Bernard Cribbins

Bernard Cribbins

Birthday: 1928-12-29

Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography: ​Bernard Cribbins (29 December 1928 - 27 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Cribbins  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Frenzy
Frenzy

London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal sla...

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The Lake District: A Wild Year
The Lake District: A Wild Year

The Lake District, nearly all a national park, covers a mountainous region in NW England's Cumbria c...

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Carry On Spying
Carry On Spying

Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movi...

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Carry On Jack
Carry On Jack

Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless. Th...

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Casino Royale
Casino Royale

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thin...

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Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Zoe Ball and Rick Edwards get the party started for the celebration of 50 years of Doctor Who, with ...

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The Water Babies
The Water Babies

Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One day, on...

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The Wrong Arm of the Law
The Wrong Arm of the Law

The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a ne...

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The Railway Children
The Railway Children

At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state sec...

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Blackball
Blackball

Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptio...

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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the ...

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The Children's Party at the Palace
The Children's Party at the Palace

To celebrate her 80th birthday, the Queen is holding a children's party in the grounds of Buckingham...

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Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

Doctor Who and his companions are hurled into the future and make a horrifying discovery: the Daleks...

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Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorio...

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She
She

The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal ...

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Two-Way Stretch
Two-Way Stretch

Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a dar...

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James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach

A TV adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book....

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That's Carry On!
That's Carry On!

Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Will...

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The Mouse on the Moon
The Mouse on the Moon

Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the ca...

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Carry On Columbus
Carry On Columbus

Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the Kin...

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The Sandwich Man
The Sandwich Man

A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters....

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Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

George Lester is a man who is chasing rainbows, looking for the pot of gold at the end. When his wif...

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It's Your Move
It's Your Move

A silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who hire an...

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Tommy the Toreador
Tommy the Toreador

Tommy is a happy sailor, travelling the world, singing his favourite songs. When he visits Spain, he...

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The Bargain
The Bargain

A BAFTA award nominated animation....

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The Plank
The Plank

Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site....

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'G.I.G.O Garbage In, Garbage Out' Computer History - A British View
'G.I.G.O Garbage In, Garbage Out' Computer History - A British View

Barclays Bank documentary about computers in the UK and how they might be used in the future....

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Crooks in Cloisters
Crooks in Cloisters

Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of L...

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Davy
Davy

The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the s...

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Stories of the Sylvanian Families
Stories of the Sylvanian Families

Short stories based on the popular Sylvanian Families toys...

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Cup Fever
Cup Fever

The children of Barton United are trying to win the cup in their local football (soccer) league. Nas...

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You Must Be Joking
You Must Be Joking

A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a sele...

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Great Big Groovy Horse
Great Big Groovy Horse

Rock musical retelling of the legend of the Trojan Horse....

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Night Ferry
Night Ferry

Night Ferry stars Bernard Cribbins as Pyramid, a dastardly master-of-disguise who plans to smuggle a...

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The Adventures of Picasso
The Adventures of Picasso

A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right...

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Run For Your Wife
Run For Your Wife

John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie ...

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Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

30 years after Fawlty Towers (1975) ended, Stephen Fry narrates a documentary about the making of th...

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Round Robin
Round Robin

The world as seen through the eyes of a robin....

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Nothing Barred
Nothing Barred

Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to t...

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Dunkirk
Dunkirk

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer i...

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The Counterfeit Constable
The Counterfeit Constable

An extremely funny film about a group of French rugby supporters who go to see a match at Twickenham...

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The Country Wife
The Country Wife

Directed by Donald McWhinnie....

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A Ghost of a Chance
A Ghost of a Chance

Three children try to fight against the destruction of a local historic landmark. They are helped by...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream

At the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a priso...

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Play Safe
Play Safe

Sponsored as part of the Electricity Council's 'Understanding Electricity' campaign, Play Safe is a ...

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More Awkward Customers
More Awkward Customers

Emphasises the importance of professional knowledge of an organisation’s stocks or services in deali...

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Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

Big Chris leads a chorus of characters from various animated children's television shows in a medley...

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Make Mine a Million
Make Mine a Million

Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem...

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A Fantastic Fear of Everything
A Fantastic Fear of Everything

Jack is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victoria...

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Patrick
Patrick

A woman's chaotic life becomes more complicated when she inherits her grandmother's dog....

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A Home of Your Own
A Home of Your Own

A Home of Your Own is a 1964 British comedy film which is a brick-by-brick account of the building a...

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The World of Suzie Wong
The World of Suzie Wong

A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her....

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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films i...

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The Girl on the Boat
The Girl on the Boat

Norman Wisdom does to P.G. Wodehouse in Girl on the Boat what Jerry Lewis did to Gore Vidal in Visit...

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Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

Zoe Ball hosts a live celebration in which the next actor to land Doctor Who's lead role is revealed...

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The Fast Lady
The Fast Lady

A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father...

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Visa to Canton
Visa to Canton

A former World War II pilot, now the owner of a travel agency in Hong Kong, gets involved in espiona...

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Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

When disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling along...

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The Best of Enemies
The Best of Enemies

During World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are met up...

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Produced By George Martin
Produced By George Martin

A profile of Sir George Martin, Britain's most celebrated record producer, from his early days at EM...

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I Know What I Like
I Know What I Like

Bernard Cribbins appears as himself, and various characters in the brewing trade, in a lighthearted ...

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When We Are Married
When We Are Married

Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually m...

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Customers From Hell
Customers From Hell

John Cleese training video on customers....

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Looking for Lennie
Looking for Lennie

Toby Hadoke delves into the life of director Lennie Mayne...

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What's a Carry On?
What's a Carry On?

Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips a...

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CBeebies Prom: From the Royal Albert Hall
CBeebies Prom: From the Royal Albert Hall

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Katie Derham presents the first-ever CBeebies Prom. The BBC...

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CBeebies Presents: Jack And The Beanstalk
CBeebies Presents: Jack And The Beanstalk

Join your favourite CBeebies Stars in an enchanted land with magical beans and dizzy Daisy the cow f...

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