Ringing On The Engine Bell - Music

Bernard Cribbins Born 29 December 1928 In Oldham Lancashire Died 27 July 2022 Was An English Character Actor And Musical Comedian. Early In His Career He Released A Number Of Comedy Records Including "Right Said Fred" — In Which A Group Of Workmen Struggle To Move A Large Unspecified Object Possibly A Piano — and "Hole In The Ground". Appearing In Many British Films Including Three Carry On Films The Second Doctor Who Film And The Railway Children Cribbins Was Also The Narrator Of The British Animated Children's TV Series The Wombles A BBC Radio Adaptation Of The Wind In The Willows And Many Episodes Of Jackanory. Other Television Appearances Included Fawlty Towers As The Spoon Salesman Mr Hutchinson In The Episode "The Hotel Inspectors" 1975 . Later Television Appearances Include Playing Wally Bannister In The Long Running UK Soap Coronation Street Also Appearing In Doctor Who For The Christmas Episode 2009 As Wilfred Mott Alongside Actor David Tennant. read less