- Basil Moss
Basil Moss (born 1935) is a British character actor, who featured regularly on TV in the 1960s and radio in the 1970s
Early life
He was educated at
St Paul's School , which he followed with actor's training.Acting career
In the early 1960s, he had a long running screen role as Alan Drew in ITV's "Compact". [ [http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/compact.htm Compact | A Television Heaven Review ] ] He later had an even longer running part in the radio soap, "Waggoner's Walk", which ran for over ten years reaching four million listeners on Radio Two in the UK. [ [http://www.irdp.co.uk/britrad4.htm British Radio Drama - 4 ] ] This grew so popular that it nearly caused the end of "
The Archers ". [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1853969.stm BBC News | TV AND RADIO | Archers episodes on the web ] ]As he grew older, he did less acting in order to concentrate on other interests, though he has continued to appear in humorous roles. [ [http://www.coogans-run.co.uk/drterrible/drterrible-episode-guide.php Dr Terrible - Steve Coogan - www.coogans-run.co.uk - The man who thinks he's it ] ] and most recently in "
The Gigolos ". [ [http://www.the-gigolos.com/ The Gigolos, starring Anna Massey, Sian Phillips and Susannah York ] ]Other interests
He is the founding managing director of Colets Health Club, in
Thames Ditton ,Surrey which hosts many of the Old Pauline Club's sporting clubs.He has been involved in leading the Pauline Meetings, the
St Paul's School Christian Union, for over five decades.He has wide-ranging interest in music. An opera reviewer, he is a Wagner fanatic, who did a famous interview with
Leopold Stokowski . He also leads aChicago jazz band.He believes in time management, the power of music and that we cannot all be inspired, but that we can all be efficient.
References
External links
* http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0608914/
* http://www.paulinemeetings.org
* http://www.coletshealthclub.co.uk/
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