Laidman Browne Explained

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]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1935Immortal Gentleman Gambler / Petruchio / Feste
1937Dark Journey Rugge The Evangelist in the Radio Series, "The Man who Would be King" by Dorothy L.Sayers, 1939–43;
1938Sixty Glorious Years Gen. Gordon
1951Sherlock Holmes TV Mini-Series[3]
1952Wide Boy Pop
1952Ghost Ship Coroner
1955The Dam Busters Committee Member #3
1956My Teenage Daughter Minor Role Uncredited
1957The Birthday Present Dawson
1961Fate Takes a Hand Maxwell
1963The Gentle Terror Byrne (final film role)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laidman Browne. https://web.archive.org/web/20180107120040/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f20d9dc. dead. 7 January 2018.
  2. Book: Street, Seán. The A to Z of British Radio. 4 August 2009. Scarecrow Press. 9780810870130. Google Books.
  3. Web site: Sherlock Holmes. 14 September 1951. 1453. 36. BBC Genome.