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Bernard Cribbins

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Biography

Bernard was born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1928 to John Edward and Ethel Cribbins. Bernard started acting at 14 with the Oldham Rep, and…more

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12/29/1928, Oldham, Lancashire, England

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Star (4)

Role
- Doctor Who (2005)
  Wilfred Mott
  - — The End of Time (2)
    1/1/10
  - — The End of Time (1)
    12/25/09
- Coronation Street
  Wally Bannister (2003)
  - S 44: Ep 248 Wed 31 Dec, 2003
    12/31/03
  - S 44: Ep 247 Mon 29 Dec, 2003
    12/29/03
  - S 44: Ep 246 Sun 28 Dec, 2003
    12/28/03
  - S 44: Ep 245 Fri 26 Dec, 2003
    12/26/03
  - S 44: Ep 244 Thu 25 Dec, 2003
    12/25/03
  - + 142 More Credits
- Langley Bottom
  Seth Raven
  - S 1: Ep 6 Play For Today
    8/18/86
  - S 1: Ep 5 Safari Supper
    8/11/86
  - S 1: Ep 4 American As Apple Pie
    8/4/86
  - S 1: Ep 3 Marriage Misguidance
    7/28/86
  - S 1: Ep 2 We've Started So We'll Finish
    7/21/86
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Wombles
  Narrator & Wombles
  - S 2: Ep 30 Womble Summer Party
    10/24/75
  - S 2: Ep 29 Womble Fool's Day
    10/23/75
  - S 2: Ep 28 The Secret Snorer
    10/22/75
  - S 2: Ep 27 Operation W.R.A.P.
    10/21/75
  - S 2: Ep 26 Womble Times
    10/20/75
  - + 55 More Credits
Recurring Role (7)

Role
- Doctor Who (2005)
  Wilfred Mott
  - S 4: Ep 13 Journey's End (2)
    7/5/08
  - S 4: Ep 12 The Stolen Earth (1)
    6/28/08
  - S 4: Ep 11 Turn Left
    6/21/08
  - S 4: Ep 5 The Poison Sky (2)
    5/3/08
  - S 4: Ep 4 The Sontaran Stratagem (1)
    4/26/08
  - + 2 More Credits
- Once Upon A Classic
  Pyramid
- Comedy Playhouse
  Jimmy Sampson
  - S 9: Ep 4 Who's Your Friend
    1/15/70
- Comedy Playhouse
  Arnold
  - S 5: Ep 4 Judgement Day For Elijah Jones
    6/7/66
- Comedy Playhouse
  Ambrose Twombly
  - S 4: Ep 3 Here I Come Whoever I Am
    6/11/65
- Comedy Playhouse
  Mr. Spooner
  - S 2: Ep 3 Impasse
    3/15/62
- Comedy Playhouse
  Cakebread
  - S 1: Ep 8 Visiting Day
    2/2/62
Guest Star (31)

Role
- Would I Lie to You?
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 7 Bernard Cribbins, Patrick Kielty, Deborah Meaden and Mark Watson
    9/3/10
- Loose Women
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 203 Monday 21st June
    6/21/10
  - S 14: Ep 70 Monday 7th December
    12/7/09
  - S 13: Ep 57 Tuesday 18th November
    11/18/08
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 12 The Doctor Who Special
    12/16/09
- Children in Need
  Various 'The Wombles' [Peter Kay's Animated All-Star Band]
  - S 15: Ep 9 2009 [2 Parts]
    11/20/09
- The Sunday Night Project
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 5 Catherine Tate
    1/18/09
- The One Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 124 Thursday 26th June 2008
    6/26/08
- Britain's Best Sitcom
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Fawlty Towers
    1/24/04
- That Was the Week We Watched
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 10-16 November 1973
    12/26/03
- Barbara
  Frank
  - S 5: Ep 3 Guy Fawkes
    3/9/03
- Last of the Summer Wine
  Gavin Hinchcliffe
  - S 24: Ep 5 In Which Gavin Hinchcliffe Loses the Gulf Stream
    2/2/03
- Dalziel and Pascoe
  Uncle Henry
  - S 4: Ep 3 Time to Go
    6/26/99
- The Generation Game
  Show Guest
  - S 19: Ep 16 Jim Davidson's Generation Game
    12/19/98
  - S 5: Ep 17 Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game
    12/25/76
- Noel's Telly Years
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 1962
    1/8/96
- You Bet!
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 6 Episode 8.6
    4/1/95
- This is Your Life (UK)
  Himself
  - S 35: Ep 12 Barry Cryer
    1/17/95
  - S 21: Ep 21 Bernard Cribbins
    2/25/81
- Telly Addicts
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 18 Anniversary Special 1994
    9/5/94
- That's Showbusiness
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 8 14th March 1994
    3/14/94
- I, Lovett
  Voice of the Snowman
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Snowman
    3/24/93
- Children in Need
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 22 1989 [2 Parts]
    11/17/89
- Tales of the Unexpected
  Charlie Krebs & Mr King
  - S 6: Ep 2 The Memory Man
    4/16/83
- Jackanory
  Reader
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Hobbit
    1/15/79
  - — The Wizard of Oz
    1/10/70
- Space: 1999
  Captain Michael
  - S 2: Ep 5 Brian the Brain
    10/1/76
- Fawlty Towers
  Mr Hutchinson
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Hotel Inspectors
    10/10/75
- The Wombles
  Human
  - S 1: Ep 12 One Pair Of Feet
    1/1/73
- The Avengers
  Bradley Mahler
  - S 6: Ep 11 Look- (stop me if you've heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers...
    12/4/68
- Theatre 625
  Larry
  - S 4: Ep 18 The Loser
    5/1/67
- The Avengers
  Arkwright
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Girl From Auntie
    1/22/66
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Chas Wilson
  - S 1: Ep 12 Driver of the Year
    9/22/65
- Thank Your Lucky Stars (UK)
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 10 December 1, 1962
    12/1/62
  - S 2: Ep 42 June 23, 1962
    6/23/62
- International Detective
  Pasquale
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Santino Case
    5/29/60
- Interpol Calling
  Sid
  - S 1: Ep 29 Slow Boat to Amsterdam
    3/27/60

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- Bernard was part of a campaign launched in 2008 to encourage the making of more children's programming in the UK. It was launched by the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television.
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- Bernard holds the record for maximum number of appearances in children's story-telling series Jackanory, with 111.
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- One of his roles as Assistant Stage Manager in Repertory Theatre involved him finding a goat and bringing to the theatre on a bus.
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- (on the two Doctors he has worked with in "Doctor Who" - Peter Cushing and David Tennant) Bernard: Peter played the Doctor as an old fart. Working with David was so much more exciting. David's the governor when it comes to Doctor Who, I have to say.
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