Felix Hervè Talbot Bowness (30 March 1922 – 13 September 2009)[2] was a British comedy actor who was best remembered for his portrayal of the jockey Fred Quilley in the BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!.
[citation needed] Bowness returned to Britain and started performing on the comedy circuit, undertaking two summer seasons at Clacton-on-Sea Pier in 1948 and 1949.
[2] Bowness did not come to mainstream public attention until he was picked up by the writing partnership of Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
During his career he also had credits in such comedy series as The Benny Hill Show, The Liver Birds, The Goodies, Dad's Army, Porridge, Sykes Till Death Us Do Part and Are You Being Served?.
[4] Bowness was not known for cinematic roles, but in 1979 he appeared in the soft-porn film Queen of the Blues' starring Mary Millington and Milton Reid.