Acting
Val Doonican
Born 1927-02-03 · Waterford, Ireland
Michael Valentine 'Val' Doonican (3 February 1927 – 1 July 2015) was an Irish singer of traditional pop, easy listening and novelty songs, who was noted for his warm and relaxed vocal style. A crooner, he found popular success, especially in the United Kingdom where he had five successive Top 10 albums in the 1960s as well as several hits on the UK Singles Chart, including "Walk Tall", Elusive Butterfly and If the Whole World Stopped Loving. The Val Doonican Show, his eponymous variety programme, featured his singing and a selection of guests, and it had a long and successful run on BBC Television from 1965 to 1986. Doonican won the Variety Club of Great Britain's BBC-TV Personality of the Year award three times.
Acting credits
A little travelogue feature presenting Torbay - new resort along the 20 mile stretch of South Devon coast.
Vive Torbay
1968
NRDocumentary about British comedy legend
Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey
1998
Val, at home and in the studio, prepares for a traditional Christmas with music and fun to start the holiday in a relaxing mood with his guests, including snooker star Dennis Taylor and Scots percussion virtuoso Evelyn Glennie.
Christmas Eve with Val Doonican
1986
NRThe Irish crooner presents his laid back take on a number of classic songs and pays tribute to the artists and songwriters who made them famous. The musicians praised by Doonican, who worked with some of them on his long-running BBC programme 'The Val Doonican Show', include Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby and Peggy Lee. The songs performed include 'Mississippi Mud', 'My Kind of Girl' and 'It's Been a Long, Long Time'.
Val Doonican - Thank You For The Music
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