Norman Shelley
British actor (1903-1980) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 77
Norman Shelley was a British actor, best known for his work in radio, in particular for the BBC's Children's Hour. He also had a recurring role as Colonel Danby in the long-running radio soap opera The Archers.
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1980Died22 August 1980
To Serve Them All My DaysSeries, 1980Governor1978
All Creatures Great and SmallSeries, Major Bullen1977
Gulliver's TravelsFilm, Father / Emperor of Lilliput (voice)1976
I, ClaudiusSeries, Horace1974
The PallisersSeries, Mr Mildmay1972
Crown CourtSeries, Auguste Van Helm1970CodenameSeries, Charles1969
The Main ChanceSeries, Sefton Gardiner
Frankenstein Must Be DestroyedFilm, 1969Guest - Smoking pipe1967
Wuthering HeightsSeries, Doctor Kenneth1963
A Place to GoFilm, Magistrate1961
Very Important PersonFilm, Fred Whittaker1959
The Young Lady from LondonSeries, Sir Hugo Masterman
The Price of SilenceFilm, 1959Councillor Forbes1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Burgess1953
Strange StoriesFilm, Mr. Gilkie ('Strange Mr Bartleby')1951EnterpriseFilm1950
Her Favourite HusbandFilm, Mr. Dobson1948
Daughter of DarknessFilm, Smithers1946
I See a Dark StrangerFilm, Man in Straw Hat1944Power LinesFilm, Commentator (voice)1943Lessons from the AirFilm, Commentary1934
The Iron DukeFilm, Pozzo d Borgo1930
Thread o' ScarletFilm, Migsworth1903Born16 February 1903
To Serve Them All My DaysSeries, 1980Governor1978All Creatures Great and SmallSeries, Major Bullen1977Gulliver's TravelsFilm, Father / Emperor of Lilliput (voice)1976I, ClaudiusSeries, Horace1974The PallisersSeries, Mr Mildmay1972Crown CourtSeries, Auguste Van Helm1970CodenameSeries, Charles1969The Main ChanceSeries, Sefton GardinerFrankenstein Must Be DestroyedFilm, 1969Guest - Smoking pipe1967Wuthering HeightsSeries, Doctor Kenneth1963A Place to GoFilm, Magistrate1961Very Important PersonFilm, Fred Whittaker1959The Young Lady from LondonSeries, Sir Hugo MastermanThe Price of SilenceFilm, 1959Councillor Forbes1956Armchair TheatreSeries, Burgess1953Strange StoriesFilm, Mr. Gilkie ('Strange Mr Bartleby')1951EnterpriseFilm1950Her Favourite HusbandFilm, Mr. Dobson1948Daughter of DarknessFilm, Smithers1946I See a Dark StrangerFilm, Man in Straw Hat1944Power LinesFilm, Commentator (voice)1943Lessons from the AirFilm, Commentary1934The Iron DukeFilm, Pozzo d Borgo1930Thread o' ScarletFilm, Migsworth1903Born16 February 1903People around Norman
Close ties
Richard Attenborough Produced The Angry Silence (1960)
Petula Clark Also in Strawberry Roan (1944)- Ballard Berkeley Duets: Colonel Freddy Danby, also in The Archers
Basil Dearden Directed They Came to a City and A Place to Go
Esmond Knight Also in I, Claudius and Sink the Bismarck!- Norman Bird Also in The Angry Silence (1960)
Carlo Ponti Produced Her Favourite Husband (1950)
Mario Soldati Directed Her Favourite Husband (1950)- Lewis Gilbert Directed Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Ken Annakin Directed Vote for Huggett (1949)
Freddie Jones Also in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed and Otley
Arne Sucksdorff Produced The Great Adventure (1953)- Guy Green Directed The Angry Silence (1960)
Michael Bates Also in Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Roger Livesey Also in East Lynne on the Western Front (1931)
Geoffrey Bayldon Also in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed and Otley
Marino Girolami Directed Her Favourite Husband (1950)- Geoffrey Keen Also in Sink the Bismarck! and The Angry Silence
Sidney Gilliat Produced I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
Robert Riettii Also in Sink the Bismarck! (1960)- Angela Thorne Also in Oh! What a Lovely War and Third Party
- Frank Middlemass Also in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed and Otley
- Gerald Sim Also in The Angry Silence (1960)
- John Clements Also in They Came to a City (1944)
Known for
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I Know Where I'm Going! 1945
Sink the Bismarck! 1960
Oh! What a Lovely War 1969
The Blue Lamp 1950
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed 1969
Also in Français
Filmography 38
53 credits on file
Television 13
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1980 · aged 77
