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Bernard Cribbins

1928 - 2022

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Bernard Joseph Cribbins (29 December 1928 – 27 July 2022) was an English actor and singer whose career spanned over eight decades. During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records "The Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred" and for his appearances in comedy films including Two-Way Stretch (1960) and the Carry On series. His other screen roles include the astronaut Vincent Mountjoy in The Mouse on the Moon (1963), Albert Perks in The Railway Children (1970), the barman Felix Forsythe in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972) and the pretentious hotel guest Mr Hutchinson in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Hotel Inspectors" (1975). On television, he was a regular and prolific reader for the BBC series Jackanory from 1966 to 1991, he narrated the children's programme The Wombles (1973–1975) and he played the title role in the CBeebies series Old Jack's Boat (2013–2015). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Cribbins is the 855th most popular actor (up from 5,385th in 2019), the 1,109th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,059th in 2019) and the 129th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Bernard Cribbins ranks 855 out of 13,578. Before him are Kiefer Sutherland, Dan Schneider, Isabel Sarli, Ben Stiller, Ed O'Neill, and Robert Pine. After him are Coluche, Richard Farnsworth, Britt Ekland, Tarita Teriipaia, Cléo de Mérode, and Linda Evans.

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Among people born in 1928, Bernard Cribbins ranks 85. Before him are Gaston Thorn, Tony Richardson, Seki Matsunaga, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Elias James Corey, and Manfred Rommel. After him are Robert Sheckley, Wolfgang von Trips, Burt Bacharach, John Stewart Bell, Patrick McGoohan, and Walter Mondale. Among people deceased in 2022, Bernard Cribbins ranks 80. Before him are Ivan Reitman, Jean-Jacques Sempé, James Lovelock, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Siniša Mihajlović, and Ricardo Bofill. After him are Fred Ward, Klaus Schulze, Cláudio Hummes, Catherine Spaak, Eric Walter Elst, and Evaristo Carvalho.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Cribbins ranks 1,109 out of 8,785. Before him are Diana Mosley (1910), Elizabeth Tudor (1492), Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), John Ambrose Fleming (1849), Kiefer Sutherland (1966), and Harold Bride (1890). After him are Bruno (null), Keith Emerson (1944), Eric Burdon (1941), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), and John Stewart Bell (1928).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Bernard Cribbins ranks 129. Before him are Anthony Head (1954), Tom Holland (1996), Colin Baker (1943), Tom Hardy (1977), Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), and Kiefer Sutherland (1966). After him are Stewart Granger (1913), Stephen Boyd (1931), Joan Plowright (1929), Terence Stamp (1938), Graham Chapman (1941), and Marty Feldman (1934).

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