Bernard Cribbins on AllMovie

Starting his film career as a supporting actor in 1957's Yangste Incident, British actor Bernard Cribbins rapidly established himself as a singular comic talent. Audiences were primed to chuckle the moment the grinning, lantern-jawed Cribbins shambled onto the screen. His film credits include Tommy the Toreador (1960), Wrong Arm of the Law (1962), Mouse on the Moon (1963), The Undertakers (1971), and a handful of the "Carry On" series. In his heyday in the '60s, Bernard Cribbins was a popular radio and TV storyteller; he also cut a few best-selling Allan Sherman-style comedy record albums.