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Bernard Cribbins

Bernard Cribbins 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Cribbins licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK, 1928-12-29

Died: 2022-07-27

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst	Able Seaman James Bryson	72
2	1958	Davy	Stage Hand (uncredited)	50
3	1958	Dunkirk	Thirsty Sailor (uncredited)	68
4	1959	Make Mine a Million	Jack	72
5	1959	Tommy the Toreador	Paco	35
6	1960	The World of Suzie Wong	Otis	64
7	1960	Two Way Stretch	Lennie Price	67
8	1960	Visa to Canton	Pereira	47
9	1961	Nothing Barred	Newspaperman	65
10	1961	The Best of Enemies	Col. Brownlow	69
11	1962	The Girl on the Boat	Peters	56
12	1962	The Fast Lady	Man on Stretcher (uncredited)	57
13	1963	The Wrong Arm of the Law	Nervous O'Toole	65
14	1963	The Mouse on the Moon	Vincent Mountjoy	59
15	1964	Crooks in Cloisters	Squirts McGinty	54
16	1964	A Home of Your Own	The Stonemason	60
17	1964	Carry On Jack	Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker	59
18	1964	Carry On Spying	Harold Crump	65
19	1964	The Counterfeit Constable	Bob, l'agent 202	56
20	1965	The Bargain		0
21	1965	She	Job	56
22	1965	Cup Fever	Policeman	82
23	1965	You Must Be Joking	Sergeant Clegg	51
24	1966	The Sandwich Man	Photographer	61
25	1966	Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.	Tom Campbell	61
26	1967	A Ghost of a Chance	Ron	65
27	1967	Casino Royale	Taxi Driver	52
28	1968	Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River	Fred Davies	61
29	1969	'G.I.G.O Garbage In, Garbage Out' Computer History - A British View		0
30	1970	The Railway Children	Albert Perks	67
31	1972	Frenzy	Felix Forsythe	71
32	1973	I Know What I Like	Himself	70
33	1975	More Awkward Customers	Awkward Customer: Mr. Clam	0
34	1975	Great Big Groovy Horse	The Storyteller	0
35	1976	Night Ferry	Pyramid	51
36	1976	James and the Giant Peach	Centipede	60
37	1977	The Country Wife	Pinchwife	0
38	1977	That's Carry On!	Various Characters	57
39	1978	Play Safe	Robin (voice)	53
40	1978	The Adventures of Picasso	Gertrude Stein / Narrator (voice)	70
41	1978	The Water Babies	Mr. Masterman / Voice of Eel	59
42	1979	The Plank	House painter	74
43	1979	Round Robin		0
44	1981	Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective	Dangerous Davies	59
45	1982	It's Your Move	Neighbour	82
46	1984	The Snowman	Narrator (Alternate Version) (uncredited)	75
47	1987	Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood	Job (archive footage)	64
48	1987	When We Are Married	Herbert Soppitt	0
49	1988	Stories of the Sylvanian Families	Narrator	80
50	1989	Customers From Hell		0
51	1992	Carry On Columbus	Mordecai Mendoza	38
52	1998	What's a Carry On?	Self - at Re-Union /'Harold Crump' (uncredited)	78
53	2003	Blackball	Mutley	52
54	2006	The Children's Party at the Palace	Station Guard	18
55	2007	Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned	Wilfred Mott	76
56	2009	Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened	Self	80
57	2009	Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley	Alderney / Orinoco / Wellington (voice)	90
58	2009	Doctor Who: The End of Time Part 1	Wilfred Mott	100
59	2010	Doctor Who: The End of Time Part 2	Wilfred Mott	100
60	2012	Run For Your Wife	Hospital Patient	44
61	2012	A Fantastic Fear of Everything	The Voice (voice)	57
62	2012	Produced By George Martin	Self	74
63	2013	Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor	Self	50
64	2013	Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty	Self	90
65	2016	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Snout	52
66	2017	The Lake District: A Wild Year	Self - Narrator (voice)	80
67	2018	Patrick	Albert	67
68	2019	Looking for Lennie		0
69	2022	Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill	Tom Campbell	0
70	2023	Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder	Wilfred Mott	95

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	The Sooty Show	Himself	61
2	1959	Interpol Calling	Sid	67
3	1959	International Detective	Pasquale	70
4	1960	Sunday-Night Play	Lord Fancourt Babberley	0
5	1961	The Avengers	Arkwright	77
6	1961	The Avengers	Bradley Marler	77
7	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Pinchwife	50
8	1968	Cilla	Self	100
9	1968	Ooh La La!		0
10	1969	Cribbins		60
11	1971	Get The Drift		0
12	1973	Last of the Summer Wine	Gavin Hinchcliffe	71
13	1973	The Wombles		75
14	1975	Space: 1999	Captain Michael	71
15	1975	Fawlty Towers	Mr. Hutchinson	83
16	1976	Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings		40
17	1976	Star Turn		0
18	1976	Tell Me Another	Guest	80
19	1976	Tell Me Another	Himself	80
20	1979	Worzel Gummidge	Jolly Jack	62
21	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Charlie Krebs	67
22	1980	Shillingbury Tales		68
23	1983	Cuffy	Cuffy	55
24	1983	Moschops	Narrator	0
25	1985	Super Gran	Officer P. Brain	65
26	1985	Alice in Wonderland	Mock Turtle	0
27	1986	Langley Bottom	Seth Raven	0
28	1987	High & Dry	Ron Archer	60
29	1987	Going Live!	Self	60
30	1987	Daytime Live		35
31	1988	Stories of the Sylvanian Families	Narrator	0
32	1988	Noel's Saturday Roadshow		0
33	1990	Bertie the Bat	Narrator	0
34	1991	Tonight at 8.30	Mr Wahurst	70
35	1993	I, Lovett	Snowman (voice)	60
36	1996	Noel's Telly Years		0
37	1996	Dalziel & Pascoe		64
38	1996	Dennis the Menace and Gnasher	Katzenburger (voice)	63
39	1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self - Panellist	70
40	1997	Midsomer Murders	Duggie Wingate	75
41	2005	The Friday Night Project	Self	58
42	2005	Doctor Who	Wilfred Mott	76
43	2006	The One Show	Self	45
44	2006	The One Show	Self - Guest	45
45	2007	Would I Lie to You?	Self	77
46	2009	Doctor Who Greatest Moments	Self	70
47	2010	The National Television Awards Backstage Live		0
48	2011	Pointless Celebrities	Self	64
49	2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip	Self - Participant	50
50	2013	Old Jack's Boat	Old Jack	0
51		Have I Got a Bit More News for You	Self - Panellist	70
52	2013	Salty's Waggy Tales	Old Jack	0
53	2015	Old Jack's Boat: Rockpool Tales	Old Jack	0
54	2016	The Wombles		0