# Bernard Cribbins Dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [July 28, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721 "2022-07-28T15:00:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721/1 "2022-07-28T15:00:19Z")
Probably best known here from Dr Who, but I have a soft spot for him as the narrator of The Wombles > **[Bernard Cribbins, Doctor Who's Most Beloved Grandfather, Has Died](https://gizmodo.com/bernard-cribbins-dead-93-doctor-who-wilfred-mott-1849342542)** > > The legendary actor, also loved for performances in Carry On and as the narrator of The Wombles, was 93. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721/2 "2022-07-28T15:19:42Z")
RIP. Check out his cameo as a house painter in “The Plank” (1979), starting at 14:13: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aUbcaE44cSw/maxresdefault.jpg "The Plank (1979 TV Version) Full Movie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUbcaE44cSw) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721/3 "2022-07-28T15:23:43Z")
My favorite episode of Fawlty Towers, possibly. He was essential and played the part of annoying customer so well. ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721/4 "2022-07-28T15:45:31Z")
David Tennant era Doctor Who is the one I enjoyed the most. Bernard Cribbins portrayal of Wilfred was a big part of that. An extremely earnest elderly companion to a young eccentric Doctor. It was also really cool because in the 1960s when the show was only a few years old Cribbins played a young companion to Peter Cushing’s elderly Doctor in the movie Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. If you like the show it is worth a watch. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721/5 "2022-07-28T17:25:13Z")
He was also in two episodes of _ **The Avengers** _. > **["The Avengers" The Girl from Auntie (TV Episode 1966) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0516908/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_78)** > > The Girl from Auntie: Directed by Roy Ward Baker. With Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Liz Fraser, Alfred Burke. When Steed returns home early from a holiday, he finds Mrs. Peel replaced by an actress, Georgie Price-Jones. Subsequently everyone involved... > **["The Avengers" Look - (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These...](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0516859/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_78)** > > Look - (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers...: Directed by James Hill. With Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Jimmy Jewel, Julian Chagrin. Directors of the Capitol Land and Development Company are being killed. They have... He was the joke writer murdered by the two clowns in the second. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721/6 "2022-07-28T17:30:37Z")
“Sp-plplplplpl-oons, eh?” I had no idea that Tom Campbell was the same as Mr Hutchinson. Good rest to him. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721/7 "2022-07-28T18:12:47Z")
He also recorded several novelty songs. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r5XX9LX2es4/hqdefault.jpg "'RIGHT SAID FRED' - BERNARD CRIBBINS 1960s Animated Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5XX9LX2es4) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yShvgXZQBTs/maxresdefault.jpg "Bernard Cribbins Hole In The Ground") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yShvgXZQBTs) ---
**Author:** ![its\_the\_daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721/8 "2022-07-28T18:17:11Z")
The Station Master in ‘The Railway Children’. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721/9 "2022-07-28T19:17:28Z")
And of course ‘Right said Fred’. RIP, Bernard. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721/10 "2022-07-29T03:58:44Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > He was also in two episodes of _ **The Avengers** _. I think very actor in England was in an episode of _The Avengers_. I also remember Cribbins from the 1967 _Casino Royale_. He’s the taxi driver who takes Mata Bond to, and from East Berlin. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721/11 "2022-07-29T12:45:08Z")
I only know Bernard from Doctor Who. He always brought something special to his portrayal of Wilford Mott. He was often the oldest character in the story. He brought a different viewpoint. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721/12 "2022-07-29T13:31:57Z")
93 is a good age, but still would have liked to have more. Some words from Catherine Tate and David Tennant: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nsWV8kN_MdE/maxresdefault.jpg "David Tennant and Catherine Tate lead tributes to Bernard Cribbins") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsWV8kN_MdE) ---
**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-cribbins-dead/968721/13 "2022-07-29T22:38:36Z")
_Carry On_, _She_, _Dr Who_ multiple times, _Casino Royale_, _The Avengers_, Hitchcock, _Fawlty Towers_, _The Plank_, _Coronation Street_, a pop career, acclaimed performances at the National Theatre are an unsurpassable CV. And that’s all without mentioning the really iconic stuff - _The Railway Children_, _Jackanory_ and _The Wombles_.