Bernard reunited with his film family
Date published: 18 November 2014
Veteran BBC Children's actor and presenter Bernard Cribbins (centre), with fellow cast members (l-r) Deddie Davies, Gary Warren and Jenny Agutter, after he received the annual J M Barrie Award for a lifetime of unforgettable work for children on stage, film, television and record
OLDHAM-born actor Bernard Cribbins was reunited with his co-stars from much-loved film classic The Railway Children after 44 years.
The veteran star was joined by Jenny Agutter and Gary Warren, who played the Waterbury children in the movie, and Deddie Davies, who played Cribbins’s wife, as the 85-year-old received the JM Barrie Award in recognition of his lifetime of work which has made him a well-known figure for generations of children.
Cribbins worked at Oldham Rep for 10 years from the age of 14 and is also well known for his work as the narrator of “The Wombles”, the Carry On films and Hitchcock’s “Frenzy” and more recently “Dr Who”.
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