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Bert Parnaby
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Bert Parnaby
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-03-04,Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Unfair Exchanges

0

Unfair Exchanges
1985-01-20

6.2

Daemon
1985-12-31

0

Dirty Movie
1984-01-07

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe

6.2

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
1988-11-13

Gas and Candles

0

Gas and Candles
1991-08-01

4

The Dressmaker
1988-12-16

Prick Up Your Ears

6.6

Prick Up Your Ears
1987-04-17

8.7

Bad News
1983-01-24

Rainy Day Women

0

Rainy Day Women
1984-04-10

Completely Bad News

0

Completely Bad News
2019-11-29

6.5

Reunion
1989-05-17

0

On the Palm
1987-04-05

Inspector Morse

7.8

Inspector Morse
1987-01-06

7.3

Lovejoy
1986-01-10

My Cousin Rachel

6

My Cousin Rachel
1983-03-07

6

Casualty
1986-09-06

8

Blackadder
1983-06-15

8

Blackadder
1983-06-15

8

Blackadder
1983-06-15

6.471

Bergerac
1981-10-18

All Creatures Great and Small

7.7

All Creatures Great and Small
1978-01-08

The Play on One

6

The Play on One
1988-01-19

The Comic Strip Presents...

7.3

The Comic Strip Presents...
1982-11-02

The Comic Strip Presents...

7.3

The Comic Strip Presents...
1982-11-02

6.4

Nightingales
1990-02-27