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- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 4, 1924
- Place of Birth
- Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Died
- July 30, 1992
Bert Parnaby
James Bertram "Bert" Parnaby (4 March 1924 – 30 July 1992) was a British actor who was notable for a string of TV and Film roles from the 1960s through the 1980s. His TV roles included performances in Blackadder, By the Sword Divided, Juliet Bravo, Inspector Morse and Last of the Summer Wine. In 1988, he appeared as Father Christmas in the BBC adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. His film credits included Prick Up Your Ears (1987), The Dressmaker (1988) and The Reunion (1989). Whilst living in Didsbury, Bert was a schoolmaster at Manchester Grammar School during the 1950s and early 1960s. Teaching English, he was greatly involved in the production of teachers’ plays. He subsequently became an HMI (one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools). On leaving the education profession, Parnaby worked as a producer and performer for the BBC. His monologues on breakfast radio ofte…
Filmography
movieCompletely Bad News
2019 · Neighbour
movieGas and Candles
1991 · Bill
tvNightingales
1990 · The Inspector
movieReunion
1989 · Dr. Jakob Strauss
movieThe Dressmaker
1988 · Mr Barnes
movieThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
1988 · Father Christmas
tvThe Chronicles of Narnia
1988 · Father Christmas
tvThe Play on One
1988 · Bill
tvThe Contract
1988 · Adam Percy
moviePrick Up Your Ears
1987 · Magistrate
movieOn the Palm
1987 · Slatterthwaite
tvInspector Morse
1987 · Ben
tvFirst Among Equals
1986 · George Bainbridge
tvCasualty
1986 · Billie Jennings
tvLovejoy
1986 · Sorrel
movieDaemon
1985 · Mr. Crabb
Flights
movieFlights
1985 · Headmaster
movieUnfair Exchanges
1985 · Phone Poet
movieRainy Day Women
1984 · Fleming
movieDirty Movie
1984 · Man
tvBy the Sword Divided
1983 · Sir Austin Fletcher
tvBlackadder
1983 · Cain, a Peasant, Dim Cain, a Peasant, Cain, a Blind Beggar
tvMy Cousin Rachel
1983 · Seecombe
movieBad News
1983 · Neighbor
tvThe Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · Neighbour, Man
tvBergerac
1981 · Doctor Ferns
tvAll Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Colonel Jenkins