Bernard Cribbins
Acting
Born December 29, 1928, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
- 2019Looking for Lennie
- 2018Patrick — Albert
- 2016A Midsummer Night's Dream — Snout
- The Wombles
- Old Jack's Boat: Rockpool Tales — Old Jack
- Old Jack's Boat — Old Jack
- Salty's Waggy Tales — Old Jack
- 2012A Fantastic Fear of Everything — The Voice (voice)
- 2012CBeebies Presents: Jack And The Beanstalk — Narrator
- 2012Run For Your Wife — Hospital Patient
- 2010Doctor Who: The End of Time — Wilfred Mott
- The National Television Awards Backstage Live
- 2009Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley — Alderney / Orinoco / Wellington (voice)
- 2007Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned — Wilfred Mott
- 2006The Children's Party at the Palace — Station Guard
- Doctor Who — Wilfred Mott
- 2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedy — Mr. Hutchinson (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2003Blackball — Mutley
- Celebrity Mastermind
- Midsomer Murders — Duggie Wingate
- Dalziel and Pascoe — Uncle Henry
- Dennis the Menace and Gnasher — Katzenburger (voice)
- I, Lovett — Snowman (voice)
- 1992Carry On Columbus — Mordecai Mendoza
- Tonight at 8.30 — Mr. Wadhurst
- Bertie the Bat — Narrator
- 1989Customers From Hell
- Noel's Saturday Roadshow
- 1988Stories of the Sylvanian Families — Narrator
- Stories of the Sylvanian Families — Narrator
- Daytime Live
- 1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood — Job (archive footage)
- High & Dry — Ron Archer
- 1987When We Are Married — Herbert Soppitt
- Langley Bottom — Seth Raven, Creator
- 1985Alice in Wonderland — Mock Turtle (voice)
- Alice in Wonderland — Mock Turtle
- Super Gran — Officer P. Brain
- Cuffy — Cuffy
- Moschops — Narrator
- 1982It's Your Move — Neighbour
- 1981Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective — Dangerous Davies
- Shillingbury Tales — Cuffy
- 1979Round Robin
- Tales of the Unexpected — Charlie Krebs
- 1979The Plank — House painter
- Worzel Gummidge — Jolly Jack
- 1978Play Safe — Robin (voice)
- 1978The Adventures of Picasso — Gertrude Stein / Narrator (voice)
- 1978The Water Babies — Mr. Masterman / Voice of Eel
- 1977That's Carry On! — Agent Harold Crump / Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker (archive footage)
- 1977The Country Wife — Pinchwife
- 1976James and the Giant Peach — Centipede
- 1976Night Ferry — Pyramid
- Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
- Star Turn
- Tell Me Another — Guest, Himself
- Fawlty Towers — Mr. Hutchinson
- 1975Great Big Groovy Horse — The Storyteller
- 1975More Awkward Customers — Awkward Customer: Mr. Clam
- Space: 1999 — Captain Michael
- Last of the Summer Wine — Gavin Hinchcliffe
- 1972Frenzy — Felix Forsythe
- Get The Drift
- 1970The Railway Children — Albert Perks
- 1969'G.I.G.O Garbage In, Garbage Out' Computer History - A British View
- Cribbins — Creator
- 1968Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River — Fred Davies
- Ooh La La!
- 1967A Ghost of a Chance — Ron
- 1967Casino Royale — Taxi Driver
- 1966Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. — Tom Campbell
- 1966The Sandwich Man — Photographer
- BBC Play of the Month — Pinchwife
- 1965Cup Fever — Policeman
- 1965She — Job
- 1965The Bargain
- 1965You Must Be Joking — Sergeant Clegg
- 1964A Home of Your Own — The Stonemason
- 1964Carry On Jack — Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker
- 1964Carry On Spying — Agent Harold Crump
- 1964Crooks in Cloisters — Squirts McGinty
- 1964The Counterfeit Constable — Bob, l'agent 202
- Theatre 625 — Larry
- 1963The Mouse on the Moon — Vincent Mountjoy
- 1963The Wrong Arm of the Law — Nervous O'Toole
- 1962The Fast Lady — Man on Stretcher (uncredited)
- 1962The Girl on the Boat — Peters
- Drama 61-67 — Ernest Skinner, Henry Hutchins
- 1961Nothing Barred — Newspaperman
- The Avengers — Arkwright, Bradley Marler
- 1961The Best of Enemies — Col. Brownlow
- Sunday-Night Play — Lord Fancourt Babberley
- 1960The World of Suzie Wong — Otis
- 1960Two-Way Stretch — Lennie Price
- 1960Visa to Canton — Pereira
- International Detective — Pasquale
- Interpol Calling — Sid
- 1959Make Mine a Million — Jack
- 1959Tommy the Toreador — Paco
- 1958Davy — Stage Hand (uncredited)
- 1958Dunkirk — Thirsty Sailor (uncredited)
- Theatre Night — Kiki Reger
- 1957Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst — Able Seaman James Bryson
- Armchair Theatre — Charlie Baker, Honeybone
Appearances as themselves (23)
- 2017The Lake District: A Wild Year — Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2014CBeebies Prom: From the Royal Albert Hall — Self - Presenter
- 2013Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty — Self
- 2013Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor — Self
- 2012Produced by George Martin — Self
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
- Pointless Celebrities — Self
- Doctor Who Greatest Moments — Self
- 2009Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened — Self
- Would I Lie to You? — Self
- The One Show — Self
- The Friday Night Project — Self
- 1998What's a Carry On? — Self (uncredited)
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self - Panellist
- Noel's Telly Years — Self
- The World of Hammer — Self (archive footage)
- Have I Got News for You — Self
- Going Live! — Self
- 1973I Know What I Like — Himself
- The Wombles — Self - Narrator
- Cilla — Self
- The Sooty Show — Himself
- Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Self - Panellist