Bernard Cribbins
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.
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Birthday: 29 December 1928
Birth place: Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Movies known for
Frenzy
The Lake District: A Wild Year
Carry On Jack
Carry On Spying
Casino Royale
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
The Water Babies
The Wrong Arm of the Law
The Railway Children
Blackball
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
The Children's Party at the Palace
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
She
Two-Way Stretch
James and the Giant Peach
That's Carry On!
The Mouse on the Moon
Carry On Columbus
The Sandwich Man
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
It's Your Move
Tommy the Toreador
The Plank
The Bargain
'G.I.G.O Garbage In, Garbage Out' Computer History - A British View
Crooks in Cloisters
Davy
Stories of the Sylvanian Families
Cup Fever
You Must Be Joking
Great Big Groovy Horse
Night Ferry
The Adventures of Picasso
Run For Your Wife
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Round Robin
Nothing Barred
Dunkirk
The Counterfeit Constable
Related TV Shows
Space: 1999
The One Show
The Friday Night Project
Tales of the Unexpected
Fawlty Towers
Dalziel & Pascoe
Would I Lie to You?
Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
Interpol Calling
Noel's Saturday Roadshow
The Wombles
Shillingbury Tales
International Detective
Noel's Telly Years
Star Turn
Get The Drift
Pointless Celebrities
Daytime Live
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
Doctor Who
Old Jack's Boat
Cilla
Ooh La La!
Tell Me Another
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Super Gran
The Sooty Show
The One Show
Tonight at 8.30
High & Dry
Going Live!
Alice in Wonderland
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
The Avengers
The Wombles
Cuffy
Cribbins
Moschops
Bertie the Bat