vivian Nicholson and Stephen Smith. Story of pools winner, Vivian Nicholson.
Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • as Mr. Dickson
A boy reads about the attacks of a unknown animal on livestock in the town. He plans to run his own investigation. The so called beast however is also used as a metaphor for every day problems the townsfolk face.
Movie - 1986, 2h 15m • as Wesley
In the second TV movie outing for Roy Clarke's beloved characters, Wesley and Edie's daughter Glenda is getting married to hapless Barry and Clegg and Compo make a new friend in Edie's brother Seymour. They are soon roped in to wedding preparations, which go about as well as could be expected...