- Wilfred Pickles
Wilfred Pickles OBE (
13 October 1904 –26 March 1978 ) was an Englishactor andradio presenter.Born in Halifax,
Calderdale , Pickles was a proudYorkshire man, and having been selected by theBBC as an announcer for its North Region radio service, went on to be an occasional newsreader on the National service duringWorld War II . He was the first newsreader to speak in a regional accent rather than the "BBC English" of the period, and caused some comment with his farewellcatchphrase "... and to all in the North, good neet".Pickles soon became a radio celebrity, and also pursued an acting career in West End theatre, on television and film. His most significant work was as host of the
BBC Radio show "Have A Go", which ran from 1946 to 1967 and launched such catchphrases as "How do, how are yer?", "Are yer courting?" and "Give him the money, Mabel", delivered in Pickles' inimitable style. He appeared in the show with his wife Mabel Pickles whom he married in 1930 "née" Myerscough (1906–1989).Television & radio
On television, among many performances,he appeared in "Dr. Finlay's Casebook" & "
For the Love of Ada ".He was in the play, "Come Laughing Home" by
Keith Waterhouse &Willis Hall on BBC Radio 4, 1970.Selected filmography
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Billy Liar (1963), directed byJohn Schlesinger Pickles was awarded the OBE for services to broadcasting in 1950.
Pickles is the uncle of judge
James Pickles and actressChristina Pickles , and great-uncle of actressCarolyn Pickles .A Public House, Portman & Pickles, in Market Street Halifax is named after him and
Eric Portman , film actor.External links
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