Ray Dunbobbin
Ray Dunbobbin | |
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Born | Raymond Harold Dunbobbin 31 March 1931 |
Died | August 1998 (aged 67) |
Occupation | Actor |
Ray Harold Dunbobbin (31 March 1931 – August 1998) was a Canadian-born English actor who appeared in numerous television productions. He is perhaps best remembered as Mr Boswell in The Liver Birds and as Ralph Hardwicke in Brookside, a part he played for over 6 years.
Early life[]
He was born in Canada but moved to Liverpool as a child. After he left school he worked in art studios and performed in amateur dramatics. He was then asked to double for the actor Sam Kydd in a film being shot in Birkenhead.[citation needed]
Television appearances[]
His television appearances included; Bergerac, Doctor Who, How We Used to Live, Last of the Summer Wine, I Didn't Know You Cared, The Good Life and Porridge, as the lightbulb eating prisoner Evans.[1]
Scriptwriter[]
He wrote scripts for television programmes including Z-Cars and for radio and stage productions. He was also an after dinner speaker and narrator.[citation needed]
He died of a heart attack in 1998 at the age of 67.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Richard Webster; Dick Clement; Ian la Frenais (2001). Porridge The Inside Story. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-3294-6.
External links[]
- 1931 births
- 1998 deaths
- English male television actors
- English male film actors
- Male actors from Liverpool
- 20th-century English male actors