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Bernard Cribbins is a Actor British born on 29 december 1928 at Oldham (United-kingdom)
Bernard Cribbins, OBE (born 29 December 1928) is an English character actor, voice-over artist and musical comedian with a career spanning over seventy years. He came to prominence in films of the 1960s, and has been in work consistently since his professional debut in the mid-1950s.
Cribbins narrated The Wombles, a BBC children's television programme that ran for 40 episodes between 1973 and 1975, and played the pretentious guest Mr. Hutchinson in the "The Hotel Inspectors" episode of Fawlty Towers (1975), and the belligerent barman in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972). He also recorded several novelty records in the early 1960s and was a regular and prolific performer on the BBC's Jackanory from 1966 to 1991. Having appeared as Tom Campbell, a companion to Dr. Who in the 1966 feature film Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D., Cribbins also appeared four decades later as Wilfred Mott, a companion to television's Tenth Doctor.
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Bernard Cribbins
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 29 december 1928 at Oldham (United-kingdom)
Death 27 july 2022 (at 93 years)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Birth 29 december 1928 at Oldham (United-kingdom)
Death 27 july 2022 (at 93 years)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Bernard Cribbins, OBE (born 29 December 1928) is an English character actor, voice-over artist and musical comedian with a career spanning over seventy years. He came to prominence in films of the 1960s, and has been in work consistently since his professional debut in the mid-1950s.
Cribbins narrated The Wombles, a BBC children's television programme that ran for 40 episodes between 1973 and 1975, and played the pretentious guest Mr. Hutchinson in the "The Hotel Inspectors" episode of Fawlty Towers (1975), and the belligerent barman in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972). He also recorded several novelty records in the early 1960s and was a regular and prolific performer on the BBC's Jackanory from 1966 to 1991. Having appeared as Tom Campbell, a companion to Dr. Who in the 1966 feature film Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D., Cribbins also appeared four decades later as Wilfred Mott, a companion to television's Tenth Doctor.
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Patrick (2018)
, 1h34Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Ed Skrein, Gemma Jones, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Scarborough, Bernard Cribbins, Peter Davison
Roles Albert
Rating59%
Jeune femme fraîchement célibataire, Sarah Francis hérite, alors qu'elle tente de remettre de l'ordre dans sa vie chaotique, de sa grand-mère un cadeau qu'elle accueille froidement : un carlin prénommé Patrick. Aussi attachant que capricieux, mais surtout mal éduqué, l'animal ajoute un peu de tumulte au quotidien morose de la pauvre Sarah. Cette dernière espère pourtant tout faire pour améliorer sa vie professionnelle et amoureuse...
, 1h40Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Actors Simon Pegg, Sheridan Smith, Clare Higgins, Amara Karan, Paul Freeman, Kerry Shale
Roles The Voice (voice)
Rating57%
Jack is a children's author whose happy marriage has been destroyed by his obsession with his unpublished first book, Harold the Hedgehog. He is working on a series of scripts titled Decades of Death, about Victorian era serial killers. He has become obsessed with serial killers and paranoid that people are watching him and trying to kill him, which isn't helped by the fact that a serial killer called the Hanoi Handshake Killer, who cuts off the fingers of his victims, has been active in his neighbourhood.
Produced By George Martin (2012)
, 1h30Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors George Martin, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Michael Palin, Rolf Harris, Bernard Cribbins
Roles Self
Rating74%
Blackball (2003)
, 1h36Directed by Mel Smith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films
Actors Paul Kaye, Alice Evans, Vince Vaughn, Johnny Vegas, James Cromwell, Bernard Cribbins
Roles Mutley
Rating55%
Cliff Starkey (played by Paul Kaye), is a rebellious young bowls player. He dreams of playing for his country but always preferring to play by his own rules, was always disapproved by the local bowls club. After winning the local competition, he is subsequently banned from competing in the sport for fifteen years by Ray Speight (James Cromwell), the head of the local lawn bowls association, for writing an expletive on an opponent's scorecard. Picked up by sports agent Rick Schwartz (Vince Vaughn), Starkey is re-branded as the "bad boy of bowls", turning the normally sedate sport into a glitzy, in-your-face competition. He and Speight take on Australia's unbeaten Doohan brothers in "The Ashes", a one-off tournament in a custom-made bowls arena in Torquay. They make a comeback thanks to Speight's experience and Starkey's extravagance, while Cliff also bends the rules to the maximum to force the game into extra time, much to the disbelief of Carl and Mark Doohan.
Carry On Columbus (1992)
, 1h31Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Biography, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Jim Dale, Bernard Cribbins, Maureen Lipman, Peter Richardson, Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall
Roles Mordecai Mendoza
Rating34%
The Snowman (1984)
, 27minutesDirected by Jimmy T. Murakami
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Christmas films
Actors David Bowie, Bernard Cribbins, Mel Smith
Roles Narrator (Alternate Version) (uncredited)
Rating81%
Un jour de grand froid, un petit garçon fabrique un bonhomme de neige. Le lendemain matin, il a la surprise de voir son bonhomme s'animer et l'inviter pour un voyage féerique ou ils vont rencontrer beaucoup d'autres bonshommes de neige.
The Plank (1979)
, 30minutesDirected by Eric Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Eric Sykes, Arthur Lowe, Lionel Blair, Bernard Cribbins, Harry H. Corbett, Diana Dors
Roles House painter
Rating73%
The Water Babies (1978)
, 1h45Directed by Lionel Jeffries
Origin Pologne
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw, Joan Greenwood, Jon Pertwee, David Tomlinson
Roles Mr. Masterman / Voice of Eel
Rating60%
When a 12-year-old chimney sweep is wrongfully blamed for being a thief, he makes a run for it and ends up jumping into a violent river. There he encounters a civilization of anthropomorphic underwater creatures. Before he can return to the surface and clear his name, however, he must help rescue his new friends, the Water Babies, from their nemesis. Featured voices include those of James Mason, Bernard Cribbins and Tommy Pender. The film starts and ends similarly to the book, though in the book Tom actually dies, and is only allowed above the sea on a temporary basis. The movie also adds a whole new subplot, involving a Killer Shark, an Electric Eel and the mythical Kraken, who decides whether or not Tom can return to the surface. There are also several invented characters, which Tom befriends on his quest: Jock, a Scottish lobster, Terence, an effeminate starstruck Seahorse, and Claude, a foppish French swordfish.
The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
, 1h49Directed by Tage Danielsson
Genres Comedy
Themes Peinture
Actors Gösta Ekman Jr., Hans Alfredson, Gösta Ekman, Sr., Lena Olin, Margaretha Krook, Bernard Cribbins
Roles Gertrude Stein / Narrator (voice)
Rating72%
The film is (very) loosely based on Pablo Picasso's life and death, narrated by Toivo Pawlo, who introduces himself as Elsa Beskow. It opens with a quote by Picasso himself: "Art is a lie that leads us closer to the truth."
That's Carry On! (1977)
, 1h35Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Eric Barker, Amanda Barrie, John Bluthal, Bernard Bresslaw
Roles Various Characters
Rating53%
Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor are imprisoned in a Pinewood Studios projection room and trawl through film can after film can of the classic Carry On series. Kenneth is delighted with the slap-up food hamper and champagne, while Barbara loads the vintage clips. As the films remorselessly play out, Kenneth feels the need to relieve himself but Barbara is determined to plough through every film. Finally, scenes of speedy roadside urinating from Carry On at Your Convenience prove too much for Kenneth to bear but he holds back the flow to enjoy his finest role as the Khasi in Carry On... Up the Khyber. While Kenneth pontificates about the glories of the Empire, Barbara leaves the projection room and locks her co-star in. Unable to hold out any longer, Kenneth goes against the projection room door.
, 23minutesDirected by Per Åhlin
Genres Animation
Themes Christmas films
Actors Toivo Pawlo, Tage Danielsson, Åke Fridell, Catrin Westerlund, Bernard Cribbins
Roles Narrator (Eng. version)
Rating78%
Frenzy (1972)
, 1h56Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Roles Felix Forsythe
Rating73%
In London, a serial killer is raping women and strangling them with neckties. Most of the film takes place in Covent Garden, which at the time was still the wholesale fruit and vegetable market district. Fairly early in the film, the audience sees that fruit merchant Robert Rusk (Barry Foster) is in fact the murderer. However, circumstantial evidence has already built up around his friend Richard Blaney (Jon Finch).
The Railway Children (1970)
, 1h50Directed by Lionel Jeffries
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Children's films
Actors Jenny Agutter, Gary Warren, Sally Thomsett, Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Cribbins, Iain Cuthbertson
Roles Albert Perks
Rating72%
The story follows the adventures of the Waterbury children, who are forced to move with their mother (Dinah Sheridan) from a luxurious Edwardian villa in the London suburbs to "Three Chimneys", a house near the fictional 'Great Northern and Southern Railway' in Yorkshire, as their father (Iain Cuthbertson), who works at the Foreign Office, has been imprisoned as a result of being wrongly accused of selling state secrets to the Russians.
, 1h39Directed by Jerry Paris
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jerry Lewis, Terry-Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce, Bernard Cribbins, Patricia Routledge, Nicholas Parsons
Roles Fred Davies
Rating47%
George Lester (Jerry Lewis) is an American living in Britain. His passion is get-rich-quick schemes, and they have caused financial and personal grief for him and his wife, Pamela, (Jacqueline Pearce) who is considering divorce if he continues with them.
Casino Royale (1967)
, 2h11Directed by Robert Parrish, John Huston, Ken Hughes, Val Guest, Richard Talmadge, Joseph McGrath
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Politique, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, William Holden
Roles Taxi Driver
Rating50%
The story of Casino Royale is told in an episodic format. Val Guest oversaw the assembly of the sections, although he turned down the credit of "co-ordinating director".