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| birth_name = Wallace Frederick Powers Greenslade | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1912|07|01}} | |||
| birth_place = [[w:Formby|Formby]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]] | |||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|04|21|1912|07|01}} <!-- (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | |||
| death_place = [[w:Weybridge|Weybridge]], [[w:Surrey|Surrey]] | |||
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| occupation = BBC News Reader | |||
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| known_for = [[The Goon Show]] | |||
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'''Wallace Frederick Powers Greenslade'''<ref>GRO Register of Births: SEP 1912 8b 1671 ORMSKIRK – Wallace P. Greenslade, mmn = Powers</ref> (1 July 1912 – 21 April 1961), also known as '''Bill Greenslade''',<ref name="Book">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSVnDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Bill+Greenslade%22+bbc&pg=PT218|title=The Double Act: A History of British Comedy Duos|first=Andrew|last=Roberts|date=26 November 2018|publisher=History Press|isbn=9780750990295}}</ref> was a [[BBC]] radio [[W:announcer|announcer]] and [[W:News presenter|newsreader]]. He is best remembered for being the announcer—and frequently the [[w:Double act|straight man]]—for the BBC radio comedy series ''[[The Goon Show]]'' for eight series from 1953 to 1960. | '''Wallace Frederick Powers Greenslade'''<ref>GRO Register of Births: SEP 1912 8b 1671 ORMSKIRK – Wallace P. Greenslade, mmn = Powers</ref> (1 July 1912 – 21 April 1961), also known as '''Bill Greenslade''',<ref name="Book">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSVnDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Bill+Greenslade%22+bbc&pg=PT218|title=The Double Act: A History of British Comedy Duos|first=Andrew|last=Roberts|date=26 November 2018|publisher=History Press|isbn=9780750990295}}</ref> was a [[BBC]] radio [[W:announcer|announcer]] and [[W:News presenter|newsreader]]. He is best remembered for being the announcer—and frequently the [[w:Double act|straight man]]—for the BBC radio comedy series ''[[The Goon Show]]'' for eight series from 1953 to 1960. | ||
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{{cite news|title=BBC announcer dies suddenly|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=22 April 1961|location=London|page=3 | {{cite news|title=BBC announcer dies suddenly|newspaper=[[w:The Guardian|]]|date=22 April 1961|location=London|page=3 | ||
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Revision as of 20:51, 31 August 2022
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| Born | Wallace Frederick Powers Greenslade July 1, 1912 |
| Died | April 21, 1961 (aged 48) |
| Occupation | BBC News Reader |
| Known for | The Goon Show |
Wallace Frederick Powers Greenslade[1] (1 July 1912 – 21 April 1961), also known as Bill Greenslade,[2] was a BBC radio announcer and newsreader. He is best remembered for being the announcer—and frequently the straight man—for the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show for eight series from 1953 to 1960.
Life
Greenslade was born in Formby, Lancashire (now part of Merseyside). During the Second World War, he served for two and a half years as a lieutenant commander in the Royal Naval Reserve. He also worked as a purser with the P&O Line.[3]
In 1945 Greenslade joined the BBC, where he began in the European Service, as presentation assistant and newsreader. In 1949 he was appointed a Home Service announcer before becoming a newsreader in both radio and television from November 1955. In addition to The Goon Show, he was announcer for The Great Gilhooly, Star Show and Variety Playhouse. He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 12 December 1952.[4] He was one of the original team of BBC Television newsreaders appearing from July 1954 to May 1957. His well-known trademark was always taking off his glasses at the end of each bulletin. In May and June 1960 he presented the Today programme for two months before his death.[5]
Physically a large rotund man, "the massive Greenslade" a colleague once called him, he died suddenly at his home at Weybridge, Surrey, in April 1961, aged 48 from a heart attack.[6] Following a funeral service at St Mary's Oatlands, near Weybridge, he was buried at Brooklands Lane Cemetery, Weybridge. At the subsequent memorial service, his BBC colleague John Snagge gave an address. Greenslade left a wife, Carol.[3]
Legacy
A radio play, Ying Tong – A Walk with the Goons, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 4 April 2007, referencing Greenslade, who was also the subject of an episode of The Goon Show, "The Greenslade Story", broadcast in December 1955.[2]
References
- ^ GRO Register of Births: SEP 1912 8b 1671 ORMSKIRK – Wallace P. Greenslade, mmn = Powers
- ^ a b Roberts, Andrew (26 November 2018). The Double Act: A History of British Comedy Duos. History Press. ISBN 9780750990295.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Mr. W. Greenslade". [[w:The Times|]]. London. 22 April 1961. p. 13.
- ^ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Bill Greenslade". [[w:BBC Online|]]. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "BBC announcer dies suddenly". [[w:The Guardian|]]. London. 22 April 1961. p. 3.
- ^ GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1961 5g 637 SURREY .W. – Wallace F. P. Greenslade, aged 48
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