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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 4, 1924
Died
July 30, 1992
Place of Birth
Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Bert Parnaby
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Biography
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 often started ‘I hate …’, for example the edition about the Post Office, which was based on the Didsbury branch, albeit unnamed. Parnaby died in July 1992 at the age of 68, shortly after the death of his wife Jane. A bench in their memory was later erected in Drummer Street, Cambridge.
Known For
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Neighbour
Completely Bad News
2019
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Bill
Gas and Candles
1991
6.4
The Inspector
Nightingales
1990
6.5
Dr. Jakob Strauss
Reunion
1989
4.0
Mr Barnes
The Dressmaker
1988
7.4
Father Christmas
The Chronicles of Narnia
1988
6.0
Father Christmas
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
1988
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Bill
The Play on One
1988
6.7
Magistrate
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
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Slatterthwaite
On the Palm
1987
Credits
Completely Bad News
as Neighbour
2019
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Gas and Candles
as Bill
1991
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Nightingales
as The Inspector
1990
6.4
Reunion
as Dr. Jakob Strauss
1989
6.5
The Dressmaker
as Mr Barnes
1988
4.0
The Chronicles of Narnia
as Father Christmas
1988
7.4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
as Father Christmas
1988
6.0
The Play on One
as Bill
1988
6.0
Prick Up Your Ears
as Magistrate
1987
6.7
On the Palm
as Slatterthwaite
1987
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Inspector Morse
as Ben
1987
7.8
Casualty
as Billie Jennings
1986
6.1
Lovejoy
as Sorrel
1986
7.3
Daemon
as Mr. Crabb
1985
6.2
Unfair Exchanges
as Phone Poet
1985
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Rainy Day Women
as Fleming
1984
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Dirty Movie
as Man
1984
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Blackadder
as Cain, a Peasant
1983
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Blackadder
as Dim Cain, a Peasant
1983
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Blackadder
as Cain, a Blind Beggar
1983
8.0
My Cousin Rachel
as Seecombe
1983
6.0
Bad News
as Neighbor
1983
8.7
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Neighbour
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Man
1982
7.4
Bergerac
as Doctor Ferns
1981
6.7
All Creatures Great and Small
as Colonel Jenkins
1978
7.7