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William Franklyn

William Franklyn was a British actor, perhaps best known for voicing the "Schhh... You Know Who" adverts for Schweppes from 1965 to 1973. He also performed on stage, film, television and radio, taking over from Peter Jones as "The Book" (the narrator) in the third, fourth and fifth radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He is also known for his portrayal of Sexton Blake for BBC Radio 4 in 1967.

Known For: Acting

Born: Kensington, London, England, UK, 1925-09-22

Died: 2016-10-31

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	Operation Diplomat	Dr. Gillespie	58
2	1954	Time Is My Enemy	Sgt. Peter Thompson	64
3	1955	The Love Match	Arthur Ford	78
4	1955	Above Us the Waves	No. 1, X2	61
5	1957	Quatermass 2	Dr. Tom Brand	64
6	1957	That Woman Opposite	Ned Atwood	58
7	1957	The Flesh Is Weak	Lloyd Buxton	58
8	1958	The Snorkel	Wilson	70
9	1959	Danger Within	Capt. Tony Long	62
10	1960	The Big Day	Mr. T. Selkirk	70
11	1961	Fury at Smugglers' Bay	Captain	50
12	1961	The Big Deal	John Hamilton	0
13	1961	Pit of Darkness	Richard Logan	64
14	1965	The Legend of Young Dick Turpin	Tom King	0
15	1965	The Intelligence Men	Colonel Grant	61
16	1966	Cul-de-sac	Cecil	67
17	1972	Ooh...You Are Awful	Arnold Van Cleef	46
18	1973	The Satanic Rites of Dracula	Peter Torrence	56
19	1976	Woodland Harvest		0
20	1982	Nutcracker	Sir Arthur Cartwright	20
21	1993	Splitting Heirs	Andrews	52
22	1993	Diana: Her True Story	Lord Mountbatten	17
23	1996	London Suite	Widley	47
24	1996	Robert Rylands' Last Journey	Robert Rylands	61
25	2003	J.G. Ballard: A Profile	Readings (voice)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel	Jacques Fleury	76
2	1956	The Count of Monte Cristo	Phillipe	44
3	1956	The Adventures of Sir Lancelot	Baron Mortaise	65
4	1959	Interpol Calling	Nevil	67
5	1959	No Hiding Place		37
6	1959	International Detective	Conrad Schneider	70
7	1959	International Detective	Larry Sullivan	70
8	1960	Maigret	Count Maurice	69
9	1960	The Dickie Henderson Show	Greg	0
10	1961	The Avengers	Brinstead	77
11	1961	Top Secret		0
12	1964	Curtain of Fear		0
13	1965	Public Eye		78
14	1968	The Champions	Hartington	61
15	1971	Justice	James Kirby	60
16	1974	NOVA	Narrator (voice)	70
17	1976	The New Avengers		70
18	1977	The Masterspy	host	60
19	1986	Lovejoy	Burgess	73
20	1990	The Upper Hand	Eric	70
21	1991	G.B.H.	Distinguished Gent	65
22	1997	Jonathan Creek	Narrator of Banana Commercial (voice) (uncredited)	75
23	2004	The Courtroom		0
24	2011	Justice		60