carry on films regulars

[tali122]

certain carry on films sometimes didnt feature sid james,ken williams or some of the other regulars- was this due to some dispute(money?) or were they contracted elsewhere?

[Hippy]

Each film was treated separately, unlike a TV soap opera, and although the cast and crew were similar, the actors had to be booked as available, and to be truthful some were working elsewhere at the planned filming time, and others were not asked or had shrinkingly smaller parts because of their addiction to alcohol. It is well known that Kenneth Williams had a love/hate relationship with the films. He could not resist the lure of fame, success and camping it up outrageously (for the time) whilst he bemoaned the fact that he could not be given any "real" acting jobs. He appeared in Sergeant, Nurse, Teacher, Constable, Regardless, Cruising, Jack, Spying, Cleo, Cowboy, Screaming, Doctor, Up the Khyber, Henry, At Your Convenience, Matron, Abroad, Dick, Behind, and Emmannuelle.

Sid James, who had a more prolific film and TV career, appeared in Constable, Regardless, Cabby, Cleo, Cowboy, Doctor, Up the Khyber, Camping, Again Doctor, Loving, Henry, Up the Jungle, At Your Convenience, Matron, Abroad, Girls, and Dick. At the end, Williams and James were the highest paid Carry On actors, earning �5,000 per film (1975 prices!).

[alunrw]

Heres a good site that probably tells you what you want to know .
http://www.carryonline.com/

[KebabMeister]

Charles Hawtrey dropped out of one film due to pay disputes.  I'll have a look in my Carry On book and see which one it was.