Laidman Browne
Laidman Browne (13 September 1896 – 11 September 1961) was an English stage, radio and television actor.[1]
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1896, he was a founder member of the Newcastle Repertory Company in 1925, playing leading parts there until 1931.[2] Later, in 1939, he was a founder member of the BBC Radio Repertory Company, with whom he remained for 12 years, reputedly playing 2,126 roles.[3] In 1949 he was the narrator of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band', the first book read on the BBC's long-running series A Book at Bedtime.[4] His stage credits included seasons at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre and the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, together with such West End plays as 1066 and All That (1935-36) and A Dead Secret (1957).[5]
He died in Bournemouth in 1961, aged 64.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Immortal Gentleman | Gambler / Petruchio / Feste | |
| 1937 | Dark Journey | Rugge | The Evangelist in the Radio Series, "The Man who Would be King" by Dorothy L.Sayers, 1939–43; |
| 1938 | Sixty Glorious Years | Gen. Gordon | |
| 1951 | Sherlock Holmes | TV Mini-Series[6] | |
| 1952 | Wide Boy | Pop | |
| 1952 | Ghost Ship | Coroner | |
| 1955 | The Dam Busters | Committee Member #3 | |
| 1956 | My Teenage Daughter | Minor Role | Uncredited |
| 1957 | The Birthday Present | Dawson | |
| 1961 | Fate Takes a Hand | Maxwell | |
| 1963 | The Gentle Terror | Byrne | (final film role) |
References
- ↑ "Laidman Browne". Archived from the original on 7 January 2018.
- ↑ 'Obituary: Laidman Browne', The Stage, 14 September 1961, p. 17.
- ↑ 'Radio's Laidman Browne Dies Aged 65', Daily Express, 12 September 1961, p. 4.
- ↑ Street, Seán (4 August 2009). The A to Z of British Radio. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810870130 – via Google Books.
- ↑ https://theatricalia.com/person/1vg/laidman-browne
- ↑ "Sherlock Holmes". 14 September 1951. p. 36. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018 – via BBC Genome.