​Bernard Cribbins (29 December 1928 – 28 July 2022) was an English character actor, voice-over artist and musical comedian with a career spanning over half a century who came to prominence in films in the 1960s, had been in work consistently since his professional debut in the mid 1950s, and as of 2010 had still been an active performer.
He was particularly known to British audiences as the story-telling voice in The Wombles, a children’s programme running which ran for 40 episodes between 1973 and 1975. He also recorded several hit novelty records in the early 1960s and was a regular and prolific performer on Jackanory on BBC TV between 1966 and 1991. Cribbins’ most recent prominent role had been as Wilfred Mott, companion of the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who.
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Bernard Cribbins Biography / Wiki
Name | Bernard Cribbins |
Also Know | |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | Oldham, Lancashire, England |
Date of Birth | 1928-12-29 |
Age(as in 2022) | 93 |
Deathday | 2022-07-28 |
Bernard Cribbins Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective | Dangerous Davies | 1981-01-04 | When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15… |
Cup Fever | Policeman | 1965-07-21 | The children of Barton United are trying to win the cup in their local football (soccer) league. Nasty councillor Mr Bates doesn’t like them and wants… |
Great Big Groovy Horse | The Storyteller | 1975-12-25 | Rock musical retelling of the legend of the Trojan Horse…. |
Play Safe | Robin (voice) | 1978-01-02 | Sponsored as part of the Electricity Council’s ‘Understanding Electricity’ campaign, Play Safe is a series of three hard-hitting fillers designed to h… |
I Know What I Like | Himself | 1973-01-01 | Bernard Cribbins appears as himself, and various characters in the brewing trade, in a lighthearted look at the beer making (and drinking) process, fr… |
The Lake District: A Wild Year | Self – Narrator | 2017-02-17 | The Lake District, nearly all a national park, covers a mountainous region in NW England’s Cumbria county, and contains Windemere and other lakes, Eng… |
The Bargain | 1965-01-01 | A BAFTA award nominated animation…. | |
Carry On Jack | Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker | 1963-11-01 | Tenth entry in the Carry On series. Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless. Those swabbing t… |
The Water Babies | Mr. Masterman / Voice of Eel | 1978-01-01 | This children’s fantasy tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evi… |
The Railway Children | Albert Perks | 1970-12-21 | After the enforced absence of their father, the three Waterbury children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in s… |
Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. | Tom Campbell | 1966-08-05 | Doctor Who and his companions are hurled into the future and make a horrifying discovery: the Daleks have conquered Earth! The metal fiends have devas… |
Carry On Columbus | Mordecai Mendoza | 1992-10-02 | Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition…… |
‘G.I.G.O Garbage In, Garbage Out’ Computer History – A British View | 1969-01-01 | Barclays Bank documentary about computers in the UK and how they might be used in the future…. | |
Carry On Spying | Harold Crump | 1964-06-01 | Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and Charlie Bi… |
The Wrong Arm of the Law | Nervous O’Toole | 1963-03-17 | The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as p… |
She | Job | 1965-04-18 | The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal life. She lures Leo Vincey into her world, seeing … |
The Mouse on the Moon | Vincent Mountjoy | 1963-05-07 | Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle. To get the money necessary to put in a new s… |
The End of Time: Part One | Wilfred Mott | 2009-12-26 | The Ood have given a warning to The Doctor. The Master is returning yet that is not the biggest threat. A darkness is coming which brings with it The … |
Blackball | Mutley | 2003-05-18 | Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he mana… |
Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the River | Fred Davies | 1968-07-12 | George Lester is a man who is chasing rainbows, looking for the pot of gold at the end. When his wife, Pamela grows tired of being dragged all over th… |
The Sandwich Man | Photographer | 1966-07-01 | A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters…. |
It’s Your Move | Neighbour | 1982-10-18 | A silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who hire an accident-prone firm of house removers, headed by … |
Night Ferry | Pyramid | 1976-07-22 | Night Ferry stars Bernard Cribbins as Pyramid, a dastardly master-of-disguise who plans to smuggle an ancient Egyptian mummy out of the country. When … |
The Counterfeit Constable | Bob, l’agent 202 | 1964-10-10 | An extremely funny film about a group of French rugby supporters who go to see a match at Twickenham and one of them inadvertently receives a blow in … |
A Ghost of a Chance | Ron | 1967-01-01 | Three children try to fight against the destruction of a local historic landmark. They are helped by a group of friendly ghosts…. |
A Home of Your Own | The Stonemason | 1964-01-01 | A Home of Your Own is a 1964 British comedy film which is a brick-by-brick account of the building a young couple’s dream house. From the day when t… |
Doctor Who: The 60th Anniversary Special | Wilfred Mott | 2023-11-23 | The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble return to the TARDIS in the feature-length 60th anniversary special of BBC’s Doctor Who…. |
Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill | 2022-07-10 | A double dose of the doctor! Two classic Dr. Who adventures return in new 4K restorations. Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks’ Invasion Earth… | |
Two Way Stretch | Lennie Price | 1960-12-20 | Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perf… |
Crooks in Cloisters | Squirts McGinty | 1964-01-01 | Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. The six of them set up business in a disuse… |
You Must be Joking | 1965-08-03 | A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items… | |
The Girl on the Boat | Peters | 1962-08-05 | Norman Wisdom does to P.G. Wodehouse in Girl on the Boat what Jerry Lewis did to Gore Vidal in Visit to a Small Planet. The zany Wisdom, put in charge… |
The Plank | House painter | 1979-12-17 | Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of “wordless d… |
The Country Wife | Pinchwife | 1977-02-13 | Directed by Donald McWhinnie…. |
Visa to Canton | Pereira | 1960-12-26 | A former World War II pilot, now the owner of a travel agency in Hong Kong, gets involved in espionage trying to help a Chinese woman locate her son…. |
Produced By George Martin | 2012-09-11 | A profile of Sir George Martin, Britain’s most celebrated record producer, from his early days at EMI/Parlophone to his work with The Beatles…. | |
When We Are Married | Herbert Soppitt | 1987-12-26 | Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the fifth … |
Davy | Stage Hand (uncredited) | 1958-01-02 | The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family … |
The Adventures of Picasso | Gertrude Stein / Narrator (voice) | 1978-05-20 | Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso shows talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of Arts in Madrid. He becomes a painter but has to live i… |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Snout | 2016-05-30 | Shakespeare’s comedy adapted for television by Russell T. Davies. In the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hi… |
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor | Himself | 2013-08-04 | Zoe Ball hosts a live celebration in which the next actor to land Doctor Who’s lead role is revealed, in the company of former cast members and celebr… |
Make Mine a Million | Jack | 1959-01-01 | Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he’s absolutely broke. He calls upon his frie… |
Patrick | Albert | 2018-06-29 | A woman’s chaotic life becomes more complicated when she inherits her grandmother’s dog…. |
Frenzy | Felix Forsythe | 1972-05-25 | After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be the wrong man…. |
The World of Suzie Wong | Otis | 1960-11-10 | A Hong Kong sex worker tries modeling and falls for the artist who’s painting her…. |
A Fantastic Fear of Everything | The Voice (voice) | 2012-06-07 | Jack is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wr… |
Nothing Barred | Newspaperman | 1961-10-10 | Penniless Lord Whitebait’s plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and… |
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | Wilfred Mott | 2007-12-25 | When disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling alongside aliens, saboteurs, robot Angels and a new fri… |
Peter Kay’s Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley | Alderney / Orinoco / Wellington (voice) | 2009-11-13 | Big Chris leads a chorus of characters from various animated children’s television shows in a medley of seven songs: 1. “Can You Feel It” 2. “Don’t … |
The Best of Enemies | Col. Brownlow | 1961-10-26 | During World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are met upon by an enemy Italian patrol that allows them to … |
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst | Able Seaman James Bryson | 1957-04-01 | While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batter… |
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | (archive footage) | 1987-01-01 | A retrospective of the films of Britain’s Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. Included are clips fro… |
Casino Royale | Taxi Driver | 1967-04-13 | Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan – that every agent will be… |
The Fast Lady | Man on Stretcher (uncredited) | 1962-12-14 | A Scottish civil servant (Stanley Baxter) must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend’s (Julie Christie) tycoon father (James Robertso… |
The Children’s Party at the Palace | Station Guard | 2006-06-25 | To celebrate her 80th birthday, the Queen is holding a children’s party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. She has invited many classic characters f… |
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