Bill Kerr Dead at 92

Bill Kerr

Actor Bill Kerr, who starred in Doctor Who and Hancock's Half Hour, has died at the age of 92.

The Australian star, known as the boy from Wagga Wagga, became one of Tony Hancock's radio sidekicks in the 1950s.

He moved to the UK in 1947 and went on to star in the The Dam Busters, Doctor Who and The New Adventures of Black Beauty. He also played Ben Bishop in the 1960s BBC soap opera Compact.

As a child star he began his career in "Huckleberry Finn life" in New South Wales and made his first film appearance in 1933's Harmony Row, in which he was billed as "Willie" Kerr.