15 Facts About Brian Cant

Brian Cant was an English actor of stage, television and film, television presenter, voice artist and writer.

Brian Cant was known for his work in BBC television programmes for children from 1964 onward, most notably Play School, and in later years, Dappledown Farm.

Brian Cant worked as a printer before starting to act in the late 1950s.

Brian Cant was performing in BBC Schools drama television programmes about the Romans for the corporation when he heard that auditions were being held for a new pre-school children's programme which was to be shown on the new BBC 2 channel.

Brian Cant pretended to fish from his 'boat' and caught a Wellington boot full of custard.

Brian Cant was cast as a presenter and first appeared on the third week in May 1964; he stayed with the programme for 21 years of its 24-year run, becoming, according to Whitby, 'Mr Play School'.

Later, Brian Cant hosted or co-hosted the programmes Play Away and Bric-a-Brac for slightly older children.

Brian Cant was the narrator of the UK versions of Jay Jay the Jet Plane and the popular Canadian children's show Bruno.

Brian Cant made three appearances in the BBC1 daytime drama Doctors, each time as a different character, the last in 2011 as his final acting credit.

In 2001, Brian Cant appeared in a music video on Orbital's DVD The Altogether.

Brian Cant read the second half of Ann Jungman's Vlad the Drac books for audiobook, replacing Anthony Daniels.

Brian Cant came ahead of Bagpuss and Ivor the Engine narrator Oliver Postgate in second place, with David Jason polling third.

Brian Cant had two sons from his first marriage to Mary Gibson, including the actor Richard Cant.

Brian Cant was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1999, as he disclosed in an interview with BBC Breakfast which was shown on 24 November 2010.

Brian Cant died on 19 June 2017, at the age of 83, at Denville Hall, in Northwood, London, a retirement home for people who worked in the entertainment industry.