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Michael Darbyshire

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Michael Darbyshire
Born15 October 1917
Died20 November 1979

Michael Darbyshire (15 October 1917 – 20 November 1979) was an English television actor. He portrayed Hubert Davenport, the Victorian ghost, in the BBC TV children's comedy series Rentaghost.

He also played one of the eccentric inventors in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), and appeared in the musical Pickwick (1965) and in the TV adaptation Pickwick for the BBC in 1969.

He was a member of the Players Theatre Company based in London in Villiers Street, appearing regularly and also on many occasions on the BBC TV series The Good Old Days.

Michael Darbyshire died in 1979, aged 62.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1949 Vengeance Is Mine Policeman
1956 Charley Moon Footman Uncredited
1963 The Gentle Terror Ticket clerk
1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Inventor
1969 Lock Up Your Daughters La Verole
1971 She'll Follow You Anywhere Doctor
1976 The Slipper and the Rose Dancer