Bernard Cribbins is a durable British actor whose accumulated screen time beats that of most leading names. The list also holds 'Frenzy'. The early stretch of the career is the part least seen today. 69 years of work add up to around 76 titles. The role of Wilfred Mott in 'Doctor Who' is the one that keeps being brought up.
Bernard Cribbins
93 years (Dec 29, 1928 – Jul 27, 2022)Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
47 Movies29 Series
Bernard Cribbins is a durable British actor whose accumulated screen time beats that of most leading names. The list also holds 'Frenzy'. The early stretch of the career is the part least seen today. 69 years of work add up to around 76 titles. The role of Wilfred Mott in 'Doctor Who' is the one that keeps being brought up.
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. Bernard Cribbins licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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