Biography

Michael Darbyshire(1917-1979)

Actor
Writer
Soundtrack

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Michael Darbyshire was born on 15 October 1917 in Pancras, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969) and Pickwick (1969). He died on 20 November 1979 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

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Known for

Dick Van Dyke, Adrian Hall, Sally Ann Howes, and Heather Ripley in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

7.0

Inventor

1968

Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969)

Lock Up Your Daughters!

5.0

La Verole

1969

7.2

TV Movie

Dodson

1969

Richard Chamberlain in The Slipper and the Rose (1976)

The Slipper and the Rose

6.9

Dancer

1976

Credits

Actor

Rentaghost
6.9
TV Series
- Hubert Davenport
- 1976–1979
Dickens of London
7.1
TV Mini Series
- Mr. V.
- 1976
The Slipper and the Rose
6.9
- Dancer
- 1976
Clochemerle
8.0
TV Series
- Chief Secretary
- 1972
She'll Follow You Anywhere
4.1
- Doctor
- 1971
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
TV Series
- Carruthers
- 1969
Pickwick
7.2
TV Movie
- Dodson
- 1969
Lock Up Your Daughters!
5.0
- La Verole
- 1969
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
7.0
- Inventor
- 1968
The Gentle Terror
5.0
- Ticket clerk
- 1963
William
6.8
TV Series
- Daddy Bear
- 1963
The Benny Hill Show
7.7
TV Series
- Various Roles
- 1958
Charley Moon
5.5
- Footman (uncredited)
- 1956
Plain and Fancy
TV Movie
- Jacob Yoder
- 1956
Twenty Minutes South
TV Movie
- Henry Bates
- 1955

Writer

Soundtrack

Personal details

Born
- October 15, 1917
- Pancras, London, England, UK
Died
- November 20, 1979
- Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
Other works
Played Smith in "Gomes" by David Swift and Sidney Sheldon, at the Queens Theatre, Shaftesbuty Avenue.

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