Bernard Cribbins

Bernard Cribbins

Known for
Acting
Born
December 29, 1928
Died
July 27, 2022 (aged 93)
Birthplace
Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You poster

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2019
Looking for Lennie

Looking for Lennie

Movie

2018
Patrick poster

Patrick

Movie · as Albert

2017
The Lake District: A Wild Year poster

The Lake District: A Wild Year

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · as Snout

2016
The Wombles

The Wombles

TV · 6 eps

2015
Old Jack's Boat: Rockpool Tales poster

Old Jack's Boat: Rockpool Tales

TV · as Old Jack · 1 ep

2014
CBeebies Prom: From the Royal Albert Hall poster

CBeebies Prom: From the Royal Albert Hall

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty poster

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Movie · as Self

2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor poster

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

Movie · as Self

2013
Old Jack's Boat poster

Old Jack's Boat

TV · as Old Jack · 25 eps

2013
Salty's Waggy Tales poster

Salty's Waggy Tales

TV · as Old Jack · 5 eps

2012
Run For Your Wife poster

Run For Your Wife

Movie · as Hospital Patient

2012
A Fantastic Fear of Everything poster

A Fantastic Fear of Everything

Movie · as The Voice (voice)

2012
Produced by George Martin poster

Produced by George Martin

Movie · as Self

2012
CBeebies Presents: Jack And The Beanstalk poster

CBeebies Presents: Jack And The Beanstalk

Movie · as Narrator

2011
Pointless Celebrities poster

Pointless Celebrities

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2010
Doctor Who: The End of Time poster

Doctor Who: The End of Time

Movie · as Wilfred Mott

2010
The National Television Awards Backstage Live

The National Television Awards Backstage Live

TV · 1 ep

2009
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened poster

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Movie · as Self

2009
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley poster

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

Movie · as Alderney / Orinoco / Wellington (voice)

2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments poster

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned poster

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

Movie · as Wilfred Mott

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
The Children's Party at the Palace poster

The Children's Party at the Palace

Movie · as Station Guard

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Movie · as Mr. Hutchinson (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005
The Friday Night Project poster

The Friday Night Project

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Wilfred Mott · 6 eps

2003
Blackball poster

Blackball

Movie · as Mutley

2003
Celebrity Mastermind poster

Celebrity Mastermind

TV · 1 ep

1998
What's a Carry On? poster

What's a Carry On?

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Duggie Wingate · 1 ep

1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

1996
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher poster

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

TV · as Katzenburger (voice) · 1 ep

1996
Dalziel and Pascoe poster

Dalziel and Pascoe

TV · as Uncle Henry · 1 ep

1996
Noel's Telly Years

Noel's Telly Years

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
The World of Hammer poster

The World of Hammer

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps

1993
I, Lovett poster

I, Lovett

TV · as Snowman (voice) · 1 ep

1992
Carry On Columbus poster

Carry On Columbus

Movie · as Mordecai Mendoza

1991
Tonight at 8.30 poster

Tonight at 8.30

TV · as Mr. Wadhurst · 1 ep

1990
Bertie the Bat poster

Bertie the Bat

TV · as Narrator · 10 eps

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1989
Customers From Hell poster

Customers From Hell

Movie

1988
Stories of the Sylvanian Families poster

Stories of the Sylvanian Families

Movie · as Narrator

1988
Noel's Saturday Roadshow

Noel's Saturday Roadshow

TV · 1 ep

1988
Stories of the Sylvanian Families poster

Stories of the Sylvanian Families

TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood poster

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Movie · as Job (archive footage)

1987
When We Are Married poster

When We Are Married

Movie · as Herbert Soppitt

1987
Daytime Live

Daytime Live

TV · 1 ep

1987
High & Dry

High & Dry

TV · as Ron Archer · 7 eps

1987
Going Live! poster

Going Live!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1986
Langley Bottom

Langley Bottom

TV · as Seth Raven · 7 eps

1985
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

Movie · as Mock Turtle (voice)

1985
Super Gran poster

Super Gran

TV · as Officer P. Brain · 1 ep

1985
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

TV · as Mock Turtle · 5 eps

1983
Cuffy poster

Cuffy

TV · as Cuffy · 6 eps

1983
Moschops poster

Moschops

TV · as Narrator · 13 eps

1982
It's Your Move poster

It's Your Move

Movie · as Neighbour

1981
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective poster

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

Movie · as Dangerous Davies

1981
Shillingbury Tales poster

Shillingbury Tales

TV · as Cuffy · 2 eps

1979
The Plank poster

The Plank

Movie · as House painter

1979
Round Robin

Round Robin

Movie

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Charlie Krebs · 1 ep

1979
Worzel Gummidge poster

Worzel Gummidge

TV · as Jolly Jack · 1 ep

1978
The Water Babies poster

The Water Babies

Movie · as Mr. Masterman / Voice of Eel

1978
The Adventures of Picasso poster

The Adventures of Picasso

Movie · as Gertrude Stein / Narrator (voice)

1978
Play Safe poster

Play Safe

Movie · as Robin (voice)

1977
That's Carry On! poster

That's Carry On!

Movie · as Agent Harold Crump / Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker (archive footage)

1977
The Country Wife poster

The Country Wife

Movie · as Pinchwife

1976
James and the Giant Peach poster

James and the Giant Peach

Movie · as Centipede

1976
Night Ferry poster

Night Ferry

Movie · as Pyramid

1976
Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings poster

Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings

TV · 12 eps

1976
Star Turn

Star Turn

TV · 60 eps

1976
Tell Me Another poster

Tell Me Another

TV · as Guest, Himself · 2 eps

1975
Great Big Groovy Horse

Great Big Groovy Horse

Movie · as The Storyteller

1975
More Awkward Customers poster

More Awkward Customers

Movie · as Awkward Customer: Mr. Clam

1975
Space: 1999 poster

Space: 1999

TV · as Captain Michael · 1 ep

1975
Fawlty Towers poster

Fawlty Towers

TV · as Mr. Hutchinson · 1 ep

1973
I Know What I Like poster

I Know What I Like

Movie · as Himself

1973
The Wombles poster

The Wombles

TV · as Self - Narrator · 60 eps

1973
Last of the Summer Wine poster

Last of the Summer Wine

TV · as Gavin Hinchcliffe · 1 ep

1972
Frenzy poster

Frenzy

Movie · as Felix Forsythe

1971
Get The Drift

Get The Drift

TV · 12 eps

1970
The Railway Children poster

The Railway Children

Movie · as Albert Perks

1969
'G.I.G.O Garbage In, Garbage Out' Computer History - A British View

'G.I.G.O Garbage In, Garbage Out' Computer History - A British View

Movie

1969
Cribbins poster

Cribbins

TV · 12 eps

1968
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River poster

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Movie · as Fred Davies

1968
Cilla poster

Cilla

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1968
Ooh La La! poster

Ooh La La!

TV · 1 ep

1967
Casino Royale poster

Casino Royale

Movie · as Taxi Driver

1967
A Ghost of a Chance poster

A Ghost of a Chance

Movie · as Ron

1966
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. poster

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

Movie · as Tom Campbell

1966
The Sandwich Man poster

The Sandwich Man

Movie · as Photographer

1965
She poster

She

Movie · as Job

1965
The Bargain

The Bargain

Movie

1965
Cup Fever poster

Cup Fever

Movie · as Policeman

1965
You Must Be Joking poster

You Must Be Joking

Movie · as Sergeant Clegg

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Pinchwife · 1 ep

1965
The Troubleshooters poster

The Troubleshooters

TV · as Chas Wilson · 1 ep

1964
Carry On Jack poster

Carry On Jack

Movie · as Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker

1964
Carry On Spying poster

Carry On Spying

Movie · as Agent Harold Crump

1964
Crooks in Cloisters poster

Crooks in Cloisters

Movie · as Squirts McGinty

1964
The Counterfeit Constable poster

The Counterfeit Constable

Movie · as Bob, l'agent 202

1964
A Home of Your Own poster

A Home of Your Own

Movie · as The Stonemason

1964
Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

TV · as Larry · 1 ep

1963
The Wrong Arm of the Law poster

The Wrong Arm of the Law

Movie · as Nervous O'Toole

1963
The Mouse on the Moon poster

The Mouse on the Moon

Movie · as Vincent Mountjoy

1962
The Girl on the Boat poster

The Girl on the Boat

Movie · as Peters

1962
The Fast Lady poster

The Fast Lady

Movie · as Man on Stretcher (uncredited)

1961
Nothing Barred poster

Nothing Barred

Movie · as Newspaperman

1961
The Best of Enemies poster

The Best of Enemies

Movie · as Col. Brownlow

1961
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

TV · as Arkwright, Bradley Marler · 1 ep

1961
Drama 61-67

Drama 61-67

TV · as Ernest Skinner, Henry Hutchins · 1 ep

1961
Winning Widows

Winning Widows

TV · 1 ep

1960
Two-Way Stretch poster

Two-Way Stretch

Movie · as Lennie Price

1960
The World of Suzie Wong poster

The World of Suzie Wong

Movie · as Otis

1960
Visa to Canton poster

Visa to Canton

Movie · as Pereira

1960
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

TV · as Lord Fancourt Babberley · 1 ep

1959
Tommy the Toreador poster

Tommy the Toreador

Movie · as Paco

1959
Make Mine a Million poster

Make Mine a Million

Movie · as Jack

1959
Interpol Calling poster

Interpol Calling

TV · as Sid · 1 ep

1959
International Detective

International Detective

TV · as Pasquale · 1 ep

1958
Davy poster

Davy

Movie · as Stage Hand (uncredited)

1958
Dunkirk poster

Dunkirk

Movie · as Thirsty Sailor (uncredited)

1957
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst poster

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

Movie · as Able Seaman James Bryson

1957
Theatre Night poster

Theatre Night

TV · as Kiki Reger · 1 ep

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Charlie Baker, Honeybone · 1 ep

1955
The Sooty Show poster

The Sooty Show

TV · as Himself · 2 eps