Richard Bebb
Actor, TV Actor
1927 – 2006
Who was Richard Bebb?
Richard Bebb was an English actor of stage, screen and radio.
Born Richard Bebb Williams in London, he changed his name to his mother's surname, Bebb, when he took up acting as there was already a British actor called Richard Williams. Bebb's father Herbert Edward Williams was a physician whose practice was run from part of St Mary's Lodge, the family's impressive home in Stoke Newington. Bebb was educated at Highgate School in North London, and attended Trinity College, Cambridge from 1944–47.
In 1952, he married actress Gwen Watford, who predeceased him.
Bebb was a prolific performer in theatre, television and radio, probably most famously as "Second Voice" in the original 1954 BBC Radio broadcast of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, opposite Richard Burton's "First Voice". He also appeared in several films, such as Pope Joan and King Ralph.
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- Born
- Jan 12, 1927
London - Also known as
- Richard Bebb Williams
- Richard Edward Bebb Williams
- Parents
- Spouses
- Gwen Watford
(1952 - 1994/02/06)
- Gwen Watford
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Highgate School
- Died
- Apr 12, 2006
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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