Bernard Cribbins (Oldham (Lancashire), 29 december 1928) is an English actor and musician.
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Biography[Edit][]
Cribbins has been actor since his 14th and is since its 25th a big star on the London stage. However, it would be another 10 years before he became a national star in movies and also with a number of songs. He appeared in several Carry On films and also did many voices work for animated films and commercials. His film roles in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy and was as difficult to see hotel guest in an episode of Fawlty Towers.
In addition to his acting is Cribbins known of the novelty song "Right Said Fred", which was recorded in the Abbey Road Studios [1] and reached the tenth place in the u.k chart. [2]
Filmography[Edit][]
- Yangtse Incident: The Story of h.m.s. Amethyst (1957)-Sonar Operator (uncredited)
- The Vise TV series-Driver (Afl., The Missing Hours, 1957)
- Davy (1957)-Stage Hand, Collins Music Hall (uncredited)
- Dunkirk (1958)-Thirsty sailor (uncredited)
- Make Mine a Million (1959)-Jack
- Tommy the Toreador (1959)-Paco
- Interpol Calling TV series-Sid (Afl., Slow Boat to Amsterdam, 1960)
- International Detective TV series-Pasquale (Afl., The Santino Case, 1960)
- ITV Play of the Week TV series-cpl. Pearce (Afl., The Night of The Big Heat, 1960)
- The World of Suzie Wong (1960)-Otis, Gwen nies boyfriend
- Two Way Stretch (1960)-Lennie Price
- The Girl on the Boat (1961)-Peters
- Visa to Canton (1961)-Pereira
- Nothing Barred (1961)-Cricket
- Comedy Playhouse TV series-Cakebread (Afl., Visiting Day, 1962)
- The Fast Lady (1962)-Man on stretcher (uncredited)
- The Best of Enemies (1962)-Col. Brownlow
- Comedy Playhouse TV series-Mr. Spooner (episodes, Impasse, 1963)
- The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)-Nervous O'Toole
- The Mouse on the Moon (1963)-Vincent Mountjoy
- Carry on Jack (1963)-Midscheepsman Albert Poop-Decker
- A Home of Your Own (1964)-Mason
- Carry on Spying (1964)-Harold Crump
- Crooks in Cloisters (1964)-Squirts
- The Close Prisoner (Television film, 1964)-Role unknown
- Allez France! (1964)-Bob
- The Bargain (1965)-Role unknown
- She (1965)-Job
- Comedy Playhouse TV series-Ambrose Twombly (Afl., Here I Come Whoever I Am, 1965)
- Cup Fever (1965)-Policeman
- You Must Be Joking! (1965)-Sgt. Clegg
- The Troubleshooters TV series-Chas Wilson (Afl., Driver of the Year, 1965)
- Jpradley Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)-Tom Campbell
- The Avengers TV series-Arkwright (Afl., The Girl from Auntie, 1966)
- The Sandwich Man (1966)-photographer
- Comedy Playhouse TV series-Arnold (Afl., Judgement Day for Elijah Jones, 1966)
- Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1967)-Fred Davies
- Casino Royale (1967)-Taxi driver
- A Ghost of a Chance (1968)-Ron
- Armchair Theatre TV series-Honeybone (Afl., The Wind in a Tall Paper Chimney, 1968)
- The Avengers TV series-Bradley Mahler (Afl., Look-(Stop Me If you've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers,..., 1968)
- Light Entertainment Killers (Television film, 1969)-Role unknown
- Cribbins TV series-Role unknown (1969-1970)
- The Railway Children (1970)-Albert Perks
- Frenzy (1972)-Felix Forsythe
- The Womblers TV series-Narrator (voice, 1973)
- Fawlty Towers TV series-Mr. Hutchison (Afl., The Hotel Inspectors, 1975)
- The Val Doonican Show TV series-regular performances (1970-1975)
- Once Upon a Classic TV series-Pyramid (Afl., Night Ferry, 1976)
- Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings TV series-Narrator (voice, 1976)
- Space: 1999 Television series-Captain Michael (Afl., Brian the Brain, 1976)
- Arrivano i mostri (miniseries, 1977)-Role unknown
- Play of the Month Pinchwife TV series (episode, The Country Wife, 1977)
- The Water Babies (1978)-Masterman/voice of Eel
- Picassos äventyr (1978)-Gertrude Stein/Narrator (voice)
- The Shelf (Television film, 1979)-Door painter
- Dangerous Davies-The Last Detective (1981)-Dangerous Davies
- Shillingbury Tales TV series-Cuffy (1981)
- It's Your Move (1982)-Neighbor
- Cuffy TV series-Cuffy (unknown episodes, 1983)
- Tales of the Unexpected TV series-Charlie Krebs/Mr. King (Afl., The Memory Man, 1983)
- Moschops TV series-Narrator (1983)
- Langley Bottom TV series-Seth Raven (1986)
- When We Are Married (TV movie, 1987)-Herbert Soppitt
- High and Dry Television series-Ron Archer (1987)
- Original Sylvanian Families (Video, 1988)-Narrator
- The Russ Abbot Show TV series-various roles (Afl., The Russ Abbot Christmas Show, 1988)
- Jackanory TV series-various roles (38 episodes, 1966-1991)
- Carry on Columbus (1992)-Mordecai Mendoza
- I, Lovett TV series-Snowman (Afl., The Snowman, 1993, voice)
- Dalziel and Pascoe TV series-Uncle Henry (Afl., Time to Go, 1999)
- Noel's House Party TV series-Role unknown (unknown episodes, 1991-1999)
- The Canterbury Tales Television series-Carpenter (Afl., The Journey Back, 2000)
- Last of the Summer Wine TV series-Gavin Hinchcliffe (Afl., In Which Gavin Hinchcliffe Loses the Gulf Stream, 2003)
- Barbara TV series-Frank (Afl., Guy Fawkes, 2003)
- Blackball (TV movie, 2003)-Mutley
- Coronation Street TV series-Wally Bannister (unknown episodes, 2003)
- Down to Earth TV series-Frank Cosgrove (Afl., Hot Air, 2005 |Tall Tales, 2005)
- Doctor Who Television series – Wilfred Mott (9 episodes, 2007-2010)