---
name: "Felix Bowness"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/felix-bowness"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 March 1922"
died: "13 September 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T09:30:50.418374+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."
---

# Felix Bowness

Actor. Born 30 March 1922 in Harwell, Oxfordshire, England, UK. Died 13 September 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 March 1922, Harwell, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 13 September 2009
- **Active:** 1972–1980
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 72 (1), 1980s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Bowness, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3296651, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101437/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214094

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Hi-de-Hi!*](https://film.one/tv/hi-de-hi.md) (74)

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## Biography

Felix Bowness (30 March 1922 – 13 September 2009) was an English comedy actor. He was best known for playing the jockey Fred Quilley in the BBC sitcom *Hi-de-Hi!* (1980–1988), appearing in all 58 episodes.

Bowness had earlier roles in series including *Dad's Army*, *Are You Being Served?* and *Porridge*. He later appeared in *You Rang, M'Lord?* (as Mr Pearson), *Oh, Doctor Beeching!* (as Bernie Bleasdale) and *The Brittas Empire*. He also worked extensively as a warm-up act for television shows such as *Morecambe and Wise* and *Wogan*.

Born in Harwell, Oxfordshire (then Berkshire), he served in the Royal Berkshire Regiment during the Second World War and was an amateur boxing champion before entering show business in the 1940s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hi-de-Hi!* (1980), Fi1m 74, as Fred Quilley — [page](https://film.one/tv/hi-de-hi.md)
- *Are You Being Served?* (1972), Fi1m 72, as Customer — [page](https://film.one/tv/are-you-being-served.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Bennies from Heaven* (2000), as Various
- *Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Benny and the Jests* (2000), as Various
- *Oh, Doctor Beeching!* (1996), series, as Bernie Bleasdale
- *Blobbyvision* (1994), Acting
- *The Brittas Empire* (1991), series, as Workman
- *You Rang, M'Lord?* (1990), series, as Mr. Pearson
- *Hannay* (1988), series, Acting
- *Mary Millington's World Striptease Extravaganza* (1981), as Audience Member
- *Shillingbury Tales* (1981), series, as Drunk Driver
- *Hi-de-Hi!* (1980), series, as Fred Quilley — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/hi-de-hi.md)
- *Queen of the Blues* (1979), as Eddie
- *Leave it to Charlie* (1978), series, as Newsreader (voice), George, Mechanical Voice, Politician's Voice
- *Don't Forget to Write!* (1977), series, as Jack Cooper
- *The Growing Pains of PC Penrose* (1975), series, as Wally Threadgold
- *Dawson's Weekly* (1975), series, Acting
- *Sykes* (1972), series, as Delivery Man, Painter, First Customer, Glasgow Porter, Bus Depot Worker, Man in fog, Motorcyclist, Skipper's Boy, Husband, Club Compere, Herbert Nells
- *Are You Being Served?* (1972), series, as Customer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/are-you-being-served.md)
- *Dad's Army* (1968), series, as The Driver, Special Constable, Van Driver — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/dads-army.md)
- *Till Death Us Do Part* (1966), series, as Felix
- *80,000 Suspects* (1963), as Wellford

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