Douglas Blackwell

Douglas Blackwell (17 May 1924 – 17 October 2009) was an English actor. Douglas Blackwell was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, but brought up in Port Talbot, Wales, where he attended the local county grammar school. In 1942 he won a prize at the Youth Eistedfodd at Pontypridd for his play 'Branch Line'. He narrated the 1990s Mr Men audio cassettes. His television appearances included roles in ''Softly, Softly'', ''The Avengers'', ''Z-Cars'', ''The 10th Kingdom'' and ''Dixon of Dock Green''. He also appeared in films such as: ''A Prize of Arms'' (1962), ''The Ipcress File'' (1965), ''10 Rillington Place'' (1971), ''Labyrinth'' (1986) and ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (1991). Provided by Wikipedia