1. William Maurice Denham was an English actor who appeared in over 100 films and television programmes in his long career.
14 Facts About Maurice Denham
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Maurice Denham was educated at Tonbridge School and trained as a lift engineer.
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Maurice Denham became an actor in 1934, and appeared in live television broadcasts as early as 1938, continuing to perform in that medium until 1997.
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Maurice Denham initially made his name in radio comedy series such as It's That Man Again and Much Binding in the Marsh, which established him as a familiar radio character, and later provided all the voices for the animated version of Animal Farm.
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Maurice Denham was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance as Blore in The Purple Plain.
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Maurice Denham appeared in the Sherlock Holmes story "The Last Vampyre", with Jeremy Brett starring as Sherlock Holmes.
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Maurice Denham appeared in another Sherlock Holmes episode, starring Douglas Wilmer as Holmes, "The Retired Colourman", first shown by the BBC in 1965.
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Maurice Denham made a guest appearance in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who in the 1984 serial The Twin Dilemma, the first story to star Colin Baker in the title role as the sixth Doctor.
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Maurice Denham later appeared in the Doctor Who radio serial The Paradise of Death in 1993, alongside Jon Pertwee.
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Maurice Denham portrayed Hercule Poirot in a BBC radio dramatisation of The Mystery of the Blue Train.
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Maurice Denham's face was a minor work of art, a bright-eyed pixie face hand-painted on an egg.
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Maurice Denham had one of the most listenable and controlled of English-speaking voices, a legacy from his many years in radio.
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In 1936, Maurice Denham married Elizabeth Dunn, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.
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Maurice Denham died on 24 July 2002, aged 92 at Denville Hall in north London.