Anthony Jackson (actor)

Infobox actor
name = Anthony Jackson


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birthdate = birth date|1944|2|18|df=y
location = flagicon|England Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
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deathdate = death date and age|2006|11|27|1944|2|18|df=y
deathplace = London, England
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notable role = Fred Mumford
in "Rentaghost"
Trevor Lewis
in "Bless This House"

Anthony Jackson (18 February 1944 – 27 November 2006) was an English actor , who reached his widest audiences as founder of the eponymous ghost hiring agency in the long-running BBC children's comedy series "Rentaghost".

Jackson played the part of The Tale Bearer (a narrator not included in the original story) in the 1968 BBC Radio dramatisation of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit.

Jackson also provided the voice for Dai the station in animated children's series "Ivor the Engine" and went on to have roles in many long-running British television series. He also appeared in the sitcoms "Bless This House", "All Our Saturdays", "Mind Your Language", "Citizen Smith" and "Only Fools and Horses". In his final years, he appeared in "The Bill", "Casualty", "Footballers' Wives" and "Doctors".

He died suddenly on 27 November 2006, having been taken ill during rehearsals of "Waiting for Godot" whilst his company was touring in Ireland Fact|date=February 2007.

Television Roles

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*imdb name|id=0413273|name=Anthony Jackson