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The Man Who Was Private Widdle: Charles Hawtrey 1914–1988 by Roger Lewis #foliosociety Who's playing whoDATE OF RELEASE: 1 OCT 2026 Charles Hawtrey, the skinny one with the granny glasses, was everybody's favourite in the Carry Ons but who exactly was he? Up to now the man has remained a mystery. Examining Hawtrey's origins as a child star and as a performer in revue and the Will Hay films, this wonderful little book also looks at his career in radio and television, and then to the sad and slow decline of a belligerent recluse in Deal, on the Kent