English actor and voice artist (1930–2019)
Edward Kelsey
Born Edward Harry Kelsey
(1930-06-04 ) 4 June 1930Died 23 April 2019(2019-04-23) (aged 88) Occupations Years active 1958–2019 Spouse
Birgit Johansson
(
m. 1955; died 2018)
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Edward Harry Kelsey [ 2] (4 June 1930 – 23 April 2019)[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] was an English actor. He was best known for voicing the role of Joe Grundy for 34 years in The Archers on BBC Radio 4 and for voicing various other characters on television.[ 6]
Early life and career
Kelsey was born on 4 June 1930 in Petersfield , Hampshire , and educated at Churcher's College .[ 7] In 1954, he joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary [ 8] He was known for voicing the characters of Colonel K and Baron Silas Greenback in the animated series Danger Mouse produced by Cosgrove Hall . He also appeared on such British television programmes as The Avengers , Softly, Softly , The Saint , Public Eye , Dempsey and Makepeace , Z-Cars , Juliet Bravo , Doctor Who , Minder , Angels , Casualty , The Vicar of Dibley , Reilly, Ace of Spies , Shoestring , Wives and Daughters , Anna of the Five Towns , Campion , The Tripods and EastEnders .[ 9] [ 10]
He acted in three Doctor Who stories, as a slave buyer in The Romans , Resno in The Power of the Daleks and Edu in The Creature from the Pit . He voiced Mr. Growbag in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), several characters in Cosgrove Hall's Victor and Hugo , The Reluctant Dragon , and The Wind in the Willows (television and film ), H.H. Junketbury in The Talking Parcel , Farmer Listener and Forester in The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship and also for the voice of "The Thing" in another Cosgrove Hall production, Truckers , based on a book by Terry Pratchett .[ 9] [ 10]
Death
He died of a heart attack on 23 April 2019 in Birmingham , West Midlands . He was 88 years old.
Filmography
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