Editing Bernard Cribbins

{{Short description|British actor (1928–2022)}}
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| caption            = Cribbins giving a reading of [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s poem "[[Tommy (Kipling poem)|Tommy]]" in 2015
| birth_name         = Bernard Joseph Cribbins
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| birth_place        = [[Derker]], [[Lancashire]], England
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'''Bernard Joseph Cribbins''' (29 December 1928 – 27 July 2022) was an English actor and singer whose career spanned over eight decades.

During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful [[novelty record]]s "[[The Hole in the Ground]]" and "[[Right Said Fred (song)|Right Said Fred]]" and for his appearances in comedy films including ''[[Two-Way Stretch]]'' (1960) and the ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' series. His other screen roles include the astronaut Vincent Mountjoy in ''[[The Mouse on the Moon]]'' (1963), Albert Perks in ''[[The Railway Children (1970 film)|The Railway Children]]'' (1970), the barman Felix Forsythe in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Frenzy]]'' (1972) and the pretentious hotel guest Mr Hutchinson in the ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' episode "The Hotel Inspectors" (1975). On television, he was a regular and prolific reader for the [[BBC]] series ''[[Jackanory]]'' from 1966 to 1991, he narrated the children's programme ''[[The Wombles (1973 TV series)|The Wombles]]'' (1973–1975) and he played the title role in the [[CBeebies]] series ''[[Old Jack's Boat]]'' (2013–2015).

In the 1966 film ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'', Cribbins portrayed [[List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs#Tom Campbell|Tom Campbell]], a [[companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] to [[Dr. Who (Dalek films)|Dr. Who]]. 41 years later, he began appearing in [[Doctor Who|the revival series of ''Doctor Who'']] as [[Wilfred Mott]], the grandfather of regular companion [[Donna Noble]] and a temporary companion to the [[Tenth Doctor]]. He made his final appearance posthumously in the [[Doctor Who (2023 specials)|60th anniversary special]] "[[Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who)|Wild Blue Yonder]]" (2023).

==Early life==
Bernard Joseph Cribbins was born on 29 December 1928 in the [[Derker]] area of [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire]], the son of [[First World War]] veteran John Edward Cribbins (1896–1964) and Ethel (''née'' Clarkson; 1898–1989), a cotton weaver.<ref name="BBCobit">{{cite news |title=Obituary: Bernard Cribbins |work=BBC News |date=28 July 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13099773 |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728083826/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13099773 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Coveney /> He had two sisters, alongside whom he grew up close to poverty.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maxwell |first=Dominic |date=November 28, 2018 |title=Bernard Cribbins — nearly 90 and still the nation's favourite uncle |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/bernard-cribbins-nearly-90-and-still-the-nations-favourite-uncle-99zmr63f2 |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 29, 2022 |website=[[The Times]] |archive-date=1 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101230636/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bernard-cribbins-nearly-90-and-still-the-nations-favourite-uncle-99zmr63f2 |url-status=live }}</ref> He described his father, who was of Irish descent, as a "[[Jack of all trades, master of none|jack of all trades]]" who also dabbled in acting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hepburn |first=David |date=July 28, 2022 |title=Bernard Cribbins dies at age 93: Who was the Doctor Who actor, how did he find fame and what was he best known for? |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/bernard-cribbins-dies-at-age-93-who-was-the-doctor-who-actor-how-did-he-find-fame-and-what-was-he-best-known-for-3784966 |access-date=July 29, 2022 |website=[[The Scotsman]] |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728230214/https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/bernard-cribbins-dies-at-age-93-who-was-the-doctor-who-actor-how-did-he-find-fame-and-what-was-he-best-known-for-3784966 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cribbins left school at the age of 13 and found a job as an [[assistant stage manager]] at a local theatre club, where he also took on some small acting roles,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jul/24/bernard-cribbins-cbeebies-prom|title=Bernard Cribbins: 'I made Noël Coward's favourite record'|first=Simon|last=Hattenstone|date=24 July 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220357/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jul/24/bernard-cribbins-cbeebies-prom|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/bernard-cribbins-lancashire-s-theatrical-treasure-1-1636558|title=Bernard Cribbins, Lancashire's theatrical treasure|website=Lancashire Life|date=9 February 2010|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715184122/https://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/bernard-cribbins-lancashire-s-theatrical-treasure-1-1636558|url-status=live}}</ref> and then served an apprenticeship at the [[Oldham Coliseum Theatre|Oldham Repertory Theatre]].<ref name="bbc2022">{{cite news |title=Obituary: Bernard Cribbins |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13099773 |access-date=12 October 2022 |publisher=BBC News |date=28 July 2022}}</ref>  In 1947, he began [[Conscription in the United Kingdom#After 1945|national service]] with the [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] in [[Aldershot|Aldershot, Hampshire]],<ref name="GavBark">{{cite web |url=http://www.gavinbarkerassociates.co.uk/actors/bernard-cribbins.htm |title=Bernard Cribbins |website=Gavin Barker Associates |access-date=5 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503124443/http://www.gavinbarkerassociates.co.uk/actors/bernard-cribbins.htm |archive-date=3 May 2008 }}</ref> including a posting to [[Mandatory Palestine]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Roll Call: Private Bernard Cribbins, OBE |website=ParaData |url=http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/bernard-cribbins |access-date=31 August 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064747/http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/bernard-cribbins |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bbc2022"/>

==Career==
===Early career===
Cribbins made his first [[West End theatre]] appearance in 1956 at the [[Arts Theatre]], playing the two Dromios in ''[[A Comedy of Errors]]'', and co-starred in the first West End productions of ''[[Not Now Darling]]'', ''There Goes the Bride'' and ''[[Run for Your Wife (play)|Run for Your Wife]]''. In 1960, he starred alongside [[Anna Quayle]] and [[Lionel Blair]] in the revue ''And Another Thing'', written by [[Ted Dicks]] and [[Myles Rudge]].<ref name="Dennis">{{Cite news |last=Dennis |first=Jon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/may/02/old-music-bernard-cribbins-right-said-fred |title=Old Music: Bernard Cribbins – 'Right Said Fred' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 May 2012 |access-date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=23 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223141649/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/may/02/old-music-bernard-cribbins-right-said-fred |url-status=live }}</ref> The show brought Cribbins to the attention of [[Parlophone]] head [[George Martin]], who signed Cribbins to the label to record a single of a [[satire|satirical]] song from the show titled "Folk Song".<ref name="rudgeobit">{{cite web |last1=Laing |first1=Dave |title=Myles Rudge |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/05/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |website=The Guardian |date=5 November 2007 |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728082853/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/05/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequently, Rudge and Dicks were asked to provide new material for Cribbins; their compositions "[[The Hole in the Ground]]", about an annoyed workman who eventually buries a harasser, and "[[Right Said Fred (song)|Right Said Fred]]", about three workmen who struggle to move an unspecified heavy and awkward object into or out of a building (later also the [[Right Said Fred|name of a pop novelty band]] who named themselves after the song<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sweatlodgeradio.com/what-does-the-saying-right-said-fred-mean/ |title=What does the saying Right Said Fred mean? |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220420/https://www.sweatlodgeradio.com/what-does-the-saying-right-said-fred-mean/ |url-status=live }}</ref>), were top ten hits on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1962.<ref name="GavBark"/><ref name="Dennis"/> The third and final Cribbins single of the year "[[Gossip Calypso]]", written by [[Trevor Peacock]], was another top 30 hit.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

===Films===
Cribbins appeared in films from the early 1950s, mainly comedies. His credits include ''[[Two-Way Stretch]]'' (1960) and ''[[The Wrong Arm of the Law]]'' (1963) with [[Peter Sellers]], ''[[Crooks in Cloisters]]'' (1964) and three [[Carry On films|''Carry On'' films]] – ''[[Carry On Jack]]'' (1963), ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964) and ''[[Carry On Columbus]]'' (1992).<ref name="BBCobit" /> His other appearances include the second ''[[Doctor Who]]'' film ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' (1966) as Special Police Constable Tom Campbell; ''[[She (1965 film)|She]]'' (1965);'' [[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1967) as Carlton Towers, a British Foreign Office official, [[The Railway Children (1970 film)|''The Railway Children'']] (1970) as Mr Albert Perks, the station porter and the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] thriller ''[[Frenzy]]'' (1972) as Felix Forsythe, the [[Covent Garden]] pub landlord. His later films include [[Dangerous Davies|''Dangerous Davies – The Last Detective'']] (1981), [[Blackball (film)|''Blackball'']] (2003) and [[Run for Your Wife (2012 film)|''Run for Your Wife'']] (2012).<ref name="BFI FIlmography">{{cite web |title=Bernard Cribbins |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1d1ee6 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103020615/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1d1ee6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Narration and voice work===
Cribbins was the narrator of the British animated children's television series ''[[The Wombles]]'' from 1973 to 1975 and also played the character of the Water Rat in a [[BBC Radio]] adaptation of ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]''.<ref name = Coveney/> He was the celebrity storyteller in more episodes of ''[[Jackanory]]'' than any other personality,<ref name="bbc2022"/> with a total of 114 appearances between 1966 and 1991.<ref name="lawson">{{cite web |last1=Lawson |first1=Mark |title=Bernard Cribbins: a warm, kindly titan of children's entertainment |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-a-warm-kindly-titan-of-childrens-entertainment |website=The Guardian |date=28 July 2022 |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728130353/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-a-warm-kindly-titan-of-childrens-entertainment |url-status=live }}</ref> He also narrated the audio tape of the [[Antonia Barber]] book ''[[The Mousehole Cat]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barber |first=Antonia |title=The Mousehole Cat |publisher=Listen for Pleasure |year=1996 |isbn=978-1858485133}}</ref> From 1974 to 1976, Cribbins narrated ''[[Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings]].''<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />

In the 1960s Cribbins provided the voice of the character [[Green Cross Code#Tufty Fluffytail|Tufty]] in [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents|RoSPA]] road safety films.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 February 2006 |title=In Tufty's club |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4690166.stm |access-date=28 July 2022 |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-date=22 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222032943/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4690166.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> He also provided the voice of [[Buzby]], a talking cartoon bird that was the mascot for the [[General Post Office|Post Office]].<ref name="bbc2022"/> He also appeared in advertisements for [[Hornby Railways|Hornby]] model trains.<ref name="Screenonline"/> In 1978, he provided one of two voiceovers in the electricity safety [[public information film]] [[Play Safe (public information film)|Play Safe]]. The other voice artist was [[Brian Wilde]]; Wilde voiced the [[owl]] and Cribbins voiced the [[European robin|robin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Play Safe (1978) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6d73aca8 |access-date=28 July 2022 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029205705/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6d73aca8 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1981, [[Music for Pleasure (record label)|Music for Pleasure]] released a ''[[Swallows and Amazons]]'' audio book on tape cassette, read by Cribbins, abridged by Edward Phillips.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://allthingsransome.net/literary/archildrensbooks/SAtape81.htm |title=Swallows and Amazons cassette (abridged) 1981 |access-date=4 June 2020 |archive-date=20 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920032615/http://allthingsransome.net/literary/archildrensbooks/SAtape81.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From 1987 to 1991, Cribbins starred as Jimmy Bright alongside [[Frank Thornton]] as Russell Farrow in ''Mind Your Own Business'' on [[BBC Radio 2]], which also starred [[Annette Crosbie]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Mind Your Own Business! - Radio 2 Sitcom |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/mind_your_own_business/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref>

Cribbins also provided the voiceover work for ''A Passion For Angling'', starring [[Chris Yates (fisherman)|Chris Yates]] and Bob James (1993).<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Passion for Angling |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-ur523g/a-passion-for-angling/episodes/ |access-date=28 July 2022 |website=[[Radio Times]] |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220358/https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-ur523g/a-passion-for-angling/episodes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1996, he played Puddleglum the marshwiggle in [[Brian Sibley]]'s BBC Radio adaptation of [[C. S. Lewis]]'s ''[[The Silver Chair]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1d8ecdfc52674971868d351641118fbc|title=The Silver Chair|date=September 29, 1996|publisher=BBC Genome Project}}</ref> In 2013, he played Old Bailey in the radio adaptation of ''[[Neverwhere]]'', dramatised by [[Dirk Maggs]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/h0MgDw71S1mCkFyN9Pjw6f/old-bailey|title=Neil Gaiman Neverwhere – Old Bailey|publisher=BBC|access-date=28 July 2022|archive-date=11 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611061025/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/h0MgDw71S1mCkFyN9Pjw6f/old-bailey|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2015 he was among an ensemble cast in an audio production of ''[[The Jungle Book]]'', in which he played the White Cobra.<ref name="lawson" />

===Television===
[[Image:Silvey-bernard-cribbens.jpg|thumb|180px|Cribbins with [[Susie Silvey]] during the filming of ''[[Cuffy (TV series)|Cuffy]]''|left]]
Cribbins was the star of the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] series ''Cribbins'' (1969–70).<ref name="Screenonline">{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/491092/ |title=BFI Screenonline: Cribbins, Bernard (1928–) Biography |website=[[Screenonline]] |access-date=12 May 2014 |archive-date=24 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024151506/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/491092/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His other TV appearances include ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (1968), ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' (1975, as the spoon salesman Mr Hutchinson who is mistaken by the character [[Basil Fawlty]] for a hotel inspector),<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 July 2022 |title=Bernard Cribbins, star of The Railway Children and Doctor Who, dies aged 93 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-28/bernard-cribbins-star-of-the-railway-children-and-doctor-who-dies-aged-93 |access-date=28 July 2022 |website=[[ITV News]] |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220406/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-28/bernard-cribbins-star-of-the-railway-children-and-doctor-who-dies-aged-93 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Worzel Gummidge]]'' (1980), ''[[Shillingbury Tales]]'' (1980) and its spin-off ''[[Cuffy (TV series)|Cuffy]]'' (1983).<ref name=Coveney/> Besides voicing ''The Wombles'', Cribbins was a regular on BBC children's television in the 1970s as host of performance panel game ''Star Turn'' and ''Star Turn Challenge''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Star Turn (1978) |url=https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/star-turn-1978 |access-date=28 July 2022 |website=[[Ravensbourne University London]] |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220439/https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/star-turn-1978 |url-status=live }}</ref>

These programmes concluded with Cribbins narrating a detective story as recurring character "Ivor Notion", with a script usually by [[Johnny Ball]] but sometimes by [[Myles Rudge]], the co-writer of his Top 10 singles. He starred in the [[BBC]]'s 1975 Christmas production ''Great Big Groovy Horse'', a rock opera based on the story of the [[Trojan Horse]] shown on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] alongside [[Julie Covington]] and [[Paul Jones (singer)|Paul Jones]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/612ffe3510ec4d1997059601247c58a0 |title=Great Big Groovy Horse – BBC Two England – 25 December 1975 |issue=2719 |pages=51 |journal=Radio Times |access-date=17 December 2016 |date=18 December 1975 |archive-date=11 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711100447/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/612ffe3510ec4d1997059601247c58a0 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was later repeated on [[BBC1]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c8a45fab0e7f4d099b95b367346c3d5b |title=Great Big Groovy Horse – BBC One London – 21 December 1977 |issue=2823 |pages=47 |journal=Radio Times |access-date=17 December 2016 |date=15 December 1977 |archive-date=11 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711100619/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c8a45fab0e7f4d099b95b367346c3d5b |url-status=live }}</ref> He regularly appeared on BBC TV's [[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|''The Good Old Days'']] recreating songs made famous by the great stars of Music Hall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Star Turn Challenge [01/10/78] |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b84f24bc6 |website=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=25 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209222458/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b84f24bc6 |archive-date=9 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Star Turn |url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Star_Turn |website=UK Game Shows.com |access-date=25 April 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205538/http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Star_Turn |url-status=live }}</ref>

Among his later TV appearances were ''[[Dalziel and Pascoe]]'' (1999),<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Whitmore |first=Greg |date=28 July 2022 |title=Bernard Cribbins: a life in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-a-life-in-pictures |access-date=28 July 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220358/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-a-life-in-pictures |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (2003),<ref name="Coveney" /> ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (2003, as Wally Bannister)<ref name=":1" /> and ''Down to Earth'' (2005).<ref name="Screenonline" />
[[File:Bernard new.jpg|thumb|235x235px|Cribbins filming ''[[Old Jack's Boat]]'' in 2012]]
Cribbins starred as Jack in the series ''[[Old Jack's Boat]]'', set in [[Staithes]], and broadcast on the [[CBeebies]] channel starting in 2013. The cast included [[Helen Lederer]], [[Janine Duvitski]] and former ''[[Doctor Who]]'' companion [[Freema Agyeman]] in supporting roles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/oldjacksboat/jacks-friends.html |title=Media Centre – Old Jack's Friends |publisher=BBC |date=14 January 2013 |access-date=11 February 2013 |archive-date=30 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630023242/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/oldjacksboat/jacks-friends.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Although Agyeman and Cribbins both played companions and supporting characters during [[David Tennant]]'s tenure in ''Doctor Who'' (appearing in six episodes together), ''Old Jack's Boat'' was the first time the two actors have appeared together on screen. On 9 May 2015, Cribbins gave a reading at [[VE Day 70: A Party to Remember]] in [[Horse Guards Parade]], London which was broadcast live on [[BBC1]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Party to Remember – Credits |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p6wp8 |access-date=28 July 2022 |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220359/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p6wp8 |url-status=live }}</ref> He made his final on screen appearance as Wilfred Mott in the second 60th anniversary episode [[Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who)|''Wild Blue Yonder'']] in December 2023; although he was due to appear in the third of the three episodes and more material had been written for him, Cribbins was too ill and so this became his only scene.

In November 2018, it was announced that Cribbins would portray [[Private Godfrey]] in a [[Dad's Army missing episodes#Recreations|series of re-creations of lost episodes]] from the BBC [[sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/bernard-cribbins-the-new-private-godfrey |title=Bernard Cribbins, the new Private Godfrey |journal=[[The Oldie]] |date=12 November 2018 |access-date=13 November 2018 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329134926/https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/bernard-cribbins-the-new-private-godfrey |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Cribbins left the production in February 2019 citing "personal reasons". The role of Godfrey was later played by [[Timothy West]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bond |first=Kimberley |date=19 February 2019 |title=Timothy West replaces Bernard Cribbins in Dad's Army remake as cast assemble for first read-through |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/timothy-west-dads-army-remake-gold/ |access-date=28 July 2022 |website=[[Radio Times]] |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828033700/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/timothy-west-dads-army-remake-gold/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Later stage career===
Cribbins' later theatre credits include the roles of Nathan Detroit in ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], Moonface Martin in ''[[Anything Goes]]'' with [[Elaine Paige]] at the [[Prince Edward Theatre]], Dolittle in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' at the [[Houston Grand Opera|Houston Opera House]], [[Texas]] and Watty Watkins in [[George Gershwin]]'s ''[[Lady, Be Good (musical)|Lady, Be Good]]'' at the [[Regent's Park Open Air Theatre]] and on tour. He also appeared in numerous [[pantomimes]].<ref name="GavBark"/> He appeared in the BBC CBeebies Proms (Number 11 & 13) at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] on Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 July 2014 as Old Jack.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Proms 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2014/july-26/14942 |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 July 2014 |archive-date=10 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910040235/http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2014/july-26/14942 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Nicholas Briggs and Bernard Cribbins in 2013 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|240x240px|Cribbins with [[Nicholas Briggs]] at the ''Doctor Who'' 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend in 2013]]
[[National Life Stories]] conducted an interview (C1173/14) with Cribbins on his memories of [[Richard Negri]] in 2006 for its An Oral History of Theatre Design collection held by the [[British Library]].<ref name=oralhistory>[http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Theatre/021M-C1173X0014XX-0001V0 National Life Stories, 'Cribbins, Bernard (1 of 2) An Oral History of Theatre Design', The British Library Board, 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501173454/https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Theatre/021M-C1173X0014XX-0001V0 |date=1 May 2021 }}. Retrieved 1 February 2018</ref>

===''Doctor Who''===
Having played [[List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs#Tom Campbell|Tom Campbell]], a [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] to [[Dr. Who (Dalek films)|Dr. Who]] in the feature film ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' (1966), Cribbins returned to ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in 2006, when a photograph of him and fellow ''Doctor Who'' actor [[Lynda Baron]] at a wedding appeared on the BBC's tie-in website for the television episode "[[Tooth and Claw (Doctor Who)|Tooth and Claw]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Weddings|url=http://www.visittorchwood.co.uk/weddings-quotes.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402192941/http://www.visittorchwood.co.uk/weddings-quotes.htm|archive-date=2 April 2019|access-date=28 July 2021|website=Torchwood House}}</ref>

In January 2007, Cribbins had a guest role as glam rock promoter Arnold Korns in ''[[Horror of Glam Rock]]'', a ''Doctor Who'' audiodrama by [[Big Finish Productions]]. In December 2007, he appeared as [[Wilfred Mott]] in the Christmas television special, "[[Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)|Voyage of the Damned]]" (although in the closing credits, his character was named as "Stan") ; he then appeared in a recurring capacity as Wilfred Mott for the [[Doctor Who (series 4)|2008 series]], as the grandfather of [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] [[Donna Noble]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Into the Future! |magazine=[[Doctor Who Magazine]] |page=4 |issue=386 |date=19 September 2007}}</ref> He became a [[Tenth Doctor]] temporary companion himself in "[[The End of Time (Doctor Who)|The End of Time]]", the two-part 2009–10 Christmas and New Year special, when his character was inadvertently responsible for that Doctor's demise. Cribbins's role as Wilfred Mott makes him the only actor to have played two companions<ref name="bbc2022"/> and the only actor featured  in both the TV and cinema versions of ''Doctor Who''. In 2019, he reprised the role of Wilfred in "No Place" a story in ''[[Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures|The Tenth Doctor Adventures]]'' produced by Big Finish. In 2022, Cribbins was reported to be returning to ''Doctor Who'' alongside [[David Tennant]] and [[Catherine Tate]] for the programme's [[Doctor Who (2023 specials)|60th anniversary specials]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/bernard-cribbins-returning-as-wilfred-mott-for-60th-97290.htm | title=Bernard Cribbins Returning as Wilfred Mott for 60th | website=Doctor Who TV | date=16 May 2022 | access-date=17 May 2022 | archive-date=16 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516180157/https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/bernard-cribbins-returning-as-wilfred-mott-for-60th-97290.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> His appearance, in "[[Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who)|Wild Blue Yonder]]" (2023), aired posthumously; the episode was dedicated to his memory.<ref name="wildblueyonder">{{cite web |last1=Jeffery |first1=Morgan |title=Doctor Who's Wild Blue Yonder marked Bernard Cribbins' final appearance |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-wilf-final-scene-newsupdate/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=3 December 2023}}</ref>

==Honours==
Cribbins was awarded the [[General Service Medal (1918)|General Service Medal]], with clasp "Palestine 1945–48", for his [[Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine|service in Palestine]] with 2/3 Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, on 30 May 1948, under Army Order 146 of 1947.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/history/article/last-post-for-veterans-of-palestine-revolt-30hdkl3hq|title=Last Post for veterans of Palestine revolt|first=Michael|last=Hodges|date=14 October 2018|newspaper=The Times|url-access=subscription|access-date=11 December 2019|archive-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211194325/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/last-post-for-veterans-of-palestine-revolt-30hdkl3hq|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Bernard Cribbins in 2013.jpg|thumb|271x271px|Cribbins signing autographs at the ''Doctor Who'' 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend in 2013]]
In 2009, Cribbins was honoured for his work in children's television with a Special Award at the [[British Academy Children's Awards]]<ref name="bbc2022"/> which was presented by former co-star [[Catherine Tate]], who portrayed his character's granddaughter in ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=2009 Children's Special Award |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2009/childrens/special-award |website=[[BAFTA]] |access-date=30 April 2013 |archive-date=12 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112190048/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2009/childrens/special-award |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bernard Cribbins recalls his classics |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8381207.stm |website=BBC News |date=27 November 2009 |access-date=30 April 2013 |archive-date=22 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122032848/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8381207.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> He was appointed Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2011 Birthday Honours]] for services to drama.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59808 |date=11 June 2011 |page=9 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13728375 |title=Bruce Forsyth Knighthood heads Queen's Birthday Honours |website=BBC News |date=11 June 2011 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=18 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018125541/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13728375 |url-status=live }}</ref> He received his OBE from the [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Royal]] at an [[investiture]] in the [[Waterloo Chamber]] at [[Windsor Castle]] on 3 November 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bernard Cribbins collects OBE from Princess Royal |work=BBC News |date=3 November 2011 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15577822 |access-date=28 July 2022 |language=en |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220401/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15577822 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, he was awarded the [[J. M. Barrie]] award for his "lasting contribution to children's arts".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bernard-cribbins-award |title=Veteran BBC Star Bernard Cribbins awarded J M Barrie Award |website=BBC News |date=10 December 2014 |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=25 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425061313/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bernard-cribbins-award |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cribbins was named "British Icon of the Week" on 23 December 2020 by [[BBC America]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=British Icon of the Week: 'Doctor Who' and 'The Wombles' Favorite Bernard Cribbins {{!}} Anglophenia|url=https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/british-icon-of-the-week-doctor-who-and-the-wombles-favorite-bernard-cribbins--52289|access-date=29 March 2021|website=BBC America|language=en|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126230830/https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/british-icon-of-the-week-doctor-who-and-the-wombles-favorite-bernard-cribbins--52289|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
In 1955, Cribbins married Gillian McBarnet, an assistant stage manager; the couple remained together until her death on 11 October 2021.<ref name="Coveney" /><ref>{{cite tweet |user=JamesAHogg2|number=1447640291704516612|first=James|last=Hogg|title=Bernard Cribbins has asked me to announce that his wife Gillian passed away earlier today. They were married in 1955 and were devoted to each other. When chatting about their wedding day for his autobiography he talked for hours and didn't want the conversation to end. So sad.|date=11 October 2021|accessdate=11 October 2021}}</ref> They lived in [[Weybridge]], [[Surrey]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/bernard-cribbins-nearly-90-and-still-the-nations-favourite-uncle-99zmr63f2|title=Bernard Cribbins — nearly 90 and still the nation's favourite uncle|last=Maxwell|first=Dominic|date=28 November 2018|work=The Times|access-date=23 December 2020|archive-date=1 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101230636/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bernard-cribbins-nearly-90-and-still-the-nations-favourite-uncle-99zmr63f2|url-status=live}}</ref> and had no children, with Cribbins revealing in 2018 that they "lost one quite early on and that was the only time [they] got near it". He was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in 2009, but said in 2018 that he was "in good health" at the age of 90 with the exception of a "nagging back condition".<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bernard-cribbins-says-entertaining-kids-13397114|title = Bernard Cribbins reveals "warmth" of being kids star unable to have his own|website = [[Daily Mirror]]|date = 10 October 2018|access-date = 23 December 2020|archive-date = 24 January 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210124221341/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bernard-cribbins-says-entertaining-kids-13397114|url-status = live}}</ref>

Cribbins avidly enjoyed [[Angling|fishing]]. He narrated the 1993 [[BBC Two]] documentary series ''A Passion for Angling'' and the 2008 documentary series ''Catching the Impossible''; in the latter, he also fished onscreen alongside expert angler Martin Bowler.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=28 July 2022 |title=Bernard Cribbins, much-loved actor and a great ambassador for angling |url=https://anglingtrust.net/2022/07/28/bernard-cribbins-much-loved-actor-and-a-great-ambassador-for-angling/ |website=anglingtrust.net |location= |publisher=[[Angling Trust]] |access-date=22 January 2025}}</ref>

In 2018 his autobiography, ''Bernard Who? 75 Years of Doing Just About Anything'', was published by [[Constable & Robinson|Constable]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6NBbDwAAQBAJ|isbn=9781472130143|title=Bernard Who?: 75 Years of Doing Just About Everything|date=11 October 2018|publisher=Little, Brown Book|access-date=15 June 2022|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220359/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Bernard_Who/6NBbDwAAQBAJ?printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}}</ref> A successful social media campaign in 2022 led to his autobiography being recorded as an [[audiobook]], with Cribbins as the narrator,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2022/02/27/bernard-who-the-curious-tale-of-bernard-cribbins-autobiography-audiobook/ | title=Bernard Who?: The Curious Tale of Bernard Cribbins' Autobiography Audiobook | date=27 February 2022 | access-date=17 May 2022 | archive-date=1 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301104723/https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2022/02/27/bernard-who-the-curious-tale-of-bernard-cribbins-autobiography-audiobook/ | url-status=live }}</ref> but recording was incomplete at the time of his death, and the book was released with a narration by Gordon Griffin.

Cribbins died at the age of 93 on 27 July 2022.{{Efn|name = deathdate|''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' reported that Cribbins died on 27 July;<ref name = Rice>{{cite magazine|url = https://people.com/tv/bernard-cribbins-doctor-who-star-and-wombles-narrator-dead-at-93/|title = Bernard Cribbins, Doctor Who Star and Wombles Narrator, Dead at 93: 'A Legend Has Left the World'|magazine = [[People (magazine)|People]]|date = 28 July 2022|accessdate = 28 July 2022|last = Rice|first = Nicolas|archive-date = 28 July 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220357/https://people.com/tv/bernard-cribbins-doctor-who-star-and-wombles-narrator-dead-at-93/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name = Coveney>{{cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-obituary|title = Bernard Cribbins obituary|newspaper = [[The Guardian]]|last = Coveney|first = Michael|date = 28 July 2022|accessdate = 28 July 2022|archive-date = 28 July 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220425/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-obituary|url-status = live}}</ref> the latter cited a statement from his agent.<ref name=Rice/> Other journalistic sources reported that he died on 28 July, the date his death was announced.<ref name = Telegraph>{{cite news|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/07/28/bernard-cribbins-comic-actor-whose-panoply-characters-included/|title = Bernard Cribbins, comic actor whose panoply of characters included Perks in The Railway Children and the voices of the Wombles – obituary|newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]]|date = 28 July 2022|accessdate = 28 July 2022|url-access = subscription|archive-date = 28 July 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220728111840/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/07/28/bernard-cribbins-comic-actor-whose-panoply-characters-included/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name = TimesObit>{{cite news|url = https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/bernard-cribbins-doctor-who-star-dies-at-93-xvk7vnmjn|title = Bernard Cribbins, Doctor Who star, dies at 93|newspaper = [[The Times]]|date = 28 July 2022|access-date = 28 July 2022|url-access = subscription|archive-date = 28 July 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220358/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bernard-cribbins-doctor-who-star-dies-at-93-xvk7vnmjn|url-status = live}}</ref>}} His funeral took place at [[Woking Crematorium]] in Surrey on 14 September.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/15/bernard-cribbins-laid-to-rest-as-david-tennant-and-catherine-tate-pay-tribute-17379737/ |title=Bernard Cribbins remembered at funeral as David Tennant and Catherine Tate pay "beautiful tributes" |website=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=14 September 2022 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{small|Source:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1d1ee6 |title=Bernard Cribbins {{!}} British Film Institute |access-date=12 October 2021 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029180126/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1d1ee6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst]]''
| Sonar Operator/1st Cribbage Player
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| rowspan=2|1958
| ''[[Davy (film)|Davy]]''
| Stage Hand, [[Collins's Music Hall]]
| Uncredited<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6NBbDwAAQBAJ|isbn=9781472130143|title=Bernard Who?: 75 Years of Doing Just About Everything|date=11 October 2018|publisher=Little, Brown Book|page=105|access-date=15 June 2022|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220359/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Bernard_Who/6NBbDwAAQBAJ?printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Dunkirk (1958 film)|Dunkirk]]''
| Thirsty Sailor
| Uncredited<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| rowspan=2|1959
| ''[[Make Mine a Million]]''
| Jack
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''[[Tommy the Toreador]]''
| Paco
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| rowspan=2|1960
| ''[[Two-Way Stretch]]''
| Lennie Price
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|World of Suzie Wong|dab=film}}''
| Otis
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| rowspan=3|1961
| ''[[Passport to China]]''
| Pereira
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''[[Nothing Barred]]''
| Newspaperman
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Best of Enemies|dab=1961 film}}''
| Col. Brownlow
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1962
| ''{{sortname|The|Girl on the Boat|dab=film}}''
| Peters
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Fast Lady}}''
| Man on Stretcher
| Uncredited<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| rowspan=3|1963
| ''{{sortname|The|Wrong Arm of the Law}}''
| Nervous O'Toole
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Mouse on the Moon}}''
| Vincent Mountjoy
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''[[Carry On Jack]]''
| Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker
| <ref name="lawson" />
|-
| rowspan=4|1964
| ''{{sortname|A|Home of Your Own}}''
| The Stonemason
|
|-
| ''[[Carry On Spying]]''
| Harold Crump
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''[[Crooks in Cloisters]]''
| Squirts
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Counterfeit Constable}}''
| Bob, l'agent 202
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| rowspan=3|1965
| ''[[She (1965 film)|She]]''
| Job
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''[[Cup Fever]]''
| Policeman
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''[[You Must Be Joking (1965 film)|You Must Be Joking]]''
| Sgt. Clegg
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1966
| ''{{sortname|The|Sandwich Man|dab=1966 film}}''
| Harold – Photographer
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]''
| Tom Campbell
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]''
| Carlton Towers, Taxi Driver
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| rowspan=2|1968
| ''{{sortname|A|Ghost of a Chance|dab=1968 film}}''
| Ron
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''[[Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River]]''
| Fred Davies
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
|1969
|''The Undertakers''
|Mr. Rigor
|Short film
|-
| 1970
| ''{{sortname|The|Railway Children|dab=1970 film}}''
| Albert Perks
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Frenzy]]''
| Felix Forsythe
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| rowspan=3|1978
| ''{{sortname|The|Water Babies|dab=film}}''
| Mr. Masterman/Voice of Eel
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Adventures of Picasso}}''
| [[Gertrude Stein]]/Narrator
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''[[Play Safe (public information film)|Play Safe]]''
| Robin (voice)
| Short film
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Dangerous Davies|Dangerous Davies – The Last Detective]]''
| Dangerous Davies
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Carry On Columbus]]''
| Mordecai Mendoza
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Blackball (film)|Blackball]]''
| Mutley
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2012
| ''[[Run for Your Wife (2012 film)|Run for Your Wife]]''
| Hospital patient
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| ''{{sortname|A|Fantastic Fear of Everything}}''
| The Voice
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''[[Patrick (2018 film)|Patrick]]''
| Albert
|
|-
| ''Woodland''
| Narrator
| Short film
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1956
| ''[[David Copperfield (1956 TV serial)|David Copperfield]]''
|Thomas Traddles
|<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Interpol Calling]]''
|
| Episode: "Slow Boat to Amsterdam"<ref name="Screenonline" />
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Winning Widows]]''
|
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''
|Ambrose Twomby
|Episode: "Here I Come Whoever I Am"<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''
| Arkwright
| Episode: "The Girl from Auntie"
|-
| 1966–1991
| ''[[Jackanory]]''
| Storyteller
| 114 appearances<ref name="Screenonline" />
|-
| 1968
| ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''
| Bradley Marler
| Episode: "Look — (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) — But There Were These Two Fellers..."
|-
| 1969–1970
| ''Cribbins''
| Various
|12 episodes<ref name="Screenonline" />
|-
|1973–1975
| ''{{sortname|The|Wombles|dab=1973 TV series}}''
|Narrator and Voices
|60 episodes<ref name="Screenonline" />
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''
| Mr. Hutchinson
| Episode: "[[Fawlty Towers#The Hotel Inspectors|The Hotel Inspectors]]"<ref name="Screenonline" />
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Space: 1999]]''
| Captain Michael
| Episode: "[[Brian the Brain]]"<ref name="Screenonline" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1977
| ''[[Play of the Month]]''
| Pinchwife
| Episode: "[[Play of the Month#The Country Wife|The Country Wife]]"<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
|''[[Once Upon a Classic]]''
|Pyramid
|Episode: "Night Ferry"<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| 1979
| ''{{sortname|The|Plank|dab=1979 film}}''
| House Painter
| TV film<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| ''[[Shillingbury Tales]]''
|Cuffy
|2 episodes<ref name="Screenonline" />
|-
|''[[Worzel Gummidge (TV series)|Worzel Gummidge]]''
|Jolly Jack
|Episode: "The Golden Hind"<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
|1982
| ''[[It's Your Move (1982 film)|It's Your Move]]''
|Neighbour
|TV film<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |1983
|''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]''
|Charlie Krebs
|Episode: "The Memory Man"<ref name="TVG" />
|-
| ''[[Cuffy (TV series)|Cuffy]]''
|Cuffy Follett
| rowspan="2" |6 episodes<ref name="Screenonline" />
|-
| 1986
| ''Langley Bottom''
| Seth Raven
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1987
| ''[[High & Dry (1987 TV series)|High & Dry]]''
|Ron Archer
|7 episodes<ref name="Screenonline" />
|-
|''[[Super Gran]]''
|Officer P. Brain
|Episode: "Supergran and the Birthday Dambuster"<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
|''When We Are Married''
|Herbert Soppitt
|TV film<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
|1988
|''[[Stories of the Sylvanian Families]]''
|Narrator
|4 episodes<ref name="BFI FIlmography"/>
|-
|1990
|''Bertie the Bat''
|Narrator
|10 episodes<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
|1991
|''[[Tonight at 8.30]]''
|Mr. Wadhurst
|Episode: "Hands Across the Sea"<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
|1996
|''[[Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996 TV series)|Dennis and Gnasher]]''
|Clint Katzenberger
|Voice; Episode: "Oil Strike"
|-
|1999
|''[[Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)|Dalziel and Pascoe]]''
|Uncle Henry
| Episode: "[[List of Dalziel and Pascoe episodes#Time to Go|Time to Go]]"<ref name="TVG" />
|-
|2000
|''{{sortname|The|Canterbury Tales}}''
|Carpenter
|Voice; Episode: "The Journey Back"<ref name="BFI FIlmography"/>
|-
|rowspan="3" | 2003
|''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''
|Gavin Hinchcliffe
|Episode: "In Which Gavin Hinchcliffe Loses the Gulf Stream"<ref name="Screenonline" />
|-
|''[[Barbara (TV series)|Barbara]]''
|Frank
|"Guy Fawkes"<ref name="BFI FIlmography" />
|-
|''[[Coronation Street]]''
|Wally Bannister
|11 episodes<ref name="Screenonline" />
|-
|2005
|''[[Down to Earth (2000 TV series)|Down to Earth]]''
|Frank Cosgrove
|3 episodes<ref name="Screenonline" />
|-
|2007–2010, 2023
|''[[Doctor Who]]''
|[[Wilfred Mott]]
|10 episodes;<ref name="TVG" /> 2023 episode [[Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who)|"Wild Blue Yonder"]] broadcast [[Posthumous publication|posthumously]]
|-
|2013–2015
|''[[Old Jack's Boat]]''
|Old Jack
|All 47 episodes<ref name="TVG">{{cite web |title=Bernard Cribbins List of Movies and TV Shows |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/bernard-cribbins/credits/3000010208/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=29 July 2022 |archive-date=29 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729142000/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/bernard-cribbins/credits/3000010208/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2014
|''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
|Duggie Wingate
|Episode: "The Flying Club"<ref name="TVG" />
|-
| 2015
| ''[[New Tricks]]''
| DCI Ronald Sainsbury
| 2 episodes<ref name="TVG" />
|-
| 2016
| ''{{sortname|A|Midsummer Night's Dream|dab=2016 film}}''
| [[Tom Snout]]
| TV film<ref name="TVG" />
|}

===Selected audio roles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Don Quixote]]''
| Sancho Panza
| 2 episodes, BBC Radio 4<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k0d1 ''Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226003724/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k0d1 |date=26 December 2020 }}, [[BBC Radio 4]]</ref>
|-
| 1988
| ''{{sortname|The|Wonderful Visit}}''
| Vicar
|BBC Radio 4<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08hrkd4 ''The Wonderful Visit''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315111145/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08hrkd4 |date=15 March 2017 }}, [[BBC Radio 4]]</ref>
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Appointment with Fear (radio)#Fear on Four (1988)|Fear on 4]]''
| Mr Timmins
| Episode: "Soul Searching" , BBC Radio 4<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jnt6 ''Soul Searching''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721133344/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jnt6 |date=21 July 2020 }}, [[BBC Radio 4]]</ref>
|-
| 2001–2006
| ''Father Gilbert Mysteries''
| Bill Drake
| Focus on the Family Radio Theatre
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Doctor Who]]: [[Horror of Glam Rock]]''
| Arnold Korns
|[[Big Finish Productions]]
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Neverwhere (radio play)|Neverwhere]]''
| Old Bailey
|BBC Radio 4<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r522y ''Neil Gaiman – Neverwhere''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228000500/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r522y |date=28 February 2014 }}, [[BBC Radio 4]]</ref>
|-
| 2015
| ''{{sortname|The|Bed-Sitting Room|dab=play}}''
| Mate
|BBC Radio 4 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/the_bed_sitting_room/|title=The Bed-Sitting Room – Radio 4 Comedy Drama|website=Comedy.co.uk|access-date=20 August 2020|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928055921/https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/the_bed_sitting_room/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| ''How the Marquis Got His Coat Back''
| Old Bailey
|BBC Radio 4<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080xppt ''How the Marquis Got His Coat Back''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422165624/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080xppt |date=22 April 2021 }}, [[BBC Radio 4]]</ref>
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures]]''
| [[Wilfred Mott]]
|Big Finish Productions
|}

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Album
! Notes
|-
| 1962
| ''A Combination of Cribbins''<ref name="discogs">{{cite web |title=Bernard Cribbins Discography |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/434389-Bernard-Cribbins?page=1 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=29 July 2022 |archive-date=29 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729142001/https://www.discogs.com/artist/434389-Bernard-Cribbins?page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
|-
| 1970
| ''The Best of Bernard Cribbins''<ref>{{cite web |title=Bernard Cribbins – The Best of Bernard Cribbins (Vinyl, LP) |date=1970 |url=http://www.discogs.com/Bernard-Cribbins-The-Best-Of-Bernard-Cribbins/release/2749869 |publisher=[[Discogs]] |access-date=17 June 2014 |archive-date=11 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211042951/http://www.discogs.com/Bernard-Cribbins-The-Best-Of-Bernard-Cribbins/release/2749869 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1975
| ''Hans Andersen – Original Soundtrack Album''<ref name="discogs" />
|
|-
| ''Paddington Bear Volume 1''<ref name="discogs" />
| rowspan="3" | Narrator
|-
| ''Paddington Bear Volume 2''<ref name="discogs" />
|-
| 1983
| ''The Snowman''<ref name="discogs" />
|-
| 2005
| ''The Very Best of Bernard Cribbins''<ref>{{cite web |title=Bernard Cribbins Discography |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/434389-Bernard-Cribbins?page=2 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=29 July 2022 |archive-date=29 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729142002/https://www.discogs.com/artist/434389-Bernard-Cribbins?page=2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
|}

===Chart singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] peak position<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 127}}</ref>
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1962
| "[[The Hole in the Ground|Hole in the Ground]]"
| align=center|9
| One of [[Noël Coward]]'s choices when guest on [[BBC Radio]]'s ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''
|-
| "[[Right Said Fred (song)|Right Said Fred]]"
| align=center|10
| Inspired the name of the band [[Right Said Fred|of the same name]]
|-
| "[[Gossip Calypso]]"
| align=center|25
| Written by [[Trevor Peacock]]
|}

==Explanatory notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Bernard Cribbins}}
* {{Official website|http://www.bernardcribbins.com/}} – incomplete and list of works not updated since 2005
* {{IMDb name}}
* {{Screenonline name| 491092 }}
* {{British Comedy Guide|people|bernard_cribbins}}
* {{discogs artist|Bernard Cribbins}}

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