Anthony Valentine was born on August 17, 1939, at Blackburn in Lancashire, England. His first professional appearance was at the age of ten, in a film entitled 'No Way Back'. At eleven, he was working regularly for BBC Television; one of his earliest roles was that of Harry Wharton in that most famous of children's serials 'Billy Bunter'. The same year he sang at Sadler's Wells in a season of Italian Opera. He has had a successful career to this day.
