Valentine Dyall

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Filmography

Valentine Dyall was an English character actor. His distinctive voice made him especially popular as a voice actor and he was known for many years as "The Man in Black", the narrator of the BBC Radio horror series Appointment with Fear.

Born

Thursday, 07 May 1908

Died

Monday, 24 June 1985

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Miss Marple: The Body in the Library	Lorrimer	1984
The Tragedy of Coriolanus	Adrian	1984
Blackadder	Angus, A Lord	1982
Britannia Hospital	Mr. Rochester / Mr Rochester	1982
Peter and Paul	Seneca	1981
Nanny	Bloss	1981
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Deep Thought	1981
All's Well That Ends Well	The Astringer	1981
Masterpiece Mystery	Lorrimer	1980
Sapphire & Steel	Radio Broadcast Voice, Radio Broadcast Voice (voice)	1979

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Miss Marple: The Body in the Library	Lorrimer	1984
The Tragedy of Coriolanus	Adrian	1984
Blackadder	Angus, A Lord	1982
Britannia Hospital	Mr. Rochester / Mr Rochester	1982
Peter and Paul	Seneca	1981
Nanny	Bloss	1981
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Deep Thought	1981
All's Well That Ends Well	The Astringer	1981
Masterpiece Mystery	Lorrimer	1980
Sapphire & Steel	Radio Broadcast Voice, Radio Broadcast Voice (voice)	1979
Arabian Adventure	Jinnee (voice)	1979
The Old Crowd	Oscar	1979
Blake's 7	Norl	1978
Secret Army	Dr. Pascal Keldermans	1977
Come Play With Me	Minister of Finance	1977
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella	Second Major Dorno	1976
The Great McGonagall	Army Sergeant / Lord Tennyson / Doctor / Native Messenger / Policeman / Fop	1975
The Beast Must Die	Narrator of the Werewolf Break	1974
Not On Your Nellie	Voice On Horror Film	1974
The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine	Various Characters	1971
Six Dates with Barker	Lord Kitchener	1971
Bizarre	The Mummy	1970
Q5	Judge, Various Characters	1969
One Man Band	Sir Lance Corporal	1968
Oedipus the King	Chorus leader (voice)	1968
Bedazzled	God (uncredited)	1967
Carousella	the narrator	1966
The Wrong Box	Oliver Pike Harmsworth	1966
The Dream World of Harrison Marks	Narrator (voice)	1966
Mogul	Arab Chauffeur	1965
The Horror of It All	Reginald Marley	1964
Horizon	Professor Fisher	1964
Doctor Who	Black Guardian, The Guardian	1963
The Haunting	Mr. Dudley	1963
Fate Takes a Hand	Wilson	1961
Colonel Trumper's Private War		1961
The Avengers	Butler	1961
The City Of The Dead	Jethrow Keane	1960
Identity Unknown	Ambrose	1960
Sykes and a...		1960
Suspended Alibi	Inspector Kayes	1957
Son of Fred	Various Characters, Various	1956
The Tony Hancock Show	Various Characters	1956
Johnny on the Spot	Walter Tyley	1954
Teleclub	Himself	1953
The Final Test	Television Actor	1953
Bombay Waterfront	Bradley	1952
Hammer the Toff	Inspector Grice	1952
Ivanhoe	Norman Guard	1952
Brighthaven Express	Inspector Grice	1952
Room to Let	Dr. Fell	1950
The Body Said No!	John Sutherland	1950
The Man in Black	The Man in Black - Story-Teller	1950
Miss Pilgrim's Progress	Superintendant	1949
Christopher Columbus	Narrator (voice)	1949
Vengeance Is Mine	Charles Heywood	1949
Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress	Dr. Morelle	1949
Man on the Run	Army Judge Advocate	1949
For Them That Trespass	Toastmaster at Drew Party	1949
The Queen Of Spades	St. Germain's messenger	1949
The Case of Charles Peace	Storyteller	1949
Woman Hater	Spencer	1948
My Brother's Keeper	Inspector	1948
Corridor Of Mirrors	Counsel for the Defence (uncredited)	1948
Bad Sister	Storton	1947
The Ghost of Rashmon Hall	Dr. George Clinton	1946
Caesar and Cleopatra	1st. Guardsman	1946
Night Boat to Dublin	Sir George Bell	1946
Pink String and Sealing Wax	Police Inspector	1946
I Know Where I'm Going!	Mr. Robinson	1945
Brief Encounter	Stephen Lynn - Alec's 'Friend'	1945
Frenzy	Prefecture of Police	1945
Henry V	Duke of Burgundy	1944
Hotel Reserve	Warren Skelton	1944
Yellow Canary	German Commander	1943
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp	von Schönborn / von Schonborn	1943
The Silver Fleet	Markgraf	1943
Much Too Shy	Defence Councel	1942