Bill Blewitt was a Cornish postman 'discovered' by film-maker

Harry Watt Raymond Egerton Harry Watt (18 October 19062 April 1987) was a Scottish documentary and feature film director, who began his career working for John Grierson and Robert Flaherty. His 1959 film '' The Siege of Pinchgut'' was entered into th ...

and cast in his 1936 film '' The Saving of Bill Blewitt''. The documentary was about the Post Office Savings Bank and featured Blewitt and the villagers of

Mousehole Mousehole () is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, England, UK. It is approximately south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay. The village is in the civil parish of Penzance. An islet called St Clement's Isle lies about offshore fro ...

in Cornwall. Assistant director Pat Jackson remembered Blewitt's "mesmeric gift of the gab, a glorious Cornish accent, twinkling blue eyes, a grin as broad as 'Popeye' and the charismatic charm of the Celt."

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remembered Blewitt as a natural actor and storyteller. Blewitt went on to feature in several more films,''The Guardian'', Scott Anthony, ''Ealing's salt-of-the-earth film star'', 13 March 2009
/ref> sometimes as a supporting actor but also playing a major role, such as the father in the 1945 canal docu-drama '' Painted Boats''.

Filmography

* '' The Saving of Bill Blewitt'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1945) * '' Painted Boats'' (1945)

References

External links

BFI Screenonline
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blewitt, Bill English male film actors People from Mousehole Male actors from Cornwall