Winning bidder gets this page from an autograph album signed in person by Charles Hawtrey (1914 - 1988), the English comedy actor whose camp antics added to the charm of more than twenty of the Carry On films. In real life though, his outrageous drunken promiscuity did not attract sympathy, nor did his general peevish demeanour and increasing eccentricity earn him many close friends. If fans asked him for an autograph, Hawtrey would often swear at them and rip their paper in half.  He started out as a boy soprano, making several records before moving onto the wireless, and his career also encompassed the theatre (as both actor and director), the cinema (where he regularly appeared supporting Will Hay in the 1930s and 40s, and television. In 1949 he appeared as the barman/piano player in the Ealing comedy Passport to Pimlico, and his television career gained a major boost with The Army Game, in which he played the part of Private 'Professor' Hatchett. The series followed the fortunes of a mixed bag of army National Service conscripts in Hut 29 of the Surplus Ordnance Depot at Nether Hopping in remote Staffordshire. In 1958 there was a feature film spin-off called I Only Arsked!, a line which became the catchphrase of Bernard Bresslaw, who was also in the cast. Hawtrey became a leading participant in the Carry On series of films throughout the 1960s and 1970s, mostly playing characters that ranged from the wimpish through the effete to the downright effeminate. His last film was Carry On Abroad (1972), after which he was dropped from the series because his growing alcohol consumption, which had begun to noticeably worsen since Carry On Cowboy in 1965, was beginning to affect his work. Hawtrey guarded his relationships very carefully in an era (lasting until 1967 in England) when male homosexual sex was illegal and punishable by a prison sentence. Co-star Kenneth Williams was envious of Hawtrey's acceptance of his homosexuality, saying "He can sit in a bar and pick up sailors and have a wonderful time. I couldn't do it."  On 24 October 1988, Hawtrey collapsed in the doorway of the Royal Hotel in Deal, shattering his femur and was rushed by ambulance to the Buckland Hospital in Dover. He was discovered to be suffering from peripheral vascular disease, a condition of the arteries brought on by a lifetime of heavy smoking. Hawtrey was told that to save his life, his legs would have to be amputated. He refused the operation, allegedly saying that he preferred 'to die with his boots on' and died three days later. It was claimed that on his deathbed he threw a vase at his nurse who asked for an autograph.