Alfie Bass (born Abraham Basalinsky, 10 April 1916 – 15 July 1987) was an English actor. He was born in Bethnal Green, London, the youngest in a Jewish family with ten children; his parents had left Russia many years before he was born. He appeared in a variety of stage, film, television and radio productions throughout his career.
Early life
After leaving primary school in Bethnal Green at the age of 14, he worked as a tailor's apprentice, a messenger boy and a shop-window display fitter, before taking to the stage.
Stage career
Bass's acting career began at Unity Theatre, London in the late 1930s, appearing in Plant in the Sun alongside Paul Robeson, and as the pantomime King in Babes In the Wood. After the outbreak of the Second World War, Bass joined the Middlesex Regiment as a despatch rider. Despite being kept busy with his duties, he found time to become involved in concert parties, as well as taking part in documentaries for the Army Film Unit.
His stage career included plays by Shakespeare and Shaw. During the 1950s he continued to direct shows at Unity, and on one occasion appeared in court (along with Vida Hope) charged with putting on a play without a licence. His stage work also included an adaptation of Gogol's short story "The Bespoke Overcoat", transposed to the East End of London, which was filmed by Jack Clayton in 1956, and won the Oscar for best short. Bass also took over from Chaim Topol in the role of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof on the West End stage.
The old story as told by Alfie Bass in the style of his character Bootsie from popular Granada sitcoms The Army Game and sequel Bootsie & Snudge. Released in 1963 when Bootsie & Snudge was still on air, two stories for children were released by Bass as Boostie (although using Bootsie's vernacular he does speak with a more cut-glass straight voice for clarity), the first was 'Boostie and the Beast' and the second was 'Bootserella', which had also been made as a short pantomime with the cast of The Army Game, including Bass, for the Chelsea At Nine television show in 1960, which is available as an extra on the Army Game DVD from Network.
Both the 1963 'Storytime Discs' by Bass for children are available on my channel and as far as I can tell were the only two made. The rear sleeve notes say...
published: 23 Aug 2012
SHOW BIZ AWARDS - SOUND
(20 Mar 1961)
CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 82082 - Variety Club of Great Britain awards. Radio personality DJ David Jacobs makes a speech. Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser accept award for joint ITV personality of the year for their work on Bootsie and Snudge. Fraser makes an amusing speech. Granada Television get a few mentions. Alfie Bass makes a speech. Peter Sellers then accepts an award and makes a speech. He mentions Geraldo and makes a Jewish joke.
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Alfie Bass - Stage career
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Alfie Bass - Villikens and His Dinah / Rat Catchers Daughter (1960)
A few of the stars of hit Granada sitcom The Army Game released records in the late 50s and early 60s to cash in on their characters and popularity. This one is by Alfie Bass, who played Private Montague 'Bootsie' Bisley in the show.
Villikins and His Dinah is an old folk song that dates back to 1855.
The tracks have been put on the wrong way round, Villikins and His Dinah should be first but I've mistakenly put Rat Catchers Daughter in first.
published: 07 Jun 2012
Bootsie And Snudge S01E03
I believe this to be the third episode but I may be wrong. Enjoy.
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The old story as told by Alfie Bass in the style of his character Bootsie from popular Granada sitcoms The Army Game and sequel Bootsie & Snudge. Released in 19...
The old story as told by Alfie Bass in the style of his character Bootsie from popular Granada sitcoms The Army Game and sequel Bootsie & Snudge. Released in 1963 when Bootsie & Snudge was still on air, two stories for children were released by Bass as Boostie (although using Bootsie's vernacular he does speak with a more cut-glass straight voice for clarity), the first was 'Boostie and the Beast' and the second was 'Bootserella', which had also been made as a short pantomime with the cast of The Army Game, including Bass, for the Chelsea At Nine television show in 1960, which is available as an extra on the Army Game DVD from Network.
Both the 1963 'Storytime Discs' by Bass for children are available on my channel and as far as I can tell were the only two made. The rear sleeve notes say they are £the First [and second] in a new series of records for the young, the old, and the in between" but I don't know if there were any other recorded by anyone else either. Both were wrritten by Bootise & Snudge scriptwriter Barry Took with music by Dino Castro and "Alfie Bass records by kind permission of Granada Television". They didn't get a glowing review in Gramophone magazine so I expect any futher records were likely cancelled.
The old story as told by Alfie Bass in the style of his character Bootsie from popular Granada sitcoms The Army Game and sequel Bootsie & Snudge. Released in 1963 when Bootsie & Snudge was still on air, two stories for children were released by Bass as Boostie (although using Bootsie's vernacular he does speak with a more cut-glass straight voice for clarity), the first was 'Boostie and the Beast' and the second was 'Bootserella', which had also been made as a short pantomime with the cast of The Army Game, including Bass, for the Chelsea At Nine television show in 1960, which is available as an extra on the Army Game DVD from Network.
Both the 1963 'Storytime Discs' by Bass for children are available on my channel and as far as I can tell were the only two made. The rear sleeve notes say they are £the First [and second] in a new series of records for the young, the old, and the in between" but I don't know if there were any other recorded by anyone else either. Both were wrritten by Bootise & Snudge scriptwriter Barry Took with music by Dino Castro and "Alfie Bass records by kind permission of Granada Television". They didn't get a glowing review in Gramophone magazine so I expect any futher records were likely cancelled.
(20 Mar 1961)
CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 82082 - Variety Club of Great Britain awards. Radio personality DJ David Jacobs makes a speech. Alfie Bass and Bill Fras...
(20 Mar 1961)
CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 82082 - Variety Club of Great Britain awards. Radio personality DJ David Jacobs makes a speech. Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser accept award for joint ITV personality of the year for their work on Bootsie and Snudge. Fraser makes an amusing speech. Granada Television get a few mentions. Alfie Bass makes a speech. Peter Sellers then accepts an award and makes a speech. He mentions Geraldo and makes a Jewish joke.
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CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 82082 - Variety Club of Great Britain awards. Radio personality DJ David Jacobs makes a speech. Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser accept award for joint ITV personality of the year for their work on Bootsie and Snudge. Fraser makes an amusing speech. Granada Television get a few mentions. Alfie Bass makes a speech. Peter Sellers then accepts an award and makes a speech. He mentions Geraldo and makes a Jewish joke.
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A few of the stars of hit Granada sitcom The Army Game released records in the late 50s and early 60s to cash in on their characters and popularity. This one is...
A few of the stars of hit Granada sitcom The Army Game released records in the late 50s and early 60s to cash in on their characters and popularity. This one is by Alfie Bass, who played Private Montague 'Bootsie' Bisley in the show.
Villikins and His Dinah is an old folk song that dates back to 1855.
The tracks have been put on the wrong way round, Villikins and His Dinah should be first but I've mistakenly put Rat Catchers Daughter in first.
A few of the stars of hit Granada sitcom The Army Game released records in the late 50s and early 60s to cash in on their characters and popularity. This one is by Alfie Bass, who played Private Montague 'Bootsie' Bisley in the show.
Villikins and His Dinah is an old folk song that dates back to 1855.
The tracks have been put on the wrong way round, Villikins and His Dinah should be first but I've mistakenly put Rat Catchers Daughter in first.
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The old story as told by Alfie Bass in the style of his character Bootsie from popular Granada sitcoms The Army Game and sequel Bootsie & Snudge. Released in 1963 when Bootsie & Snudge was still on air, two stories for children were released by Bass as Boostie (although using Bootsie's vernacular he does speak with a more cut-glass straight voice for clarity), the first was 'Boostie and the Beast' and the second was 'Bootserella', which had also been made as a short pantomime with the cast of The Army Game, including Bass, for the Chelsea At Nine television show in 1960, which is available as an extra on the Army Game DVD from Network.
Both the 1963 'Storytime Discs' by Bass for children are available on my channel and as far as I can tell were the only two made. The rear sleeve notes say they are £the First [and second] in a new series of records for the young, the old, and the in between" but I don't know if there were any other recorded by anyone else either. Both were wrritten by Bootise & Snudge scriptwriter Barry Took with music by Dino Castro and "Alfie Bass records by kind permission of Granada Television". They didn't get a glowing review in Gramophone magazine so I expect any futher records were likely cancelled.
(20 Mar 1961)
CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 82082 - Variety Club of Great Britain awards. Radio personality DJ David Jacobs makes a speech. Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser accept award for joint ITV personality of the year for their work on Bootsie and Snudge. Fraser makes an amusing speech. Granada Television get a few mentions. Alfie Bass makes a speech. Peter Sellers then accepts an award and makes a speech. He mentions Geraldo and makes a Jewish joke.
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A few of the stars of hit Granada sitcom The Army Game released records in the late 50s and early 60s to cash in on their characters and popularity. This one is by Alfie Bass, who played Private Montague 'Bootsie' Bisley in the show.
Villikins and His Dinah is an old folk song that dates back to 1855.
The tracks have been put on the wrong way round, Villikins and His Dinah should be first but I've mistakenly put Rat Catchers Daughter in first.
CDeepMusic - Deep / Nu Disco / Chill House
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John Rous ◄
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Alfie Rhodes ◄
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Alfie Bass (born Abraham Basalinsky, 10 April 1916 – 15 July 1987) was an English actor. He was born in Bethnal Green, London, the youngest in a Jewish family with ten children; his parents had left Russia many years before he was born. He appeared in a variety of stage, film, television and radio productions throughout his career.
Early life
After leaving primary school in Bethnal Green at the age of 14, he worked as a tailor's apprentice, a messenger boy and a shop-window display fitter, before taking to the stage.
Stage career
Bass's acting career began at Unity Theatre, London in the late 1930s, appearing in Plant in the Sun alongside Paul Robeson, and as the pantomime King in Babes In the Wood. After the outbreak of the Second World War, Bass joined the Middlesex Regiment as a despatch rider. Despite being kept busy with his duties, he found time to become involved in concert parties, as well as taking part in documentaries for the Army Film Unit.
His stage career included plays by Shakespeare and Shaw. During the 1950s he continued to direct shows at Unity, and on one occasion appeared in court (along with Vida Hope) charged with putting on a play without a licence. His stage work also included an adaptation of Gogol's short story "The Bespoke Overcoat", transposed to the East End of London, which was filmed by Jack Clayton in 1956, and won the Oscar for best short. Bass also took over from Chaim Topol in the role of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof on the West End stage.
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