Douglas Blackwell
Introduction '''Douglas Blackwell''' (17 May 1924 – 17 October 2009) was an English actor. Douglas Blackwell was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, but brought up in Port Talbot, Wales, where he attended the local county grammar school.In 1942 he won a prize at the Youth Eistedfodd at Pontypridd for his play 'Branch Line'. He narrated the 1990s Mr Men audio cassettes. His television appearances included roles in ''Softly, Softly'', ''The Avengers'', ''Z-Cars'', ''The 10th Kingdom'' and ''Dixon of Dock Green''. He also appeared in films such as: ''A Prize of Arms'' (1962), ''The Ipcress File'' (1965), ''10 Rillington Place'' (1971), ''Labyrinth'' (1986) and ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (1991).
TV and film credits  Year Title Role Notes1950 ''Sunday Night Theatre''  Marlin  1 episode1951 ''Treasure Island''  Israel Hands  3 Episodes1952 ''Hunted''  Detective Sergeant Grayson 1952 ''The Infinite Shoeblack''   TV movie1953 ''Robin Hood''   1 episode1956 ''It's a Wonderful World''  1st Demonstrator 1956 ''Panic in the Parlour''  Co-op Man  Uncredited1958 ''I Was Monty's Double''  Duty Sergeant  Uncredited1962 ''A Prize of Arms''  Day  Uncredited1963 ''The Scarlet Blade''  Blake 1964 ''The Plane Makers''  Jack Wilks  1 episode1965 ''The Ipcress File''  Murray 1966 ''King of the River''  Red Elliot / Police Constable  2 episodes1967 ''The Queen's Traitor''  Corporal of the Guard  1 episode1968 ''The Avengers''  Postman  1 episode1968 ''The Big Switch''  Bruno Miglio 1957-1969 ''Armchair Theatre''  Frank Hobson / Bill / Sgt. Briggs / David / Lloyd / PC Cluff  7 episodes1971 ''10 Rillington Place''  Workman Jones 1962-1973 ''Z-Cars''  Leonard Slingsby / Bert Scholes / Parkyn / Morgan / Evans / Teddy Hayes  8 episodes1979 ''The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris'' | Sir Walter Sorley  2 episodes1980 ''Noah's Castle''  Butcher  2 episodes1985 ''By the Sword Divided''  First Customer  1 episode1986 ''Labyrinth'' | Goblin and The Four Guards  Voice1987 ''Wicked City''  Healer  (UK dub), English version, voice, uncredited1989 ''Asterix and the Big Fight''  Vitalstatistix  English version, voice1990''Peter in Magicland''Moon ManEnglish version, voice1991 ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves''  Gray-Bearded Baron 1991 ''30 Door Key''  1999 ''Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar''  Vitalstatistix  English version, voice2001 ''The Bunker''   Voice (final film role)
Radio Parsley Sidings -('Pass the Parcel', episode)Voices of: The Major. The Doorman.Series 2, episode 1.Broadcast: saturday, 29th September, 1973, 1p.m., Radio 2.Recorded: Wednesday, 25th October, 1972.
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