Bernard Cribbins
Biography
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.
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Filmography
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Looking for Lennie
2019
Patrick
2018
as Albert
The Lake District: A Wild Year
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2016
as Snout
CBeebies Prom: From the Royal Albert Hall
2014
as Self - Presenter
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as Self
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as Self
CBeebies Presents: Jack And The Beanstalk
2012
as Narrator
Produced by George Martin
2012
as Self
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
2012
as The Voice (voice)
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Hospital Patient
Doctor Who: The End of Time
2010
as Wilfred Mott
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
2009
as Alderney / Orinoco / Wellington (voice)
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
as Self
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007
as Wilfred Mott
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
as Station Guard
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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Mr. Hutchinson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blackball
2003
as Mutley
What's a Carry On?
1998
as Self (uncredited)
Carry On Columbus
1992
as Mordecai Mendoza
Customers From Hell
1989
Stories of the Sylvanian Families
1988
as Narrator
When We Are Married
1987
as Herbert Soppitt
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
as Job (archive footage)