Laidman Browne (13 September 1896 – 11 September 1961) was an English radio and television actor.[1] 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.[2]
Filmography
edit| 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[3] | |
| 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
edit- ^ "Laidman Browne". Archived from the original on 7 January 2018.
- ^ Street, Seán (4 August 2009). The A to Z of British Radio. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810870130 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sherlock Holmes". 14 September 1951. p. 36 – via BBC Genome.
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