Acting

Edward Kelsey

Born 1930-06-04 · Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK

Edward Harry Kelsey (June 4, 1930 – April 23, 2019) was an English actor. He was best known for voicing the role of Joe Grundy for 34 years in The Archers on BBC Radio 4 and for voicing various other characters on television.

Acting credits

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit poster
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Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal Gromit run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods, which turns their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2005

Brush with Fate poster
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A mystery hidden for generations. Now the truth will finally be revealed.

Brush with Fate

2003

Truckers poster
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Truckers, the first of Terry Pratchett's novels to be adapted for TV brings to life the story of the Nomes. 15000 years ago the Nomes crashed to Earth in a scout ship from the starship Swan. Generations of them have come and gone with the passing years and the changing countryside. Suddenly faced with extinction, the ten surviving Nomes, guided by their reluctant leader Masklin, must face many exciting adventures during their search for a new home and hiding place in the big, bad world of the humans.

Truckers

1992

Victory poster
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Axel Heyst is an American recluse with a dubious past living in the Dutch East Indies port of Surabaya circa 1913. Staying in a German hotel there, Heyst becomes entranced with a member of the hotel's all-female orchestra.

Victory

1996

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A compilation of episodes from The Wind in the Willows, Danger Mouse and Alias the Jester.

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1988

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship poster
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Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying ship would win the hand of the Tsar's daughter. The youngest son of a simple peasant shows up to claim her, and the dumbfounded Tsar quickly has second thoughts, setting several 'impossible" tasks for 'The Fool of the World' and his remarkable friends.

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

1990

Doctor Who: The Romans poster
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The TARDIS crew take up residence near Rome in 64AD, where Ian and Barbara are kidnapped by slave traders, and the Doctor's imitation of Maximus Pettulian sees him taken to the court of Emperor Nero where he inadvertently plays a part in deciding the course of history...

Doctor Who: The Romans

1965

The Wind in the Willows poster
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One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat. They go for a picnic on the riverbank, on a caravan expedition with Toad, until Toad switches allegiance to his new car and his reckless driving makes Mole and Rat search out Badger for help in curbing Toad's profligate habits. But Toad gets away from them and gets a 20-year sentence from the magistrate for theft, reckless driving, and Gross Impertinence. While Toad works his wiles on the jailer's daughter and escapes jail dressed as a washer woman, Badger tries to guard Toad Hall from the machinations of the Weasels and is badly beaten. And it requires a plan of attack and all four comrades to regain Toad Hall.

The Wind in the Willows

1983

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A compilation of episodes from Count Duckula, Dangermouse and Wind in the Willows.

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

1989

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A compilation of episodes from Count Duckula, Dangermouse and Wind in the Willows.

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1989

Crystalstone poster
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Deserted by their father and with their mother dead, nine-year-old Pablo and his little sister Maria refuse to be separated from each other by their caretaker aunt. With a cross as their guide, they embark on a perilous, but ultimately rewarding adventure in search of a mystical gem that holds the key to happiness. They escape the fearsome metal hook of a pirate and are helped by a delightfully drunken Captain in their quest for the magic stone.

Crystalstone

1987

The Reluctant Dragon poster
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A shepherd’s son befriends a dragon, who is more inclined to compose poetry than attack the frightened villagers.

The Reluctant Dragon

1987

Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit poster
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The Doctor and Romana follow a distress signal which leads to the jungle planet Chloris, whose ruthless ruler Lady Adrasta harbors a deadly creature in a pit.

Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit

1979

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks poster
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Following the Doctor's regeneration into a new, younger body, the TARDIS lands at an Earth colony on the planet Vulcan in the far future. Mistaken for an official Earth Examiner, the Doctor discovers that a scientist called Lesterson is attempting to reactivate two inanimate, subservient Daleks found in a crashed space rocket. The colonists refuse to heed the Doctor's dire warnings that the Daleks are dangerous.

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

1966

The Talking Parcel poster
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The Talking Parcel is based on a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which a young girl is transported to the fantasy land of Mythologia to save it from cockatrices. She is aided by a talking parrot and encounter many other magical creatures, including a mooncalf.

The Talking Parcel

1978

The Most Dangerous Man in the World poster
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In May 1981 a young Turk, Mehmet Ali Agca, shot Pope John Paul U. Who was Agca? Why did he do it? What made him want to be a killer?

The Most Dangerous Man in the World

1988

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A compilation of episodes from Count Duckula, Dangermouse and The Wind in the Willows.

More Children's Summer Stories

1989

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A compilation of episodes from Count Duckula, Dangermouse and The Wind in the Willows.

More Children's Holiday Favourites

1990