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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 |
|---|
| Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | The Black Guradian | 2013 |
| Love's Labour's Lost | Marcade | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: The Body in the Library | Lorrimer | 1984 |
| The Tragedy of Coriolanus | Adrian | 1984 |
| Martin Luther, Heretic | Chancellor | 1983 |
| Blackadder | Angus, A Lord | 1983 |
| 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 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | The Black Guradian | 2013 |
| Love's Labour's Lost | Marcade | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: The Body in the Library | Lorrimer | 1984 |
| The Tragedy of Coriolanus | Adrian | 1984 |
| Martin Luther, Heretic | Chancellor | 1983 |
| Blackadder | Angus, A Lord | 1983 |
| 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 | 1979 |
| The Old Crowd | Oscar | 1979 |
| The Losers | Adrian | 1978 |
| In the Looking Glass | Stodge's Boss | 1978 |
| 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 | 2nd Major Domo | 1976 |
| Shadows | Radio Voice | 1975 |
| 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 |
| Lust for a Vampire | Count Karnstein | 1971 |
| Six Dates with Barker | Lord Kitchener | 1971 |
| Bizarre | The Mummy / The Mummy (voice) | 1970 |
| The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Narrator | 1970 |
| Q5 | Various Characters / Judge | 1969 |
| Oedipus the King | Chorus leader | 1968 |
| Freewheelers | O'Toole | 1968 |
| Bedazzled | God | 1967 |
| Casino Royale | Vesper Lynd's Assistant / Dr. Noah's Voice | 1967 |
| The Night of the Generals | German Radio Announcer | 1967 |
| Carousella | the narrator / Self - Narrator | 1966 |
| The Wrong Box | Oliver Pike Harmsworth | 1966 |
| The Dream World of Harrison Marks | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1966 |
| Our Incredible World | Narrator | 1966 |
| Mogul | Arab Chauffeur | 1965 |
| One Man Band | Sir Lance Corporal | 1965 |
| The Horror of It All | Reginald Marley | 1964 |
| First Men in the Moon | Narrator | 1964 |
| Horizon | Professor Fisher | 1964 |
| Doctor Who | Black Guardian / The Guardian | 1963 |
| The Haunting | Mr. Dudley | 1963 |
| Fate Takes a Hand | Wilson | 1961 |
| The Avengers | Butler | 1961 |
| Fury at Smugglers' Bay | Narrator | 1961 |
| The Cheaters | Inspector Kellogg / Inspector | 1960 |
| The City of the Dead | Jethrow Keane | 1960 |
| Identity Unknown | Ambrose | 1960 |
| Night Train for Inverness | Inspector Kent | 1960 |
| Suspended Alibi | Inspector Kayes | 1957 |
| Son of Fred | Various Characters / Various | 1956 |
| Hancock's Half Hour | Art Connoisseur | 1956 |
| The Tony Hancock Show | Various Characters | 1956 |
| Stranger at My Door | Paul Wheeler | 1950 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Inspector Grice | 1955 |
| Johnny on the Spot | Walter Tyley / Tyneley | 1954 |
| Knights of the Round Table | Narrator | 1953 |
| Teleclub | Self | 1953 |
| The Final Test | Television Actor / Man in Black | 1953 |
| Bombay Waterfront | Bradley | 1952 |
| Ivanhoe | Norman Guard | 1952 |
| Hammer the Toff | Inspector Grice | 1952 |
| Brighthaven Express | Inspector Grice | 1952 |
| Room to Let | Dr. Fell | 1950 |
| The Body Said No! | John Sutherland | 1950 |
| Golden Salamander | Ben Ahrim | 1950 |
| The Man in Black | The Man in Black - Story-Teller / Story Teller / Narrator | 1950 |
| Miss Pilgrim's Progress | Superintendant / Superintendent | 1949 |
| Diamond City | Opening narration | 1949 |
| The Story of Shirley Yorke | Edward Holt | 1949 |
| Vengeance Is Mine | Charles Heywood | 1949 |
| The Case of Charles Peace | Storyteller | 1949 |
| Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress | Dr. Morelle | 1949 |
| Christopher Columbus | Narrator | 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 Glass Mountain | Opera Narrator | 1949 |
| Helter Skelter | Man Telling Story at BBC | 1949 |
| Woman Hater | Spencer | 1948 |
| My Brother's Keeper | Inspector | 1948 |
| Corridor of Mirrors | Counsel for Defence | 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 |
| I Know Where I'm Going! | Mr. Robinson | 1945 |
| Brief Encounter | Stephen Lynn - Alec's 'Friend' | 1945 |
| Pink String and Sealing Wax | Police Inspector | 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 / Defendant's Councel | 1942 |
| The Avengers | German Guard at Cell Door Hatchway | 1942 |
| The Missing Million | Mr. Collett | 1942 |
