Autographs of Bill Fraser
William Simpson Fraser (5 June 1908 – 9 September 1987) was a Scottish actor who appeared on stage, screen and television for many years. In 1986 he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for his stage role in the play When We Are Married. More about Bill Fraser
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Fraser was born in Perth and educated at Strathallan School. He began his career as a clerk in a bank before beginning to act. In the early days when acting work was scarce, Fraser was often penniless, frequently sleeping rough on the Embankment in London. Before the Second World War, he ran the Connaught Theatre in Worthing; when called up he served in a Royal Air Force Special Liaison Unit, reaching the rank of flight lieutenant, where he met and became friends with Eric Sykes. Just after the war a chance meeting in a London street led to Fraser's giving Sykes his first work as a writer for radio comedy and the two friends worked together many times over the following years. Fraser is also credited with giving Peter Cushing his first acting job.
Fraser often played irascible or belligerent characters on screen and had many roles as a policeman, soldier or judge. His first television appearance was on The Tony Hancock Show in 1956, after which he briefly became a regular actor on Hancock's Half Hour. He then joined The Army Game as Sgt Claude Snudge, followed by a sequel called Bootsie and Snudge. He also played Snudge in the 1964 series Foreign Affairs. Later comedic roles included parts in the TV dramatisation of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ as well as Ripping Yarns, The Train Now Standing, The Corn is Green and Father, Dear Father. Read even more about Bill Fraser at Wikipedia
Fraser often played irascible or belligerent characters on screen and had many roles as a policeman, soldier or judge. His first television appearance was on The Tony Hancock Show in 1956, after which he briefly became a regular actor on Hancock's Half Hour. He then joined The Army Game as Sgt Claude Snudge, followed by a sequel called Bootsie and Snudge. He also played Snudge in the 1964 series Foreign Affairs. Later comedic roles included parts in the TV dramatisation of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ as well as Ripping Yarns, The Train Now Standing, The Corn is Green and Father, Dear Father. Read even more about Bill Fraser at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Bill Fraser
The most expensive item with a signature of Bill Fraser (BOOTSIE AND SNUDGE ACTORS- BILL FRASER / ALFIE BASS AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOS) was sold in March 2018 for £59.99 while the cheapest item (Bill Fraser autograph) found a new owner for £0.99 in November 2020. The month with the most items sold (2) was October 2020 with an average selling price of £7.97 for an autographed item of Bill Fraser. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2018 with £56.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was November 2020. In average, an autographed item from Bill Fraser is worth £6.22.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bill Fraser were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Autograph of Bill Fraser - Sgt Snudge in The Army Game | £2.00 | |
| BILL FRASER & JIMMY MUDIE signed page DR WHO, HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR, ARMY GAME | £5.99 | |
| BILL FRASER (1908-1987) Dr Who (General Grugger), The Army Game etc Signed pic | £6.46 | |
| BILL FRASER (1908-1987) Signed page DOCTOR WHO, HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR, UP POMPEII | £5.99 | |
| Bill Fraser (Rumpole of the Bailey - When We Are Married) Signed Photo | £4.60 | |
| Bill Fraser - Bootsie & Snudge - Hand Signed Autographed Photo | £14.99 | |
| Bill Fraser autograph | £0.99 | |
| BILL FRASER Genuine Handsigned Signature on 12 x 8 Page. | £9.99 | |
| BILL FRASER ORIGINAL SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH. DOCTOR WHO | £9.99 | |
| Bill Fraser signed autograph genuine signature album page Avengers Doctor Who | £9.95 | |
| BILL FRASER. Genuine Handsigned Signature on Card. | £5.99 | |
| Bootsie & Snudge BILL FRASER signed cut piece with PC gen pic | £2.45 | |
| COMEDY - BILL FRASER - personally signed mini-bio + picture display - good | £4.40 | |
| Dr Who Gen Grugger BILL FRASER (1908-87)The Army Game, Signed `Joey Boy`6x9 Pic | £7.95 | |
| PAMELA CUNDELL ('DAD'S ARMY') SIGNED FLYER + 1950s PANTO PROGRAMME BILL FRASER | £3.96 | |