Bernard Cribbins
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-12-29
Place of Birth
Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Cribbins licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known For
Frenzy
May 25, 1972
The Lake District: A Wild Year
Feb 17, 2017
Carry On Jack
Feb 23, 1964
Carry On Spying
Jun 01, 1964
Casino Royale
Apr 18, 1967
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Nov 23, 2013
The Water Babies
Jun 23, 1978
The Wrong Arm of the Law
Mar 17, 1963
The Railway Children
Dec 21, 1970
Blackball
May 18, 2003
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Apr 02, 1957
The Children's Party at the Palace
Jun 25, 2006
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Aug 05, 1966
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Jan 04, 1981
She
Jun 09, 1965
Two-Way Stretch
Dec 20, 1960
James and the Giant Peach
Dec 28, 1976
That's Carry On!
Nov 10, 1977
The Mouse on the Moon
May 07, 1963
Carry On Columbus
Oct 02, 1992
The Sandwich Man
Jul 15, 1966
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Jul 12, 1968
It's Your Move
Oct 18, 1982
Tommy the Toreador
Dec 21, 1959
The Bargain
Jan 01, 1965
The Plank
Dec 17, 1979
'G.I.G.O Garbage In, Garbage Out' Computer History - A British View
Jan 01, 1969
Crooks in Cloisters
Jan 01, 1964
Davy
Jan 02, 1958
Stories of the Sylvanian Families
May 25, 1988
Cup Fever
Jul 21, 1965
You Must Be Joking
Aug 03, 1965
Great Big Groovy Horse
Dec 25, 1975
Night Ferry
Jul 22, 1976
The Adventures of Picasso
May 20, 1978
Run For Your Wife
May 16, 2012
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
May 10, 2009
Round Robin
Dec 24, 1979
Nothing Barred
Oct 10, 1961
Dunkirk
Mar 20, 1958
The Counterfeit Constable
Oct 10, 1964
The Country Wife
Feb 13, 1977
A Ghost of a Chance
Jan 01, 1967
A Midsummer Night's Dream
May 30, 2016
Play Safe
Jan 02, 1978
More Awkward Customers
Nov 10, 1975
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Nov 13, 2009
Make Mine a Million
Feb 24, 1959
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
Jun 07, 2012
Patrick
Jun 29, 2018
A Home of Your Own
Dec 11, 1964
The World of Suzie Wong
Nov 10, 1960
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Jun 26, 1987
The Girl on the Boat
Aug 05, 1962
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Aug 04, 2013
The Fast Lady
Dec 14, 1962
Visa to Canton
Dec 26, 1960
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
Dec 25, 2007
The Best of Enemies
Oct 26, 1961
Produced by George Martin
Sep 11, 2012
I Know What I Like
Jan 01, 1973
When We Are Married
Dec 26, 1987
Customers From Hell
Jan 01, 1989
Looking for Lennie
Jul 08, 2019
What's a Carry On?
Dec 29, 1998
CBeebies Prom: From the Royal Albert Hall
Aug 25, 2014
CBeebies Presents: Jack And The Beanstalk
Dec 24, 2012
Space: 1999
Sep 04, 1975
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
The Friday Night Project
Feb 04, 2005
Tales of the Unexpected
Mar 24, 1979
Fawlty Towers
Sep 19, 1975
Dalziel & Pascoe
Mar 16, 1996
Would I Lie to You?
Jun 16, 2007
Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
Mar 29, 1976
Interpol Calling
Sep 13, 1959
Noel's Saturday Roadshow
Sep 03, 1988
The Wombles
Feb 05, 1973
Shillingbury Tales
Jan 06, 1980
International Detective
Dec 26, 1959
Noel's Telly Years
Jan 08, 1996
Star Turn
May 05, 1976
Get The Drift
Jun 21, 1971
Pointless Celebrities
Jul 04, 2011
Daytime Live
Oct 21, 1987
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
Jan 20, 2010
Doctor Who
Mar 26, 2005
Old Jack's Boat
Jan 21, 2013
Cilla
Jan 30, 1968
Ooh La La!
Apr 06, 1968
Tell Me Another
May 18, 1976
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Nov 12, 1996
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Apr 02, 1996
Super Gran
Jan 20, 1985
The Sooty Show
Jan 16, 1955
Tonight at 8.30
Apr 14, 1991
High & Dry
Jan 07, 1987
Going Live!
Sep 26, 1987
Alice in Wonderland
Mar 26, 1985
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Oct 24, 2011
The Avengers
Jan 07, 1961
The Wombles
Oct 24, 2016
Cuffy
Mar 13, 1983
Cribbins
Nov 18, 1969
Moschops
Jul 05, 1983
Bertie the Bat
Jun 27, 1990
Stories of the Sylvanian Families
May 25, 1988
Salty's Waggy Tales
Dec 31, 2013
Old Jack's Boat: Rockpool Tales
Sep 21, 2015
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Aug 20, 2009
Worzel Gummidge
Feb 25, 1979
Midsomer Murders
Mar 23, 1997
Tell Me Another
May 18, 1976
The Avengers
Jan 07, 1961
Last of the Summer Wine
Jan 04, 1973
Langley Bottom
Jul 14, 1986
I, Lovett
Mar 24, 1993
Sunday-Night Play
Sep 25, 1960
BBC Play of the Month
Oct 19, 1965
Have I Got News for You
Sep 28, 1990
Theatre 625
May 03, 1964
The World of Hammer
Aug 12, 1994
Drama 61-67
Mar 19, 1961