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 Adventure of the Speckled Band", the first book read on the BBC's long-running series A Book at Bedtime.[2]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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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) |