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Wilfred Pickles, OBE (13 October 1904 – 27 March 1978) was an English actor and radio presenter.
Wilfred Pickles was born on October 13, 1904 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Billy Liar (1963), For the Love of Ada (1972) and The Family Way (1966). He was married to Mabel Pickles. He died on March 27, 1978 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
Wilfred Pickles was born on 13 October 1904 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Billy Liar (1963), For the Love of Ada (1972) and The Family Way (1966). He was married to Mabel Pickles. He died on 27 March 1978 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
Nov 17, 2017 · Announcer Willfred Pickles, who joined the BBC on this day in 1941, sounded different from other broadcasters that Britons were used to hearing on the air. Rather than speaking in the "standard"...
Feb 6, 2022 · Wilfred Pickles with an edition of the long-running show Have A Go! From a local club hall in Ramsbottom in Lancashire. With harry Hudson at the piano.
Sep 8, 2014 · Wilfred Pickles OBE was an English actor, comic and radio presenter. Born in Halifax in 1904 he moved to Southport with his family in 1929, working as a builder.
The first man to read the BBC news in a non-standard accent, Wilfred Pickles went on to have a hugely popular broadcast career. Here he is asking ordinary people to ‘Have a Go’ in 1947.
