angela thorne played brabinger in to the manor born.
who played brabinger in to the manor born?
angela thorne
on television rudling is best known for playing as brabinger, the aged and dedicated butler in "to the manor born". whilst appearing in "to the manor born" he suffered a heart attack. he was absent for several shows after the heart attack but returned in the episode "the honours list". he died in 1983 from respiratory complications.





















































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rudling was an early player in the fledgling bbc television, which started in november 1936 until it was closed at the beginning of the war.





















































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bullet::::- "night and the city" (1950) – man (uncredited)
john rudling
the writer peter spence wrote two books that accompanied "to the manor born". while they were based on the tv episodes, both books did differ with added conversations, changed storylines and the characters being given different personality traits. the first book, published in 1979 by arrow books, is entitled "to the manor born" and is based on the first series episodes 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7. in this book, brabinger's first name, which is never mentioned in the tv series, is revealed as bertram and ned's surname revealed as peaslake. the second book, titled "to the manor born book 2", was published by the same publisher in 1980. this is a novelisation of the 1979 christmas special and episodes 5, 4, 3, 2 and 6 from the second series, plus an original story.
to the manor born