Bernard Cribbins, the veteran British actor who starred in the popular film adaptation of The Railway Children and narrated The Wombles died at the age of 93 on Thursday.

Cribbins’ career spanned over seven decades, and he appeared in shows such as Fawlty Towers, Doctor Who, and the Railway Children. After his professional debut in the mid-1950s, Cribbins worked steadily. By his mid-twenties, he had established himself as a major star on the London stage.

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He excelled at musical comedy, appearing in the revue show And Another Thing and releasing a single called Folksong from the show.

Here’s a list of some of his best performances:

1) The Railway Children

This story follows a family of three children, Roberta (also known as Bobbie), Peter, and Phyllis, who live in a red-brick fronted villa in London.

They had everything they desired until their father had to leave on business, as their mother tells them, but no one knew the truth. They had to leave their London home and relocate to the countryside, where they had to settle in a much smaller and more cluttered house. They end up behind their house in search of a garden, only to discover a railway track and meet Perks the porter, played by Cribbins, a stubborn yet charming and mellow at heart character who reveals his emotional side to the children.

The Railway Children’s Directors Return  (sequel) during exclusive interviews with RadioTimes.com, Morgan Matthews and star John Bradley revealed that Bernard Cribbins was set to reprise his iconic role as station master Albert Perks before those plans were sadly shelved.

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2) Faulty Towers

Cribbins first appeared in the BBC’s beloved comedy Fawlty Towers in 1975, as the spoon salesman Mr Hutchinson, who was mistaken for a hotel inspector by the character Basil Fawlty (John Cleese).

The show was ranked first on the British Film Institute’s list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes in 2000, and it was named the greatest ever British TV sitcom by a panel of comedy experts compiled by the Radio Times in 2019.

3) Doctor Who

Between 2007 and 2010, the beloved children’s TV star and entertainer portrayed Wilfred Mott, the grandfather of the Doctor’s companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate).

When filming the episode”Voyage of the Damned,” Cribbins brought elements of his own costume for the role, such as the hat with the Parachute Regiment badge from his National Service days.

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Russell T Davies, the showrunner of Doctor Who, shared a photo of Cribbins as Snout in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.