Derek Francis [SEP] place of death
Derek Francis
Derek Francis (7 November 1923 in Brighton – 27 March 1984 in Wimbledon, London) was an English comedy and character actor.
He was a regular in the Carry On film players, appearing in six of the films in the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in "The Tomb of Ligeia" (1964), the last film in Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe series. He also took roles in several BBC adaptations of Charles Dickens novels. His last role was in the 1984 version of "
, Hampshire on 21 January 1863. The cause of death was given as an internal abscess.
The funeral of Francis Pigott took place in the village of Sherfield, Hampshire on Friday 31 January 1863.
Sources.
Bibliography
- A Genealogical and Heraldic History of The Landed Gentry; or, Commoners of Great Britain & Ireland. John Burke - 1838.
Further reading.
- Derek Winterbottom, "Governors of the Isle of Man since 1765", Manx Heritage Foundation.