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Bernard Cribbins

Bernard Cribbins

Birthday: 1928-12-29 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2018
Patrick

as    Albert

2017
The Lake District: A Wild Year

as    Self - Narrator (voice)

2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream

as    Snout

2014
CBeebies Prom: From the Royal Albert Hall

as    Self - Presenter

2014
A Fantastic Fear of Everything

as    The Voice (voice)

2013
Old Jack's Boat

as    Old Jack

2013
2012
Produced by George Martin

as    Self

2010
Doctor Who: The End of Time

as    Wilfred Mott

2009
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

as    Self

2003
Blackball

as    Mutley

1992
Carry On Columbus

as    Mordecai Mendoza

1991
Tonight at 8.30

as    Mr Wahurst

1988
1987
When We Are Married

as    Herbert Soppitt

1987
High & Dry

as    Ron Archer

1986
Langley Bottom

as    Seth Raven

1985
Alice in Wonderland

as    Mock Turtle (voice)

1983
Cuffy

as    Cuffy

1983
Moschops

as    Narrator

1982
It's Your Move

as    Neighbour