Reg Varney

Acting

Reg Varney

Born 1916-07-11 Canning Town, London, England, UK 11 films

Varney was born in Canning Town, then in Essex but now part of the London Borough of Newham. His father worked in a rubber factory in Silvertown and he was one of five children who grew up in Addington Road, Canning Town. Varney was educated at the nearby Star Lane Primary School in West Ham and after leaving school at 14, he worked as a messenger boy and a page boy at the Regent Palace Hotel. He took piano lessons as a child and was good enough to find em…

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Filmography

11 films
The Plank poster

Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site…

The Plank

★ 7.4 1979

Go for a Take poster

Two inept gamblers on the run from their debts and a gang of crooks find refuge in a film studio.

Go for a Take

★ 8.0 1972

On the Buses poster

Stan gets a little annoyed when his Mum and Sister keep buying expensive items on hire purchase, bu…

On the Buses

★ 6.3 1971

Joey Boy poster

While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it…

Joey Boy

★ 6.2 1965