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Bernard Cribbins is an English actor and comic singer.

Biography[]

Born in Derker, Lancashire, Cribbins began his acting career onstage, making his West End debut in a 1956 production of Comedy of Errors. He then went on to appear in a number of farces, comedy films such as The Wrong Arm of the Law and three Carry On films as well as such television programmes as Fawlty Towers (as the spoon salesman Mr. Hutchinson.)

Cribbins also worked as a narrator on such children's programmes as The Wombles and the audiobooks for Paddington Bear. In 2007 he appeared in Doctor Who playing Wilfred Mott, grandfather of companion Donna Noble.

Singing[]

As well as his acting, Cribbins became known for his humorous albums, including The Hole in the Ground, Gossip Calypso and perhaps most memorably Right, Said Fred. He also briefly sang in the comedy film Tommy the Toreador and as Wilfred in Doctor Who, where he sang along to "The Wild Rover" and "Bohemian Rhapsody."

Cribbins also appeared in several stage musicals, including the original West End production of Little Mary Sunshine, as Moonface Martin in Anything Goes and Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls.

Film[]

Tommy the Toreador (1959)[]

  • Where's the Birdie?

Television[]

Doctor Who (2008)[]

  • The Wild Rover
  • Bohemian Rhapsody

Stage[]

Little Mary Sunshine (1962)[]

  • Once In a Blue Moon (duet)
  • Heap Big Injun (solo)

Anything Goes (1989)[]

  • Friendship (duet)
  • Be Like the Bluebird (solo)

Lady, Be Good! (1992)[]

  • Oh, Lady Be Good (contains solo lines)

Guys and Dolls (1996)[]

  • The Oldest Established (contains solo lines)
  • Sue Me (duet)
  • Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat
  • Finale

Albums[]

Folk Song (1960)[]

  • Folk Song (solo)
  • My Kind of Someone (duet)

The Hole in the Ground (1962)[]

  • The Hole in the Ground (solo)
  • Winkle Picker Shoes (solo)
  • Red Head (solo)
  • And All the While (solo)

Gossip Calypso (1962)[]

  • Gossip Calypso (solo)
  • One Man Band (solo)

Right, Said Fred (1962)[]

  • Right, Said Fred (solo)
  • Quietly Bonkers (solo)

The Bird on the Second Floor (1963)[]

  • The Bird on the Second Floor (solo)
  • Verily (solo)

When I'm Sixty-Four (1967)[]

  • When I'm Sixty-Four (solo)
  • Oh My Word (solo)

Make Someone Happy Every Day (1979)[]

  • Make Someone Happy Every Day (solo)
  • Buzby (solo)

Giggling Gertie the Laughing Traffic Warden (1980)[]

  • Giggling Gertie the Laughing Traffic Warden (contains solo lines)
  • Beep (duet)

Stick It Out (1993)[]

  • Stick It Out (contains solo lines)

Gallery[]

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