Graham William Stark (20 January 1922 – 29 October 2013) was an English comedian, actor, writer and director, known for his close personal friendship with Peter Sellers, appearance in several The Pink Panther films and Victor/Victoria.
[4] While there he first met Dick Emery, Tony Hancock and Peter Sellers, the latter two as fellow members of Ralph Reader's Gang Shows.
[2] Stark began to work on BBC Radio in the postwar years, helped by Tony Hancock's connections,[3] making his debut in Happy Go Lucky and going on to Ray's a Laugh, thanks to the intervention of Sellers.
[2] Now entirely lost,[8] it was scripted by Johnny Speight with each episode featuring a different group of supporting actors, including Deryck Guyler, Arthur Mullard, Derek Nimmo, Patricia Hayes and Warren Mitchell.
In the film Alfie (1966), Stark was Humphrey, a timid bus conductor who takes on a woman (Julia Foster) and her child when the title character (played by Michael Caine) refuses commitment.
[6][9][10] Following the sudden death of James Beck in 1973, Stark took over the role of Private Joe Walker for the remainder of episodes in the first series of the radio adaptation of Dad's Army.