Bernard Cribbins

​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.

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Filmography (128 Appearances)

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

TBA

Looking for Lennie

2019

Patrick

2018

The Lake District: A Wild Year

2017

The Wombles

2016

A Midsummer Night's Dream

2016

Old Jack's Boat: Rockpool Tales

2015

CBeebies Prom: From the Royal Albert Hall

2014

Salty's Waggy Tales

2013

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

2013

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

2013

Old Jack's Boat

2013

CBeebies Presents: Jack And The Beanstalk

2012

Produced by George Martin

2012

A Fantastic Fear of Everything

2012

Run For Your Wife

2012

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

Pointless Celebrities

2011

Doctor Who: The End of Time

2010

The National Television Awards Backstage Live

2010

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

2009

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

2009

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

2009

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

2007

Would I Lie to You?

2007

The One Show

2006

The Children's Party at the Palace

2006

Doctor Who

2005

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005

The Friday Night Project

2005

Celebrity Mastermind

2003

Blackball

2003

What's a Carry On?

1998

Midsomer Murders

1997

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

1996

Dalziel and Pascoe

1996

Noel's Telly Years

1996

The World of Hammer

1994

I, Lovett

1993

Carry On Columbus

1992

Tonight at 8.30

1991

Have I Got News for You

1990

Bertie the Bat

1990

Customers From Hell

1989

Noel's Saturday Roadshow

1988

Stories of the Sylvanian Families

1988

Stories of the Sylvanian Families

1988

When We Are Married

1987

Daytime Live

1987

Going Live!

1987

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987

High & Dry

1987

Langley Bottom

1986

Alice in Wonderland

1985

Alice in Wonderland

1985

Super Gran

1985

Moschops

1983

Cuffy

1983

It's Your Move

1982

Shillingbury Tales

1981

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

1981

Round Robin

1979

The Plank

1979

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Worzel Gummidge

1979

The Water Babies

1978

The Adventures of Picasso

1978

Play Safe

1978

That's Carry On!

1977

The Country Wife

1977

James and the Giant Peach

1976

Night Ferry

1976

Tell Me Another

1976

Star Turn

1976

Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings

1976

Great Big Groovy Horse

1975

More Awkward Customers

1975

Fawlty Towers

1975

Space: 1999

1975

The Wombles

1973

Last of the Summer Wine

1973

I Know What I Like

1973

Frenzy

1972

Get The Drift

1971

The Railway Children

1970

Cribbins

1969

'G.I.G.O Garbage In, Garbage Out' Computer History - A British View

1969

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

1968

Ooh La La!

1968

Cilla

1968

Casino Royale

1967

A Ghost of a Chance

1967

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

1966

The Sandwich Man

1966

BBC Play of the Month

1965

You Must Be Joking

1965

Cup Fever

1965

She

1965

The Bargain

1965

A Home of Your Own

1964

The Counterfeit Constable

1964

Carry On Spying

1964

Theatre 625

1964

Carry On Jack

1964

Crooks in Cloisters

1964

The Mouse on the Moon

1963

The Wrong Arm of the Law

1963

The Fast Lady

1962

The Girl on the Boat

1962

The Best of Enemies

1961

Nothing Barred

1961

Drama 61-67

1961

The Avengers

1961

Visa to Canton

1960

Two-Way Stretch

1960

The World of Suzie Wong

1960

Sunday-Night Play

1960

International Detective

1959

Tommy the Toreador

1959

Interpol Calling

1959

Make Mine a Million

1959

Dunkirk

1958

Davy

1958

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

1957 Debut

Theatre Night

1957

Armchair Theatre

1956

The Sooty Show

1955
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