Kenneth Williams, Desperately Funny (Part 1 of 7) 

I’m 28 years old my grand parents had these on VHS video

If you didn't grow up watching carry ons then you missed out. I learned so much about human behaviour and life from all these films and a great sense of humour

So sad he never realised how much fun he gave people

WE ALL GREW up Ie. CARRY ONS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC COMEDY

The Queen of camp . R. I. P .

He was so brilliant

The 1st time I saw Kenneth Williams was in a v small but unforgettable role in Make Mine Mink (1960). I sought him out after that. What a voice! And he was close friends w Maggie Smith.

He's my favorite❤️❤️

He was so funny so sad his private life was not good there will be another like him again

Loved it when he used to read on Jackanory

Great😂

Aww matron keep them away😂😂

thank you so much for posting

Our Oscar Wilde. Brilliant

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Make no mistake Kenny was a genius and without doubt one of the great talents of his generation...a complete eccentric whose jealousy of others and hypochondria sadly controlled his life. He was simply brilliant and should have fulfilled that destiny more than he did. Never the less he brought much joy to the lives of many, myself included, and for that we are all truly grateful. R.I.P. wherever you are Ken !

@ShutThatDoor Exactly,unfortunately the Carry On films paid very little. British performers today who had half the success he had are multimillionaires.

Lady Lewisham, was Raine Spencer, later Lady Di's stepmother.

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It's odd. His face laughs but his eyes don't really join in.

I will never be able to say that I knew Kenneth Williams, but being someone who has 'altered' a line or two on a Wiki page (look for Testsignal), I would like it known that I don't agree with the Wikipedia way of reference to people, eg: 'Williams appeared on numerous chat shows..', if someone gets to be a household name, why then, if while compiling reference material on aforementioned person, it refers to that person by their surname, it's like if we were talking about legends of the pop world, who have one name, you call them by it, and same with Sid, or Babs, so why can't Kenny be referred to as Kenny, just reminded me of being back at school (& I didn't like it then either).

Does anybody know the name of the song at 2.42?

1:30

I'm not convinced he was held back or repressed. Some people are introverts who value privacy but have trained themselves to be extroverts in public, to entertain or teach or otherwise function with others -- as a role or performance. I believe that he dressed and acted as he did by choice. He was no unhappier than most people, just a bit more eccentric in his own unique way.

One man I'm glad I never met, and never will. I'm sure that if I had I would have disliked him within 3 seconds. Affected, narcissistic, and desperately UNfunny.

Sad and pathetic. A very sad life with a limited range focused only on camp!