Laidman Browne

Laidman Browne (13 September 1896 – 11 September 1961) was an English radio and television actor.^[1] In 1949 he was the narrator of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", the first book read on the BBC's long-running series A Book at Bedtime.^[2]

Laidman Browne

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1935	Immortal Gentleman	Gambler / Petruchio / Feste
1937	Dark Journey	Rugge	The Evangelist in the Radio Series, "The Man who Would be King" by Dorothy L.Sayers, 1939–43;
1938	Sixty Glorious Years	Gen. Gordon
1951	Sherlock Holmes		TV Mini-Series[3]
1952	Wide Boy	Pop
1952	Ghost Ship	Coroner
1955	The Dam Busters	Committee Member #3
1956	My Teenage Daughter	Minor Role	Uncredited
1957	The Birthday Present	Dawson
1961	Fate Takes a Hand	Maxwell
1963	The Gentle Terror	Byrne	(final film role)

References

1. "Laidman Browne". Archived from the original on 7 January 2018.
2. Street, Seán (4 August 2009). The A to Z of British Radio. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810870130 – via Google Books.
3. "Sherlock Holmes". 14 September 1951. p. 36 – via BBC Genome.

External links

• Laidman Browne at IMDb