Hugh Manning

Hugh Gardner Manning was an English film, radio and television actor. He is best remembered as the Reverend Donald Hinton, in the soap opera Emmerdale Farm, a role he played from 1977 until 1989. From 1964 to 1965 he appeared in the ITV drama The Sullavan Brothers. He also starred in the tv series Mrs Thursday, alongside Kathleen Harrison in 1966, playing a suave and imperturbable business adviser, which also carried over into popular tv commercials where his character endorsed the qualities of Robinsons barley water. Also in 1966 he appeared in The Avengers in the episode entitled "The Thirteenth Hole" as Colonel Watson. In 1967 he appeared in The Avengers episode entitled "The Superlative Seven" as Max Hardy. He regularly played Inspector Vosper in the BBC radio detective series, Paul Temple.