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name: "Alfie Bass"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alfie-bass"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 April 1921"
died: "15 July 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
updated: "2026-09-16T16:53:18.770958+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Alfie Bass

Actor. Born 8 April 1921 in Bethnal Green, London, England, UK. Died 15 July 1987.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 April 1921, Bethnal Green, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 15 July 1987
- **Active:** 1945–1972
- **Also known as:** Элфи Бэсс, Элфи Басс, Алфи Басс

## Biography

Alfie Bass was an English actor. He was born in Bethnal Green, London, the youngest in a Jewish family with ten children; their parents had fled persecution in Russia. He began his career on stage at the Unity Theatre in the late 1930s and appeared in a variety of stage, film, television and radio productions.

Bass made his film debut in the 1940s and is known for roles including Shorty Fisher in *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), Harry Clamacraft in *Alfie* (1966), the Gatekeeper in *A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum* (1966), Mr Goldberg in *Are You Being Served?* (1972), Shagal in *The Fearless Vampire Killers* (1967), and a waiter in *Brief Encounter* (1945). He also appeared in *Moonraker* (1979) and *Revenge of the Pink Panther* (1978). On television he played Private Montague 'Excused Boots' Bisley in *The Army Game* (1957–1961) and its spin-off *Bootsie and Snudge*.

*Sources: imdb.com, ipfs.io, screenonline.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Are You Being Served?* (1972), Fi1m 72, as Mr. Goldberg — [page](https://film.one/tv/are-you-being-served.md)
- *Brief Encounter* (1945), Fi1m 90, as Waiter at the Royal (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/brief-encounter.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Till Death Us Do Part* (1966), Actor

## Also known for

- *Moonraker* (1979), Consumptive Italian
- *The Fearless Vampire Killers* (1967), Shagal, the Inn-Keeper
- *Revenge of the Pink Panther* (1978), Fernet
- *Stage Fright* (1950), Stage Hand with Microphone (uncredited)
- *Help!* (1965), Doorman
- *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), Shorty Fisher
- *Alfie* (1966), Harry Clamacraft
- *A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum* (1966), Gatekeeper

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