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Born · March 4, 1924
Died · July 30, 1992 (68 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Neighbour
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2019
Bill
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1991
The Inspector · (1 episode)
6.4
1990
Dr. Jakob Strauss
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1989
Mr Barnes
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1988
Father Christmas
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1988
Bill · (1 episode)
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1988
Magistrate
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1987
Slatterthwaite
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1987
Ben · (1 episode)
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1987
Billie Jennings · (1 episode)
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1986
Sorrel · (1 episode)
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1986
Mr. Crabb
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1985
Phone Poet
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1985
Fleming
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1984
Man
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1984
Dim Cain, a Peasant · (1 episode)
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1983
Cain, a Peasant · (1 episode)
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1983
Cain, a Blind Beggar · (1 episode)
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1983
Seecombe · (4 episodes)
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1983
Neighbor
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1983
Neighbour · (1 episode)
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1982
Man · (1 episode)
7.4
1982
Doctor Ferns · (1 episode)
6.5
1981
Colonel Jenkins · (1 episode)
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1978