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| Born | June 10, 1926 |
| Hometown | Forest Hill, United Kingdom |
| Height | 5'10" (1.78m) |
| Spouse | Eileen Mary Walsh (m 1951 - 2010) |
| Children | Ty Jeffries |
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Letters: Bernard Cribbins obituary
- Alexander Ballinger writes: actor and The Water Babies’ James Mason had comedy act on and off screen
AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Golden Globe | Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | The Spy with a Cold Nose | Nominated |
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“Daddy, my daddy.” These words, cried out by Jenny Agutter as Bobbie, near the end of the 1970 film adaptation of The Railway Children, have been etched on the nation’s heart for half a century. In an extraordinary slow-motion scene, we see Bobbie drawn to the train station for a reason she can’t quite articulate, and through the swirling steam on the platform she sees a tall silhouette, familiar but not overly so. Gradually, she realises it is her father (played by Iain Cuthbertson), sent to pr
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UK’s rarest cars: 1961 Commer Maidstone camper, one of only four left on British roads
Sixty years ago, ownership of a new Commer camper represented freedom to countless suburbanites. No more would their holidaying be restricted to a grim boarding house on the Dorset coast, with a landlord who resembled Lionel Jeffries portraying a prison warder. Instead, the open road beckoned, with admiring glances from various Ford Consul and Austin Cambridge drivers.
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Prince Philip called his uncle Lord Mountbatten's death a 'senseless act of terrorism' in poignant letter
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