Paul Daneman

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Paul Daneman 29 October 1925 28 April 2001 was an English film television theatre and voice actor Paul Frederick Daneman was born in Islington London He attended the Haberdashers Askes School and Sir William Borlases Grammar School in Marlow and studied stage design at Reading University where he joined the dramatic society After training at RADA he joined Bristol Old Vic Birmingham Rep and the Old Vic for four years In August 1955 he created the role of Vladimir in Waiting For Godot at the Arts Theatre in Westminster His film credits include Zulu and Oh What a Lovely War Danemans TV credits include The Adventures of Robin Hood Persuasion 1960 series Danger Man Out of the Unknown The Saint Spy Trap Blakes 7 The Professionals and Rumpole of the Bailey The BBCs 1960 landmark production An Age of Kings a fifteen part drama that combined Shakespeares histories of the Kings of England and presented them in chronological order featured Daneman as Richard III Daneman played the husband of Wendy Craig in the original series of the popular BBC sitcom Not in Front of the Children before being replaced by Ronald Hines He also played Bilbo Baggins in the 1968 BBC Radio dramatisation of J R R Tolkiens The Hobbit While recovering from a heart attack he wrote the sitcom Affairs of the Heart In 1995 Daneman published If I Only Had Wings a novel inspired by his experiences in the Royal Air Force during World War II Daneman died in 2001 and was buried at East Sheen Cemetery South West London Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Daneman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia