All About Bernard Cribbins: Ethnicity, Height, Wedding, Nationality



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Bernard Cribbins, OBE (born 29 December 1928) is an English character actor, voice-over artist and musical comedian with a career spanning over seventy years. He came to prominence in films of the 1960s, and has been in work consistently since his television debut in 1955.

Cribbins was born in Derker, Oldham, Lancashire, the son of Annie Elizabeth (née Hartley) and Alfred Edward Cribbins, a textile mill worker. His mother was a local theatre actress. He started entertaining at an early age, mimicking his mother’s voice and doing impressions of her acting friends. He attended Royton and Crompton Secondary Modern School and joined a local dramatic society.

Cribbins made his television debut in 1955 in an episode of The Grove Family. He soon began to make regular appearances in various British television series, including The Avengers, Z-Cars, The Likely Lads and Doctor Who. He also had roles in films such as Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965), The Railway Children (1970) and The Omen (1976).

In the 1980s, Cribbins appeared in a number of children’s programmes, including The Wombles, Jackanory and Playdays. He also provided the voice of the character ‘Nursery Rhyme’, in the 1980s and 1990s BBC children’s series Look and Read. In 1993, he starred in the Yorkshire Television sitcom Haggard, playing the lead role of Henry Haggard, a man who is haunted by the ghost of his first wife.

Cribbins has been the voice of several characters in BBC children’s programmes, including ‘The Wombles’, ‘Nursery Rhyme’ in ‘Look and Read’, ‘Old Jack’ in ‘Old Jack’s Boat’ and ‘Grandad Dog’ in ‘Shaun the Sheep’. He has also provided voice-overs for many commercials, including those for ‘Hovis’ bread, ‘Kellogg’s Corn Flakes’ and ‘Tesco’.

In 2008, Cribbins was awarded the Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Achievement in Voice Acting. In 2009, he was awarded an OBE for services to drama.

Cribbins has been married twice. His first wife was actress Sheila Manahan, with whom he had two daughters. His second wife is actress Pauline Collins, with whom he has one son. Cribbins has four grandchildren.

Cribbins is 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and of slim build. He has blue eyes and grey hair.

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia