The character Harry Flashman,played by Billy Halop, was the inspiration for the series of books by George McDonald Fraser dealing with the military career of Harry Flashman who McDonald saw as being every bit the scoundrel and coward as he had been at Rugby
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And as an aside, the actor who played Flashman - Billy Halop, later played Munson the cab driver on "All in the Family", including the episode when he returned briefcase to Sammy Davis Jr at the Bunkers' home. :)