Where was Bernard Cribbins born?
Bernard Joseph Cribbins OBE was an English actor and singer whose career spanned seven decades. During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records including “The Hole Cribbins appeared in films from the early 1950s, mainly comedies. His credits include Two-Way Stretch (1960) and The Wrong Arm of the Law…
Bernard Joseph Cribbins OBE was an English actor and singer whose career spanned seven decades. During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records including “The Hole
Cribbins appeared in films from the early 1950s, mainly comedies. His credits include Two-Way Stretch (1960) and The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) with Peter Sellers, Crooks in Cloisters (1964), and three Carry-On films – Carry On Jack (1963), Carry On Spying (1964), and Carry On Columbus (1992).
His other appearances include the second Doctor Who films Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) as Special Police Constable Tom Campbell, She (1965); Casino Royale (1967) as Carlton Towers, a British Foreign Office official, and The Railway Children.
Where was Bernard Cribbins born?
Born in Oldham on 29 December 1928, Bernard Cribbins was a student player in Oldham Rep aged just 14 and stayed there for eight years, becoming established in theatre and variety.
He made his West End debut in A Comedy of Errors in 1956 and by the late 1950s was taking small, varied roles in films like musical farce Tommy the Toreador and war picture Dunkirk. Leslie Norman, 1958
