"in French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Icelandic, Hebrew, Mandarin, Korean, Irish and others. These stories were published as Little Owl Storytime – ""The Children's Choice"". The Mr. Men characters were adapted into two animated television series in 1974 that consisted a total of 28 episodes. They were produced by Terry Ward's company, Flicks Films (formerly known as 101 Film Productions) in partnership with Trevor Bond and broadcast by the BBC. The voices and narration were provided by Arthur Lowe, best known from his role as Captain Mainwaring in the sitcom ""Dad's Army,"" who used regional accents for some of"
"Hugh Wakefield Hugh Wakefield (10 November 1888 – 5 December 1971) was an English film actor, who played supporting roles. He was often seen wearing a monocle. Wakefield was born in Wanstead, Essex. He also had a distinguished stage career, which began at the age of 11. ""City of Song"" (1931) was his first film. He died 5 December 1971 in London aged 83. Wakefield appeared in the original London productions of ""Between Friends"" (1930), ""Tea for Two"" (1938) and ""The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker"" (1955) . Hugh Wakefield served with the RAF during World War II, along with his ""Blithe"
"Derek Benfield Derek Benfield (11 March 1926 – 10 March 2009) was a British playwright and actor. He was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Bingley Grammar School. He was the author of the stage farce ""Running Riot"" and played Patricia Routledge's character's husband in ""Hetty Wainthropp Investigates"" (1996–98). Arguably Benfield's best known character portrayal was as transport company foreman Bill Riley in the UK television series ""The Brothers"" in the early 1970s. Before this, he starred as Frank Skinner in the 1970 cult sci-fi series broadcast on UK ITV, ""Timeslip"". Some of his other television"
"Andrew Garfield Andrew Russell Garfield (born August 20, 1983) is a British-American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Tony Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award and two competitive British Academy Film Awards. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Epsom, Surrey, Garfield began his career on the UK stage and in television productions. He made his feature-film debut in the 2007 ensemble drama ""Lions for Lambs"". Also that year, his performance in the television film ""Boy A"" earned him a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. He came to international attention in"
"Andrew Garfield Andrew Russell Garfield (born August 20, 1983) is a British-American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Tony Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award and two competitive British Academy Film Awards. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Epsom, Surrey, Garfield began his career on the UK stage and in television productions. He made his feature-film debut in the 2007 ensemble drama ""Lions for Lambs"". Also that year, his performance in the television film ""Boy A"" earned him a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. He came to international attention in"
"disease on 15 July, aged 73. William Hoyland William Hoyland (10 November 1943 – 15 July 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned fifty years. He appeared in several British television series. Hoyland started out in a short film titled ""You're Human Like The Rest of Them"" in 1967. After several small roles in well-known series, such as ""Z-Cars"" and ""Coronation Street"", he appeared in five episodes of the 1976 television mini-series ""Bill Brand"", as Sandiford. Two years later, he appeared in the 1978 ""All Creatures Great and Small"" episode ""The Name of the Game"" as Mr Blenkinsopp, the"
"Andrew Schofield (actor) Andrew Schofield (born 12 October 1958) is an English actor. Born in Kirkby, Lancashire, Schofield attended St Kevin's RC Comprehensive School. At 15 he was cast in Willy Russell's first Play for Today, ""Death of a Young, Young Man"". His stage credits include starring as the Narrator in Willy Russell's original production of ""Blood Brothers"" in 1983 at the Liverpool Playhouse and in the subsequent transfer to the Lyric Theatre in London's West End. He also appeared as George in ""Of Mice and Men"" at the Old Vic, London in 2004. Schofield's more recent credits include: all"
"Men"" (he reprised the same role in the 1967 film ""A Challenge for Robin Hood"") and Samuel Pickwick in ""The Pickwick Papers"" of the same year. His rotund appearance and fruity voice made him a natural choice for such roles. A pupil of Dollar Academy, he became a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His film career began in 1936 in ""Sensation"", but was interrupted by World War II, during which he served in the Royal Armoured Corps. His later career included roles in TV series such as ""The Forsyte Saga"" (1967), ""The Onedin Line"". Hayter also appeared"
"Huw Higginson Huw Higginson (born 21 February 1964) is an English actor, best known for playing PC George Garfield in ""The Bill"" from 1989 to 1999. Higginson has also appeared in ""Heartbeat"", ""EastEnders"", ""Casualty"", ""By Any Means"" and ""Jessica"". He appeared as Mr Cunningham in two stories of ""The Sarah Jane Adventures"" entitled ""The Day of the Clown"" and ""The Mark of the Berserker"". After relocating to Australia in 2014, Higginson has appeared in numerous Australian television programs and stage productions. Some of the roles he has played since moving to Australia include General Birdwood in ""Deadline Gallipoli"", Malcolm Hammill"
"William Hoyland William Hoyland (10 November 1943 – 15 July 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned fifty years. He appeared in several British television series. Hoyland started out in a short film titled ""You're Human Like The Rest of Them"" in 1967. After several small roles in well-known series, such as ""Z-Cars"" and ""Coronation Street"", he appeared in five episodes of the 1976 television mini-series ""Bill Brand"", as Sandiford. Two years later, he appeared in the 1978 ""All Creatures Great and Small"" episode ""The Name of the Game"" as Mr Blenkinsopp, the village's vicar. He reprised the role"
"and Peace"". He tried his hand at science fiction in radio's ""The Tor Sands Experience"" by Bruce Stewart. Murray married Joan Alestha, daughter of John Joseph Moy Butterfield, in 1937. He died in London on 31 March 1983, aged 70. Stephen Murray (actor) Stephen Umfreville Hay Murray (6 September 1912 – 31 March 1983) was an English cinema, radio, theatre and television actor. A member of Clan Murray headed by the Duke of Atholl, he was born in Partney, Lincolnshire, the son of the Reverend Charles Murray, Rector of Kirby Knowle, North Riding of Yorkshire, and Mabel (née Umfreville). He"
"played by Martin Jarvis and Alistair McGowan respectively. Notes References Terry-Thomas Terry-Thomas (born Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens; 14 July 19118 January 1990) was an English comedian and character actor who became known to a worldwide audience through his films during the 1950s and 1960s. He often portrayed disreputable members of the upper classes, especially cads, toffs and bounders, using his distinctive voice; his costume and props tended to include a monocle, waistcoat and cigarette holder. His striking dress sense was set off by a gap between his two upper front teeth. Born in London, Terry-Thomas made his film debut, uncredited, in"
"and ""My Hero"". Huw Higginson Huw Higginson (born 21 February 1964) is an English actor, best known for playing PC George Garfield in ""The Bill"" from 1989 to 1999. Higginson has also appeared in ""Heartbeat"", ""EastEnders"", ""Casualty"", ""By Any Means"" and ""Jessica"". He appeared as Mr Cunningham in two stories of ""The Sarah Jane Adventures"" entitled ""The Day of the Clown"" and ""The Mark of the Berserker"". After relocating to Australia in 2014, Higginson has appeared in numerous Australian television programs and stage productions. Some of the roles he has played since moving to Australia include General Birdwood in ""Deadline"
"Jeremy Brudenell Jeremy Alexander Rothwell Brudenell (born 2 April 1960) was a British stage, film and television actor during the 1980s and 1990s. Today he owns a garden centre in Oxford. Jeremy Alexander Rothwell Brudenell was born in Hammersmith, London. His father was Dr. John Michael Brudenell, a gynaecologist, and his mother, Mollie (née Rothwell) Brudenell. He appeared as James Steerforth in ""David Copperfield"" (1986), Charles Warden in ""Fortunes of War"" (1987), Louis Bonaparte in """" (1987), Jean-Louis in ""Wish Me Luck"" (1990), Sebastian Pearce in ""The House of Eliott"" (1991), Ken Bernhard in ""The Bill"" (1993), Robert de Valicourt/Nicholas"
"Michael Maloney Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is an English actor. Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Maloney's first television appearance was as Peter Barkworth's teenage son in the 1979 drama series, ""Telford's Change"". After several dry years in his career, Maloney went on to star in many films and television series, as well as developing a stage career and became a familiar face after playing a major role in Kenneth Branagh's 1989 film adaptation of ""Henry V"". In the early 1990s, he starred on television in ""Mr Wakefield's Crusade"", and on film as Mark in ""Truly, Madly, Deeply"","
"by many other commentators), Benfield's specialty lay in ""dignitary"" roles. Robert Benfield Robert Benfield (died July 1649) was a seventeenth-century actor, noted for his longtime membership in the King's Men in the years and decades after William Shakespeare's retirement and death. Nothing is known of Benfield's early life. He was most likely with the Lady Elizabeth's Men in 1613, and acted in their productions of Fletcher's ""The Coxcomb"" and the Fletcher/Massinger play ""The Honest Man's Fortune"" in that year. Benfield soon joined the King's Men, possibly to replace William Ostler, who died unexpectedly in December 1614. He acted in the"
"Alan Tilvern Alan Tilvern (5 November 1918 – 17 December 2003) was an English actor and voice artist. He was known for usually playing ""tough-guy"" roles. Tilvern was born in 1918, in Orrendina, in the East End of London, to Jewish-Lithuanian parents, who changed their name from Tilovitch. After leaving school, he became a barrow boy in Brick Lane. In the Second World War he served in the Army but was invalided out before its end in 1945. A year later he began an acting career that lasted until the late 1980s. He is possibly best known for his role"
"Sydney Tafler Sydney Tafler (31 July 1916 – 8 November 1979) was an English actor best remembered for numerous appearances in films and on British television from the 1940s to the 1970s. His father was an antiques dealer. After two years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he first appeared on stage in London's West End in 1936, with Sir Seymour Hicks in ""The Man in Dress Clothes"". On British television he appeared alongside Sid James and Tony Hancock in the early 1960s. His other television work included ""Angel Pavement"", ""The Gentle Killers"", ""The Infernal Machine"", ""Focus"", ""Citizen James"","
"Maxwell Caulfield Maxwell Caulfield (né Newby; born 23 November 1959) is a British-American film, stage, and television actor and singer. He has appeared in films such as ""Grease 2"" (1982), ""Electric Dreams"" (1984), ""The Boys Next Door"" (1985), ""The Supernaturals"" (1986), """" (1989), ""Waxwork 2"" (1992), ""Gettysburg"" (1993), ""Empire Records"" (1995), ""The Real Blonde"" (1997), and ""The Man Who Knew Too Little"" (1997). A recent appearance is as the king in ""A Prince for Christmas"" (2015). Beginning 28 May 2015, he toured Australia with his wife, Juliet Mills, and sister-in-law, Hayley Mills, in the comedy ""Legends!"" by Pulitzer Prize winner"
"Both plays were broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during Christmas 2017. Whitrow was married to Catherine Cook, with whom he had two children: Hannah Mary Whitrow (b. 1973) and Thomas George Whitrow (b. 1976). He also had a son, Angus Imrie (b. 1994) with actress Celia Imrie. Whitrow died on 28 September 2017, aged 80. Benjamin Whitrow Benjamin John Whitrow (17 February 1937 – 28 September 2017) was an English actor. He was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for his role as Mr Bennet in the 1995 BBC version of ""Pride and Prejudice"", and voiced the"
"a performance at the Watford Palace Theatre. In 1968, he entered Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 1971. After his studies he joined the Ipswich theatre, and later the Stephen Joseph Theatre, in Scarborough, at the invitation of actor and playwright Alan Ayckbourn. While in Scarborough, he appeared in several productions, including ""Absent Friends"", ""Bedroom Farce"", ""The Breadwinners"" and ""The Brontes of Haworth"", by Christopher Fry, in 1985. Stephen Mallatratt Nigel Stephen Mallatratt (15 June 1947, Mill Hill, London – 22 November 2004) was an English playwright, television screenwriter and actor. He is best known for his television"
"Nigel Davenport Arthur Nigel Davenport (23 May 1928 – 25 October 2013) was an English stage, television and film actor, best known as the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Birkenhead in the Academy Award-winning films ""A Man for All Seasons"" and ""Chariots of Fire"", respectively. Davenport was born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, to Katherine Lucy (née Meiklejohn) and Arthur Henry Davenport. His father was a bursar at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He grew up in an academic family and was educated at St Peter's School, Seaford, Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford. Originally he chose to study Philosophy, Politics and"
"Nigel Davenport Arthur Nigel Davenport (23 May 1928 – 25 October 2013) was an English stage, television and film actor, best known as the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Birkenhead in the Academy Award-winning films ""A Man for All Seasons"" and ""Chariots of Fire"", respectively. Davenport was born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, to Katherine Lucy (née Meiklejohn) and Arthur Henry Davenport. His father was a bursar at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He grew up in an academic family and was educated at St Peter's School, Seaford, Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford. Originally he chose to study Philosophy, Politics and"
"Deryck Guyler Deryck Guyler (29 April 1914 – 7 October 1999) was an English actor, best known for his portrayal of officious, short-tempered middle-aged men in sitcoms such as ""Please Sir!"" and ""Sykes"". Guyler was born in Wallasey on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, and brought up on the other side of the River Mersey in Liverpool, Lancashire, where his father was a jeweller. He attended Liverpool College and originally planned a career in the church. In the 1930s he joined the Liverpool Repertory Theatre and performed in numerous productions. During the Second World War he was called up and joined"
"Leo G. Carroll Leo Gratten Carroll (25 October 1886 – 16 October 1972) was an English actor. He was best known for his roles in several Hitchcock films, and in three television series, ""Topper"", ""Going My Way"", and ""The Man from U.N.C.L.E."". Carroll was born in Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire, to William and Catherine Carroll. His Roman Catholic parents named him after then-Pope Leo XIII. In 1897, his family lived in York, where his Irish-born father was a foreman in an ordnance store. In the 1901 Census for West Ham, Essex, his occupation is listed as ""wine trade clerk"". In the"
"interred at the Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Leo G. Carroll Leo Gratten Carroll (25 October 1886 – 16 October 1972) was an English actor. He was best known for his roles in several Hitchcock films, and in three television series, ""Topper"", ""Going My Way"", and ""The Man from U.N.C.L.E."". Carroll was born in Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire, to William and Catherine Carroll. His Roman Catholic parents named him after then-Pope Leo XIII. In 1897, his family lived in York, where his Irish-born father was a foreman in an ordnance store. In the 1901 Census for West Ham,"
"64. Gerard Murphy (Irish actor) Eamon Gerard Murphy (14 October 1948 – 26 August 2013) was a Northern Irish film, television and theatre actor. Born in 1948 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, Murphy began his career on stage with the Glasgow Citizens Theatre. He branched out into television work with roles in ""Z-Cars"", ""Doctor Who"", ""Minder"", ""Heartbeat"", ""Father Ted"", ""Dalziel and Pascoe"" and ""The Bill"". He narrated the BBC Radio version of Tolkien's ""The Lord of the Rings"". His film roles include the pirate and spy ""The Nord"" in ""Waterworld"", and as the corrupt High Court Judge Faden in"
"1976 episode (""I Talk to the Trees"") of the BBC situation comedy ""The Good Life"" as slightly eccentric allotment gardener Mr Wakeley. He also frequently broadcast and did a spell for the BBC as a member of their Drama Repertory Company (now the Radio Drama Company), one of his appearances being as Inspector Walter Neider in the 1965 Paul Temple radio episode, ""Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery"". Noel Howlett Noel Howlett (22 December 1902 – 26 October 1984) was an English actor, principally remembered as the incompetent headmaster, Morris Cromwell, in the ITV 1970s cult television programme ""Please Sir!""."
"other television shows, including ""Oh Brother!"", two episodes of ""Hi-de-Hi!"", four episodes of ""Dad's Army"", two episodes of ""Are You Being Served?"", one episode of ""Grace & Favour"" (also called ""Are You Being Served? Again!"" in the United States), three episodes of ""One Foot in the Grave"", five episodes of ""Never the Twain"", one episode of ""Little Britain"", one episode of ""Keeping Up Appearances"" and one episode of ""HBO's Tales from the Crypt"". He voiced the narrator and the Mr. Men in Mr. Men and Little Miss. Gordon Peters Gordon Peter Wilkinson, known professionally as Gordon Peters (born 29 November"
"in Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1920 and educated at Moseley Grammar School. He began his career as a trainee accountant, before joining the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and becoming an actor. He was an active member of the actor's union Equity, serving as its President in 1975, and an active supporter of the Labour Party Hugh Manning Hugh Gardner Manning (19 August 1920 – 18 August 2004) was an English film, radio and television actor. He is best remembered as the Reverend Donald Hinton, in the soap opera ""Emmerdale Farm"", a role he played from 1977 until 1989. He"
"had two children Kate and Jamie and was grandfather to Daniel and Alexander. Derek Benfield Derek Benfield (11 March 1926 – 10 March 2009) was a British playwright and actor. He was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Bingley Grammar School. He was the author of the stage farce ""Running Riot"" and played Patricia Routledge's character's husband in ""Hetty Wainthropp Investigates"" (1996–98). Arguably Benfield's best known character portrayal was as transport company foreman Bill Riley in the UK television series ""The Brothers"" in the early 1970s. Before this, he starred as Frank Skinner in the 1970"
"in ""The Faraway Tree"" (BBC), ""The Magic Key"" (BBC), ""Numbertime"" (BBC), ""Agrippine"" (Channel 5), Woof Woof the dog in ""Macdonald's Farm"" (ITV), as well as appearances in """" (S4C). His other work includes ""Decline and Fall"", ""The Mekon"", ""Moonfleet"", """", and the ""Ape Escape"" series of video games. Richard Pearce (actor) Richard Crosby Pearce (born 9 July 1961 in St Albans, England) is a British voice actor, primarily in voice acting. Pearce has appeared in over 500 radio dramas and was twice a member of the BBC Radio drama company. He played opposite Sir John Gielgud in ""Tales My Father"
"Andrew Hayden-Smith Andrew Hayden-Smith (born Andrew John Smith, 5 November 1983 in Gateshead, England) is an English actor and voiceover artist and former television presenter. Hayden-Smith grew up in Chester-le-Street in County Durham and attended the Pelton Roseberry Sports and Community College. He has an older sister, Kerri Hayden, who also worked on ""Byker Grove"" as a 2nd AD. While visiting the set of Byker Grove one day, he was spotted by the series' Executive Producer Matthew Robinson, who cast him in the role of Ben Carter, making his first appearance in the eighth series of the show in 1995."