Actor Bernard Cribbins, who appeared in “Doctor Who” and starred in the children’s classic “The Railway Children”, died this Thursday (28/7) in England at the age of 93.
The news was given by his agency, without revealing the cause of death.
“His career spanned seven decades with work so diverse that he started in films like ‘The Heart Beats Faster’ and comedies ‘Carry On’,” Gavin Barker Associates said in a statement. “He worked well until he was 90, most recently appeared in ‘Doctor Who’ and the ‘Old Jack’s Boat’ series. Last year he lost his wife Gill, 66.”
The statement reads: “Bernard’s contribution to British entertainment is indisputable. He was one of a kind, represented the best of his generation, and will be greatly missed by anyone who had the pleasure of knowing and working with him.”
Born in Oldham on 29 December 1928, the actor made his screen debut in the 1956 BBC miniseries “David Copperfield”, and after a long career on TV he earned his attraction titled “Cribbins”, which aired for two. seasons on ITV, from 1969 to 1970.
At the same time, he began to distinguish himself in several British cinema comedies, such as “The Left Arm of the Law” (1963), with Peter Sellers, and “An Arabian Coup” (1968), with Jerry Lewis, in addition to the satire of 007 “Casino Royale” (1968) and several films of the “Carry On” series, from “Com Jeito Vai … Marujo” (1964) to “Com Jeito Vai … Colombo” (1992).
His filmography also includes the fantasy “The Goddess of the Lost City” (1964), which saw Ursula Andress as an immortal goddess, and the classic thriller “Frenzy” (1972), by Alfred Hitchcock. But he is best remembered for his role as a railway station clerk in the iconic children’s film “When the Heart Beats Faster” (1970), about children guarding the tracks to avoid accidents and uncover clues to their father’s disappearance.
The children’s identification with the public extended to several series, such as “The Wombles” (1973-1975) and “Jackanory” (1966-1995), in which he acted as a narrator, in addition to the recent “Old Jack’s Boat” ( 2012-2015). ), a production of the children’s pay channel Cbeebies which also won a spin-off starring Cribbins, “Old Jack’s Boat: Rockpool Tales” (2015).
In recent times he also appeared in several episodes of “Doctor Who” (between 2007 and 2010) as Wilfred Mott, the grandfather of Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), one of the companions of the Doctor played by David Tennant.
The cameo wasn’t Cribbins’ first relationship with the franchise. He entered the “Doctor Who” universe in the 1960s, with a participation in the film “Year 2150: The Invasion of Earth” (1966). And his latest work was a podcast about that movie, “Dr. Who & The Daleks: The Official Story of the Films”, which came out last May.
In 2011 he received an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for his services to the arts.
“Doctor Who” showrunner Russell T. Davies posted a tribute to the actor on his Instagram account, stating that he “loved this man” and recalling how much he “loved doing Doctor Who”. “Bernard told us, with a smile on his face, that the kids on the street called him ‘grandfather’,” wrote the show manager.
Source: Terra
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