Bernard Joseph Cribbins Born 29 December 1928, Derker, Oldham, Lancashire, England Died 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 1960's, had been in work consistently since his professional debut in the mid 1950's, and remained an active performer. Cribbins served an apprenticeship at the Oldham Repertory Theatre, taking a break during his years of study to undertake National Service with the Parachute Regiment in his late teens Cribbins made his first West End theatre appearance in 1956 at the Arts Theatre playing the two Dromios in A Comedy of Errors and co-starred in the first West End productions of Not Now Darling, There Goes the Bride and Run For Your Wife. He also starred in the revue An' Another Thing, and recorded a single of a song from the show entitled "Folksong". In 1962 he recorded two highly popular and well-remembered comic songs, "Right Said Fred" (in which a group of workmen struggle to relocate what would seem to be a piano) and "Hole in the Ground" (in which an embittered workman murders a bowler-hatted harasser). Cribbins appeared in films from the early 1950's, his credits include three Carry On films, the second Doctor Who film Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD, and as the station porter, Perks, in The Railway Children (1970). He returned to the revival Doctor Who series as Wilfred Mott alongside David Tennant. He was the narrator of the British animated children's TV series 'The Wombles', as well as Simon in 'The Land Of Chalk Drawings'. He also narrated a celebrated BBC radio adaptation of 'The Wind in the Willows' and provided the voice of the Tufty character in RoSPA road safety films in the 1960's. He was the reader in more episodes of 'Jackanory' than any other person, with a total of 114 appearances. Other television appearances included 'Fawlty Towers', as the spoon salesman Mr. Hutchinson (mistaken by Basil Fawlty for a hotel inspector) in the episode "The Hotel Inspectors" (1975).
2022
Jasmine Records
CD, Comp, RE
2013
BBC
2xCD, Album
2012
AudioGo Ltd
CD
2011
Bloomsbury Publishing
CD
2010
Red Fox (4)
CD, Boo
2009
BBC Audio
2xCD, Album
2007
Der Hörverlag, BBC Audio
CD
2006
BBC Audio
CD, RE
2004
2002
Cover To Cover, BBC
3xCass, Comp
2002
Cover To Cover, BBC
CD, RE
2002
Cover To Cover, BBC
3xCD
1995
Cover To Cover, Cover To Cover
Cass
1995
1993
1992
Cover To Cover
Cass, Comp, DOL
1990
1989
First Night Records
7", Single
1988
Collins Audio
Cass
1987
1987
1986
1980
Columbia
7"
1980
His Master's Voice
7", Single
1980
One-Up, One-Up
LP, Comp
1979
Response Records (2)
LP
1978
1978
1976
1975
Music For Pleasure
LP
1975
Pinnacle Records
LP, Album
1975
Pinnacle Records
LP, Album, Mono
1975
Music For Pleasure
LP, Album
1975
Surprise Surprise, Music For Pleasure
7", Single
1975
1975
1974
1973
Penny Farthing
7", Single
1970
Regal, Regal, Starline, Starline
LP, Comp
1970
BBC Records
LP
1970
1967
1964
Parlophone
7", Promo
1963
1962
Parlophone
7", EP, Mono
1962
1962
1962
1962
1962
1962
1960
Hornby Railways
Flexi, 7", S/Sided
The Sunday Times, BBC Audiobooks
CD, Promo
Pinnacle Storyteller
Cass, Mono
Music For Pleasure
LP
2023
Demon Records
4xLP + LP, S/Sided, Etch + Box, Comp, Ltd, RE
2019
Big Finish
5xCD, Ltd, Num, S/Edition
2016
BBC
CD, Album
2014
BBC
14xCD + Box, Comp
2013
BBC, AudioGo
4xCD
2011
Now That's What I Call Music!, Comic Relief
18xFile, AAC, Comp, 320 + 18xFile, MPEG-4 Video, 1
2010
BBC Audio
2xCD
2009
BBC Audio
2xCD, Comp
2007
EMI Gold
CD, Comp
2007
Naxos, Naxos, Naxos, Naxos, Naxos, Naxos, Naxos, Naxos
Box, Comp + 7xCD, Album, RE
2007
2006
Walker Books
CD
2005
2003
BBC
7xCD + Box, Comp, S/Edition
2003
Focus On The Family, Tyndale Entertainment
2xCD
2001
Naxos
CD, Album
2001
1998
BBC
2xCass
1997
Carlton Première
CD, Album
1996
Playback Ltd
CD, Single
1994
Cover To Cover
Cass
1994
1992
HarperCollins Children's Books
Cass
1991
BBC Cassettes
2xCass, Dol
1991
Cover To Cover
Cass
1991
1990
Cover To Cover
Cass
1989
1987
Rainbow (5)
Cass
1984
1983
1979
1979
1977
1975
Music For Pleasure
LP
1971
Seasharp
LP
1971
2022
Él
4xCD, Comp
2020
Jasmine Records
2xCDr, Comp, Mono
2019
Not Now Music
4xCD, Comp
2019
Stage Door Records
2xCD, Comp, RM
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