Basil Moss

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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.

Early life

He was educated at St Paul's School, which he followed with actor's training. Despite leaving St Paul's in 1953, Moss's connections with the school remain strong; both through his involvement in the school's Christian Union and his work for the Old Pauline Club.

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

External links

Basil Moss at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Moss, Basil
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Short description	British actor
Date of birth	25 May 1935
Place of birth	London, England
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