FELIX BOWNESS - PRINTED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED IN INK CIRCA 1984 - HFSID 146376

FELIX BOWNESS
The actor wears a plaid hat and jacket in this photo signed with a sentiment
Printed Photograph Signed in Ink:"Best wishes & good luck/Felix Bowness/Fred Quilly Hi-de-Hi" in blue ink. 8x10. Caption in bottom left corner.Felix Bowness (1922-2009) was an English comedy actor best remembered for his portrayal of the jockey Fred Quilly in the BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!. Originally a bantamweight boxing champion, at the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Royal Berkshire Regiment as a signalman. Bowness returned to England, and started performing on the touring comedy circuit. He eventually broke into films and television in the early 1960s. The warm-up act for This Is Your Life, Bowness himself was the subject of an edition of This Is Your Life in 1985. Bowness didn't come to main stream public attention until picked up by the writing partnership of Jimmy Perry and David Croft. Cast as former-jockey Fred Quilly in the sitcom Hi-de-Hi!, he starred in all 58 episodes. During his career he had credits in such comedy series as The Benny Hill Show, The Liver Birds, The Goodies, Dad's Army, Porridge, Sykes and Are You Being Served?. The comedian was not known for cinematic roles, but in 1979 he appeared in the soft-adult film Queen of the Blues co-starring Mary Millington and Milton Reid. Toned. Corners rounded. Ink notes (unknown hand) on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.