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Laidman Browne

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 Speckled Band", the first book read on the BBC's long-running series Book at Bedtime.[2]

Filmography

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

  1. ^ "Laidman Browne".
  2. ^ Street, Seán (4 August 2009). "The A to Z of British Radio". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Sherlock Holmes". 14 September 1951. p. 36 – via BBC Genome.