
Bernard Cribbins
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Frenzy
1972

The Lake District: A Wild Year
2017

Carry On Jack
1964

Carry On Spying
1964

Casino Royale
1967

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013

The Water Babies
1978

The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963

The Railway Children
1970

Blackball
2003

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957

The Children's Party at the Palace
2006

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1966

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
1981

She
1965

Two-Way Stretch
1960

James and the Giant Peach
1976

That's Carry On!
1977

The Mouse on the Moon
1963

Carry On Columbus
1992

The Sandwich Man
1966

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968

It's Your Move
1982

Tommy the Toreador
1959

The Bargain
1965

The Plank
1979

'G.I.G.O Garbage In, Garbage Out' Computer History - A British View
1969

Crooks in Cloisters
1964

Davy
1958

Stories of the Sylvanian Families
1988

Cup Fever
1965

You Must Be Joking
1965

Great Big Groovy Horse
1975

Night Ferry
1976

The Adventures of Picasso
1978

Run For Your Wife
2012

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009

Round Robin
1979

Nothing Barred
1961

Dunkirk
1958

The Counterfeit Constable
1964

The Country Wife
1977

A Ghost of a Chance
1967

A Midsummer Night's Dream
2016

Play Safe
1978

More Awkward Customers
1975

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
2009

Make Mine a Million
1959

A Fantastic Fear of Everything
2012

Patrick
2018

A Home of Your Own
1964

The World of Suzie Wong
1960

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987

The Girl on the Boat
1962

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013

The Fast Lady
1962

Visa to Canton
1960

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007

The Best of Enemies
1961

Produced by George Martin
2012

I Know What I Like
1973

When We Are Married
1987

Customers From Hell
1989

Looking for Lennie
2019

What's a Carry On?
1998

CBeebies Prom: From the Royal Albert Hall
2014

CBeebies Presents: Jack And The Beanstalk
2012

Doctor Who: The End of Time
2010

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005

Space: 1999
1975

The One Show
2006

The Friday Night Project
2005

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

Fawlty Towers
1975

Dalziel & Pascoe
1996

Would I Lie to You?
2007

Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
1976

Interpol Calling
1959

Noel's Saturday Roadshow
1988

The Wombles
1973

International Detective
1959

Noel's Telly Years
1996

Star Turn
1976

Get The Drift
1971

Pointless Celebrities
2011

Daytime Live
1987

The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010

Doctor Who
2005

Old Jack's Boat
2013

Cilla
1968

Ooh La La!
1968

Tell Me Another
1976

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996

Super Gran
1985

The Sooty Show
1955

Tonight at 8.30
1991

High & Dry
1987

Going Live!
1987

Alice in Wonderland
1985

Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011

The Avengers
1961

The Wombles
2016

Cuffy
1983

Cribbins
1969

Moschops
1983

Bertie the Bat
1990

Stories of the Sylvanian Families
1988

Salty's Waggy Tales
2013

Old Jack's Boat: Rockpool Tales
2015

Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009

Worzel Gummidge
1979

Midsomer Murders
1997

Tell Me Another
1976

The Avengers
1961

Last of the Summer Wine
1973

Langley Bottom
1986

I, Lovett
1993

Sunday-Night Play
1960

BBC Play of the Month
1965

Have I Got News for You
1990

Theatre 625
1964

The World of Hammer
1994

Drama 61-67
1961

Drama 61-67
1961

Shillingbury Tales
1981

Armchair Theatre
1956

Armchair Theatre
1956