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English actor (1927–2000)
Kenneth Waller
Born (1927-11-05 ) 5 November 1927Died 28 January 2000(2000-01-28) (aged 72 )
London, England
Occupation Television actor Years active 1959–1998
Kenneth Waller (5 November 1927 – 28 January 2000)[3] Bread Old Mr. Grace in Are You Being Served?
Early life [ edit ]
Kenneth Waller was born in Lowerhouses Huddersfield , Yorkshire on 5 November 1927.[1] [2] In 1931 during the depression, he moved to Hythe, Hampshire in the New Forest and they were living there at the breakout of World War II . In 1940 his family returned to his native Huddersfield.[4] National Service .
In 1949, he was a member of the Christ Church Woodhouse men's choir.[5]
After serving in the Royal Air Force as a Radar Mechanic , Waller worked for a firm of auctioneers.[2]
Experience in local rep at the Oxford Playhouse encouraged him to move to London, where he made his West End debut in Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds ' 1957 musical Free as Air Give a Dog a Bone Salad Days Anne of Green Gables: The Musical Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park , but always looked forward to the times when his work took him on location further afield, including Rome, India and Scandinavia .[2]
An excellent pianist and an ardent lover of classical and choral music, Waller was extremely knowledgeable on the subject of oratorio and sang with Anthony Bowles' Actors' choir and the BBC Chorus . He also appeared as the Narrator in Peter and the Wolf Carl Davis wrote a special concert piece, "Duck's Diary," for him.[2]
From the fifties to the seventies, his career as an actor saw him appear on both television and film. On the big screen, he had modest roles in Room at the Top Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Scrooge Fiddler on the Roof Carry On Behind Big Deal Crossroads The Fenn Street Gang Dixon of Dock Green Z-Cars The Professionals Doctor Who All Creatures Great and Small Terry and June Juliet Bravo [1] [2] Curly Watts in Coronation Street [2]
In 1981, he joined the cast of Are You Being Served? Harold Bennett , who played Young Mr. Grace.[2]
Waller also made an appearance in the Series 5 episode, "Boxing Day Social", on On the Buses Ellis Island Romuald the Reindeer [1] [6] The Optimist .
In 1986, Waller became a household name as Grandad in Carla Lane 's Liverpool sitcom, Bread [2]
Waller continued to stay in touch with the theatre during the final years of his life, touring successfully with Barbara Windsor in Joe Orton 's classic black comedy, Entertaining Mr Sloane Beauty and the Beast Manchester Opera House , in 1998.[2]
Personal life and death [ edit ]
Despite his television fame, Waller never lost his affection for Yorkshire, taking great pride in retaining both his accent and his many friends within the Huddersfield Choral Society.[2]
Kenneth Waller died on 28 January 2000 in London, England at the age of 72, after a brief illness.[1] [2] [2]
Filmography [ edit ]
Z-Cars
Room at the Top
Crossroads
Mr. Brown Comes Down the Hill (1965) - Journalist / Patron of the Bar
A Game of Murder (1966, TV Series) - Dr. Hasting
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Softly, Softly
Scrooge
The Onedin Line
On the Buses
Fiddler on the Roof
The Love Pill
Dixon of Dock Green
Menace
Doctor on the Go (1975, TV Series) - Mr. Pole
Carry On Behind
The Venetian Twins
Doctor Who The Invisible Enemy ") - Hedges
Target
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Famous Five
All Creatures Great and Small
Are You Being Served?
Juliet Bravo
Fair Ground! (1983, TV Series) - Mr. Grant
Minder
Ellis Island
Big Deal
The Optimist
Roll Over Beethoven (1985, TV Series) - Mr. Beckett
The Pickwick Papers
The Beiderbecke Affair
Bread
Boon
Coronation Street Curly Watts 's father
Romuald the Reindeer
References [ edit ]
^ Kenneth Waller
^ Huddersfield Daily Examiner - 27 February 1989
^ "Family history: Alan and Elaine Danielson's memories of Christ Church, Woodhouse men's choir" . 29 June 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2015 .
^ Hollywood.com
External links [ edit ]
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