Ray Dunbobbin

Ray Dunbobbin
Born Raymond Harold Dunbobbin
31 March 1931
Canada
Died August 1998 (aged 67)
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Occupation Actor

Ray Harold Dunbobbin (31 March 1931 August 1998) was a Canadian-born English actor who appeared in numerous television productions. He is perhaps best known as Mr Boswell in The Liver Birds and as Ralph Hardwicke in Brookside, a part he played for over 6 years.

Early life

He was born in Canada but moved to Liverpool as a child. After he left school he worked in art studios and performed in amateur dramatics. He was then asked to double for the actor Sam Kydd in a film being shot in Birkenhead.

Television appearances

His television appearances included; Bergerac, Doctor Who, Last of the Summer Wine, I Didn't Know You Cared, The Good Life and Porridge, as the lightbulb eating prisoner Evans.[1]

Scriptwriter

He wrote scripts for television programmes including Z-Cars and for radio and stage productions. He was also an after dinner speaker and narrator.

He died of a heart attack in 1998 at the age of 67.

References

  1. Richard Webster, Dick Clement, Ian la Frenais (2001). Porridge The Inside Story. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-3294-6.

External links

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