Basil Moss

For the Anglican provost, see Basil Moss (priest).

Basil Moss (born 25 May 1935) is a British character actor, who featured regularly on television in the 1960s and on radio in the 1970s.

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Early life

He was educated at St Paul's School, which he followed with actor's training.

Acting career

In the early 1960s, he had a long-running screen role as Alan Drew in the BBC TV series Compact.[1] He later had an even longer-lasting part in the radio soap, Waggoner's Walk, which ran for more than a decade and achieved ratings of four million listeners on Radio Two in the United Kingdom.[2] This grew so popular that it nearly caused the cancellation of The Archers.[3]

As he grew older, Moss did less acting in order to concentrate on other interests, although he has continued to appear in comic roles,[4] most recently in The Gigolos.[5]

References

  1. ^ Compact A Television Heaven Review
  2. ^ British Radio Drama - 4
  3. ^ BBC News | TV AND RADIO | Archers Episodes on the Web
  4. ^ Dr Terrible - Steve Coogan - www.coogans-run.co.uk - The Man who Thinks He's It
  5. ^ The Gigolos, Starring Anna Massey, Sian Phillips and Susannah York

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