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 An actor since the age of 14, Bernard Cribbins had become a major star on the London stage by his mid-20s, but it was another ten years before he became a national star by his success in film comedies and with a string of hit records. He appeared in several of the "Carry On" series, and also achieved a great degree of success doing voiceovers for cartoons and TV commercials.
Bio:
An actor since the age of 14, Bernard Cribbins had become a major star on the London stage by his mid-20s, but it was another ten years before he became a national star by his success in film comedies and with a string of hit records. He appeared in several of the "Carry On" series, and also achieved a great degree of success doing voiceovers for cartoons and TV commercials.
Tivia:
He served in the Parachute Regiment, the British Army's airborne assault force, in 1947, as his National Service.Aged 79 when he made his first appearance as Mott, he is the oldest actor to have played a credited companion on Doctor Who (1963) or Doctor Who (2005).He had success in the UK Singles Chart with "Hole in the Ground", which reached #9, "Right Said Fred" (#10) and "Gossip Calypso" (#25), all in 1962. He was working with legendary record producer George Martin, who is most famous for producing The Beatles.He is the only actor to appear in both the "Doctor Who" feature film Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) and the revived television series, Doctor Who (2005).He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.He dates becoming a professional actor to January 4, 1943, when a local theatre producer spotted him in a school play and offered him a job with Oldham Coliseum Rep.His favorite "Carry On" film is Carry on Jack (1964).He has a longstanding association with the science-fiction series Doctor Who (1963). Not only did he play a companion in the second Peter Cushing film, Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966), 40 years before his regular role as a companion, Wilfred Mott, in the Russell T. Davies version of Doctor Who (2005), he had also been interviewed for the role of the Doctor in 1974 by Barry Letts.He holds the record of 111 appearances on BBC's 'Jackanory'.He appeared with the Oldham Repertory Company, 1942-43; with the Piccolo Players, Lancashire, UK; and with the Queen's Players, Hornchurch, UK during his early, vital years on stage.He was the narrator to the "Tufty" British Public Information Films of the 1970s.He was due to appear in the new Dads Army remakes of lost episodes but had drop out due to ill health. (2019).He was asked to appear in the film Carry on Cleo (1964) but chose to do a play instead.His many commercial voice over assignments include Busby for British Telecom.He became a student player with his local repertory company at the age of 14.Spent 12 years in the Oldham Repertory Theatre where he met his wife who was the asm.Prior to acting worked as a window cleaner and in a brewery.Son of John Edward (1896-1964) and Ethel (n��e Clarkson) Cribbins (1897-1989).His father, who was an amateur actor, introduced him to the theatre.Directed Millicent Martin in 2 German television shows in 1972.In 1947, at the age of 19, he was in a stage production of Macbeth at Oldham Coliseum, where he witnessed Harold Norman, who was playing Macbeth, being accidentally and fatally wounded during a staged fight. The production could not afford safer fake swords and so used real ones instead.Has three sisters; Veronica (b. 1927), Kathleen (b. 1935) and Barbara (b. 1944).He made his stage debut as Jack Frost in a school pantomime.Uncle of Suzanne (b. 1960) and Paul (b. 1968) via sister Kathleen and her husband, Eric Kershaw.As of June 2011 he was living in Weybridge, Surrey, England. |
| Name: |
Bernard Cribbins |
Type: |
Actor,Director,Writer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Director,Writer |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Director,Writer |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 05:27:42 |
| Height: |
5' 8' (1.73 m) |
| Biography: |
An actor since the age of 14, Bernard Cribbins had become a major star on the London stage by his mid-20s, but it was another ten years before he became a national star by his success in film comedies and with a string of hit records. He appeared in |
| Trivia: |
He served in the Parachute Regiment, the British Army's airborne assault force, in 1947, as his National Service.Aged 79 when he made his first appearance as Mott, he is the oldest actor to have played a credited companion on Doctor Who (1963) or Doctor Who (2005).He had success in the UK Singles Chart with "Hole in the Ground", which reached #9, "Right Said Fred" (#10) and "Gossip Calypso" (#25), all in 1962. He was working with legendary record producer George Martin, who is most famous for producing The Beatles.He is the only actor to appear in both the "Doctor Who" feature film Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) and the revived television series, Doctor Who (2005).He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.He dates becoming a professional actor to January 4, 1943, when a local theatre producer spotted him in a school play and offered him a job with Oldham Coliseum Rep.His favorite "Carry On" film is Carry on Jack (1964).He has a longstanding association with the science-fiction series Doctor Who (1963). Not only did he play a companion in the second Peter Cushing film, Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966), 40 years before his regular role as a companion, Wilfred Mott, in the Russell T. Davies version of Doctor Who (2005), he had also been interviewed for the role of the Doctor in 1974 by Barry Letts.He holds the record of 111 appearances on BBC's 'Jackanory'.He appeared with the Oldham Repertory Company, 1942-43; with the Piccolo Players, Lancashire, UK; and with the Queen's Players, Hornchurch, UK during his early, vital years on stage.He was the narrator to the "Tufty" British Public Information Films of the 1970s.He was due to appear in the new Dads Army remakes of lost episodes but had drop out due to ill health. (2019).He was asked to appear in the film Carry on Cleo (1964) but chose to do a play instead.His many commercial voice over assignments include Busby for British Telecom.He became a student player with his local repertory company at the age of 14.Spent 12 years in the Oldham Repertory Theatre where he met his wife who was the asm.Prior to acting worked as a window cleaner and in a brewery.Son of John Edward (1896-1964) and Ethel (n��e Clarkson) Cribbins (1897-1989).His father, who was an amateur actor, introduced him to the theatre.Directed Millicent Martin in 2 German television shows in 1972.In 1947, at the age of 19, he was in a stage production of Macbeth at Oldham Coliseum, where he witnessed Harold Norman, who was playing Macbeth, being accidentally and fatally wounded during a staged fight. The production could not afford safer fake swords and so used real ones instead.Has three sisters; Veronica (b. 1927), Kathleen (b. 1935) and Barbara (b. 1944).He made his stage debut as Jack Frost in a school pantomime.Uncle of Suzanne (b. 1960) and Paul (b. 1968) via sister Kathleen and her husband, Eric Kershaw.As of June 2011 he was living in Weybridge, Surrey, England. |
| Quotes: |
[on Doctor Who (1963)] I didn't actually audition. But when Jon Pertwee was leaving, producer Barry Letts--who died quite recently--interviewed a lot of actors, one of whom was me. I went along and sat down and he said, "Now, then, what can you do?" I said, "I'm a very good swimmer, I was a paratrooper, I could fight"--and he said, "Oh no, no fighting no, the Doctor is never seen fighting at all!" So Tom Baker became the next Doctor, and one of the first things I remember him doing was knocking somebody out.
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[on being awarded the OBE] Gobsmacked! You can't go through life expecting to get prizes. You just get on with things, which is how it should be.
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"Do your best and be grateful for every single job" - advice that he gives in his autobiography "Bernard Who? 75 Years Of Doing Absolutely Everything", published in 2018. |
| Salaries: |
Carry on Spying (1964) - ��5,000
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Carry on Jack (1964) - ��5,000 |
| Job title: |
Actor,Director,Writer |
| Others works: |
(1976-'80s) TV commercials: Voice of Buzby, a cartoon bird in a series of classic commercials for British Telecom.
TV commercial: P.D.S.A.
Narrator of the English translation of Christopher's Christmas Mission (1975) (Christopher's Christ |
| Spouse: |
Gillian McBarnet (August 27, 1955 - October 11, 2021) (her death) |
| Parents: |
Ethel Clarkson
John Edward Cribbins |
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