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Percy Herbert
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It was his idea that the marching POWs whistle "The Colonel Bogey March" in
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
.
A British soldier in World War II, he was captured by the Japanese army and interned in a POW camp for 4 years. He once spent six months in the cooler for stealing a tin of corned beef.
Because he had first-hand experience of Japanese POW camps, he was paid an extra £5.00 per week by
David Lean
to act as a consultant on
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
.
Made his first stage appearance in Julius Caesar at Stratford.
Children Vanessa, Colin, Katrina.
Considered for the role of the Fatherly Guard in
Lifeforce (1985)
.
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