Bernard Cribbins dies at 93

[johncorrigan]

On Thursday morning my daughter told me that her pal had just had a baby and called her Charlie - immediately I went straight into 'Right Said Fred, Give a shout for Charlie. Up comes Charlie from the floor below.' On that evening's news I heard that the great Bernard Cribbins had died. As a young lad I always loved when he was on TV. He always seemed like such a decent guy; I heard him interviewed by Danny Baker five years ago and he was so funny and such a lovely sounding guy - I thought he be great to meet in the pub. And I loved those comedy songs of his - 'Right Said Fred' still sounds great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5XX9LX2es4

There were the Ealing comedies with Sellars and I suppose he met Lionel Jeffries then and went on to play Perks in the Jeffries' 'The Railway Children', a fantastic performance in a great film. An English National Treasure, if ever there was one. So sorry to see him go.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-a-life-in-pictures

[antongould]

On Thursday morning my daughter told me that her pal had just had a baby and called her Charlie - immediately I went straight into 'Right Said Fred, Give a shout for Charlie. Up comes Charlie from the floor below.' On that evening's news I heard that the great Bernard Cribbins had died. As a young lad I always loved when he was on TV. He always seemed like such a decent guy; I heard him interviewed by Danny Baker five years ago and he was so funny and such a lovely sounding guy - I thought he be great to meet in the pub. And I loved those comedy songs of his - 'Right Said Fred' still sounds great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5XX9LX2es4

There were the Ealing comedies with Sellars and I suppose he met Lionel Jeffries then and went on to play Perks in the Jeffries' 'The Railway Children', a fantastic performance in a great film. An English National Treasure, if ever there was one. So sorry to see him go.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-a-life-in-pictures

Well said jc

[Petrushka]

On Thursday morning my daughter told me that her pal had just had a baby and called her Charlie - immediately I went straight into 'Right Said Fred, Give a shout for Charlie. Up comes Charlie from the floor below.' On that evening's news I heard that the great Bernard Cribbins had died. As a young lad I always loved when he was on TV. He always seemed like such a decent guy; I heard him interviewed by Danny Baker five years ago and he was so funny and such a lovely sounding guy - I thought he be great to meet in the pub. And I loved those comedy songs of his - 'Right Said Fred' still sounds great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5XX9LX2es4

There were the Ealing comedies with Sellars and I suppose he met Lionel Jeffries then and went on to play Perks in the Jeffries' 'The Railway Children', a fantastic performance in a great film. An English National Treasure, if ever there was one. So sorry to see him go.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-a-life-in-pictures

I met him once at a function around 25 yeas ago and Right Said Fred was one of my childhood favourites. RIP Bernard Cribbins.

[french frank]

Russell T Davies adapted A Midsummer Night's Dream for television and, as a tribute to BC, he told the story that the part of Snout was offered to Bernard Cribbins. Davies said, "How would you like to play in Shakespeare, Bernard?" to which Bernard replied, "Let me see the script." (The Cribbins version of the story was that he never hesitated but that wouldn't have stopped him coming up up with the joke.)