Anthony Jackson (actor)

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Anthony Jackson

Anthony Jackson (18 February 1944 – 27 November 2006) was an English actor , who reached his widest audiences as founder of the eponymous ghost hiring agency in the long-running BBC children's comedy series Rentaghost.

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

Jackson also provided the voice for Dai the station in animated children's series Ivor the Engine 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 and Only Fools and Horses. In his final years, he appeared in The Bill, Casualty, Footballers' Wives and Doctors.

He died suddenly on 27 November 2006, having been taken ill during rehearsals of "Waiting for Godot" whilst his company was touring in Ireland .

Television Roles

Year	Title	Role
1971 to 1976	Bless This House	Trevor Lewis
1973	All Our Saturdays	Frank Bosomworth
1976	Rentaghost	Fred Mumford
1978	Mind Your Language	Mr Jarvis
1980	Citizen Smith	Italian Waiter
1990 to 1995	The Dreamstone	Nug, Mr. Blossom
2001	Watership Down	Keeharr, Cowslip, Additional Voices (Series 3 only)

External links

• Anthony Jackson at IMDb