Laidman Browne

Laidman Browne (13 September 1896 – 11 September 1961) was an English stage, radio and television actor.^[1]

Laidman Browne

Born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1896, he was a founder member of the Newcastle Repertory Company in 1925, playing leading parts there until 1931.^[2] Later, in 1939, he was a founder member of the BBC Radio Repertory Company, with whom he remained for 12 years, reputedly playing 2,126 roles.^[3] 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.^[4] His stage credits included seasons at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre and the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, together with such West End plays as 1066 and All That (1935-36) and A Dead Secret (1957).^[5]

He died in Bournemouth in 1961, aged 64.

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[6]
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)