An actor since the age of 14, Bernard Cribbins had become a major star on the London stage by his mid-20s, but it was another ten years before he became a national star by his success in film comedies and with a string of hit records. He appeared in several of the "Carry On" series, and also achieved a great degree of success doing voiceovers for cartoons and TV commercials.
Bernard Cribbins became a student player with his local repertory company at the age of 14. He had success in the UK pop charts with 'Hole in the Ground' which reached nine, 'Right Said Fred' (10) and 'Gossip Calypso' (25) all in 1962. Was the narrator to the "Tufty" British Public Information Films of the 1970s