Richard Bebb
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Richard Bebb | |
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Born | 12 January 1927 London, England |
Died | 12 April 2006 (aged 79) London |
Other names | Richard Bebb Williams |
Education | Highgate School, Trinity College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse | Gwen Watford (m. 1952–1994; her death) |
Richard Bebb (12 January 1927 – 12 April 2006) was an English actor of stage, screen and radio.[1]
Born Richard Bebb Williams in London, he changed his name to his mother's surname, Bebb, when he took up acting as there was already a British actor called Richard Williams.[2] Bebb's father Herbert Edward Williams was a physician whose practice was run from part of St Mary's Lodge, the family's impressive home in Stoke Newington. Bebb was educated at Highgate School in North London, and attended Trinity College, Cambridge from 1944–1947.[3]
In 1952, he married actress Gwen Watford (1927–1994), who predeceased him.[4]
Bebb was a prolific performer in theatre, television and radio, probably most famously as "Second Voice" in the original 1954 BBC Radio broadcast of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, opposite Richard Burton's "First Voice".[5]
On television, he appeared in early televised Shakespeare to
He also appeared in several films, such as Pope Joan (1972) and King Ralph (1991).[7]
Music interest and record collection
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Bebb was an avid collector of
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1953 | The Final Test | Frank Weller | Uncredited |
1963 | That Kind of Girl | ||
1963 | A Matter of Choice | Walter | |
1963 | The Yellow Teddy Bears | Frank Lang | |
1972 | Pope Joan | Lord of Manor | |
1985 | Sacred Hearts | Voice | |
1987 | Born of Fire | Newsreader | |
1991 | King Ralph | Gamekeeper |
See also
- Paul Getty, music collector
- Michael Scott, music critic
References
- ^ "Richard Bebb". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017.
- ^ Museum, Victoria and Albert. "Macbeth, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool | | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections.
- ^ "Recordings by Richard Bebb 7905 | Now available to stream and purchase at Naxos". www.naxos.com.
- ^ "Obituary: Gwen Watford". The Independent. 7 February 1994.
- ^ "Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood recording revisited". BBC News. 1 September 2014.
- ^ Strachan, Alan (10 May 2006). "Obituary". The Independent Newspaper. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ "Richard Bebb | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Richard Bebb". the Guardian. 25 May 2006.
- ^ Bade, Patrick (February 2007). "Richard Bebb in memoriam". CD. Malibran Music. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
External links
- Richard Bebb at IMDb
- Obituary, thetimes.co.uk, 20 April 2006.(subscription required)