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Christopher Timothy (born 14 October 1940) is a British actor and narrator from Bala, Wales.He is known for his roles as James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small, Mac McGuire in the BBC One daytime soap opera Doctors, and Ted Murray in the BBC One primetime soap opera EastEnders.
James Alfred Wight OBE FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author. Born in Sunderland , Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to England to become a veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire , where he practised for almost 50 years.
For his role as veterinary surgeon James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small, the actor required training in vet procedures for accuracy in the show. [8] " Straight off the bat with our on-set vet adviser Andy Barrett, we were up close and personal with horses, sheep, kind of going through the procedures and things that we would be doing.
Died in his sleep following a short illness 1 Character killed off in his sleep while on his deathbed in Season 1, Episode 4. Anne Kirkbride: Deirdre Barlow: Coronation Street: 1,439 2015-01-19 Breast cancer: Character killed off, possibly with brain aneurysm. Monty Oum: Lie Ren RWBY: 2015-02-01 allergic reaction 3
Siegfried Farnon, based on Wight's real-life professional partner Donald Sinclair, is played by Robert Hardy.Writer Michael Russell sums up the character's composition thus: "He is capricious, cantankerous, whimsical, arbitrary, unreasonable, unpredictable, ill-tempered, extravagant, effusive, contradictory, etc., yet in the midst of all that, the most loyal and caring of friends."
James Darren, an actor, director and singer who had his breakout role of Moondoggie in the 1959 movie “Gidget,” died Monday at age 88, Variety reported. The entertainer died at Cedars-Sinai ...
Denzel Washington has paid tribute to James Earl Jones, calling the late actor his “hero.”. The acclaimed Star Wars and The Lion King actor died yesterday, at the age of 93.. In a statement to ...
Karl Wallenda died when he lost his balance and fell to his death while tightrope walking on a wire that was suspended 123 feet (37 m) in the air between two buildings in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [26] Cuban singer Miguelito Valdés (Mr Babalú) suffered a fatal heart attack while singing at Hotel Tequendama, Bogotá, Colombia, 8 November 1978.