Anthony Jackson (actor)

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Anthony Jackson
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Born
Anthony Thomas Jackson

(1944-02-18)18 February 1944
Birmingham, England
Died26 November 2006(2006-11-26) (aged 62)
London, England

Anthony Thomas Jackson (18 February 1944 – 26 November 2006) was an English actor. He appeared as the founder of the eponymous ghost hiring agency in the BBC children's comedy series Rentaghost and as Sid Abbott’s neighbour Trevor, in the sitcom Bless This House.

Jackson began his career with the Birmingham Repertory. He studied at Rose Bruford College and in 1965 joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary.[1] Later he played at the Mermaid Theatre and the Nottingham Playhouse.

Roles

Jackson played the part of The Tale Bearer (a narrator not included in the original story) in the 1968 BBC Radio dramatisation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

Jackson also provided a large number of voices in the animated children's series Ivor the Engine[2][3] and went on to have roles in many long-running British television series. He also appeared in the sitcoms Bless This House, All Our Saturdays, Mind Your Language, Citizen Smith, Dynasty, The Detectives, Lovejoy, Softly, Softly, Barlow at Large and Only Fools and Horses. In his final years, he appeared in The Bill, Casualty, Footballers' Wives, Walker Texas Ranger and Doctors.

Voiceover

Jackson also did voiceovers for animation including the TV series The Dreamstone, Budgie the Little Helicopter, Zokko!, The Ed and Zed Show, Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Watership Down, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, Franny's Feet and Testament: The Bible in Animation and the film A Monkey's Tale.

He also did voices in live-action shows and films including The Storyteller, Labyrinth and A.D.A.M.

He found a niche in The Godot Company,[4] and became one of its principal members.

Death

Jackson died of cancer in London on 26 November 2006,[5] having been ill during rehearsals of Waiting for Godot whilst the company was touring in Ireland.

Film and television roles

Year Title Role Notes
1970 Softly, Softly Corry
1971-1976 Bless This House Trevor Lewis
1972 Love Thy Neighbour Malcolm (episode The TUC Conference)
1973 All Our Saturdays Frank Bosomworth
1975 Ivor the Engine Dai Station, Evans the Song, Mr Dinwiddy and others Voice
1976 Rentaghost Fred Mumford
1977 You're Only Young Twice Benny
1978 Mind Your Language Mr Jarvis
1980 Citizen Smith Italian Waiter
1981 Dynasty Bartender
1982 Only Fools and Horses Spanish police officer
1986 Lovejoy Brian – Car Mechanic
1986 Labyrinth The Four Guards / Goblin Voice
1986 EastEnders Carpet Salesman
1989 A Monkey's Tale Additional Voices (English version, voice)
1990 The Dreamstone Nug, Mr Blossom Voice
1994 Budgie the Little Helicopter Ken, Don Voice
1994 The Tale of Pigling Bland The Policeman Voice
1996 The Detectives First Copper
1997 Backup Talbot
2001 Watership Down Keeharr, Cowslip, Additional Voices (Series 3 only)
2004 The Bill Fred Cross Episode 261

References

  1. ^ Carlton Hobbs Bursary winners at BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2018
  2. ^ "British actor Anthony Jackson dead at 62". The Big Cartoon Forum. 10 December 2006. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  3. ^ DeMott, Rick (18 December 2006). "Ivor the Engine Actor Dies". Animation World Network. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  4. ^ "The Godot Company".
  5. ^ "Anthony Jackson – News Obituaries". The Independent. 9 December 2006. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2009.

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