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Anthony Jackson
Born	Anthony Thomas Jackson (1944-02-18)18 February 1944 Birmingham, England
Died	26 November 2006(2006-11-26) (aged 62) London, England
Alma mater	Rose Bruford College
Years active	1968–2006

Anthony Thomas Jackson (18 February 1944 – 26 November 2006) was an English actor. He appeared as the founder of the eponymous ghost hiring agency in the BBC children's comedy series Rentaghost and as Sid Abbott's neighbour Trevor, in the sitcom Bless This House.

Jackson began his career with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. He studied at Rose Bruford College and in 1965 joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary. Later he played at the Mermaid Theatre and the Nottingham Playhouse.

Roles

Jackson played the part of The Tale Bearer (a narrator not included in the original story) in the 1968 BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

Jackson also provided a large number of voices in the animated children's series Ivor the Engine and went on to have roles in many long-running British television series. He also appeared in the sitcoms Bless This House, All Our Saturdays, Mind Your Language, Citizen Smith, Dynasty, The Detectives, Lovejoy, Softly, Softly, Barlow at Large and Only Fools and Horses. In his final years, he appeared in The Bill, Casualty, Footballers' Wives, Walker Texas Ranger and Doctors.

Voiceover

Jackson also did voiceovers for animation including the TV series The Dreamstone, Budgie the Little Helicopter, Zokko!, The Ed and Zed Show, Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Watership Down, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends and Testament: The Bible in Animation and the film A Monkey's Tale.

He also did voices in live-action shows and films including The Storyteller, Labyrinth and A.D.A.M.

He found a niche in The Godot Company, and became one of its principal members.

Death

Jackson died of cancer in London on 26 November 2006, having been ill during rehearsals of Waiting for Godot whilst the company was touring in Ireland.

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

References

1. Carleton Hobbs Bursary winners at BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2018
2. "The Hobbit (Dramatised) (Audio Download): Paul Daneman, Anthony Jackson, Heron Carvic, J. R. R. Tolkien, BBC Worldwide Ltd: Amazon.co.uk: Audible Books & Originals". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
3. "British actor Anthony Jackson dead at 62". The Big Cartoon Forum. 10 December 2006. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
4. DeMott, Rick (18 December 2006). "Ivor the Engine Actor Dies". Animation World Network. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
5. "The Godot Company".
6. "Anthony Jackson – News Obituaries". The Independent. 9 December 2006. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
7. "J R R TOLKIEN - THE HOBBIT & THE LORD OF THE RINGS". www.britishdrama.org.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
8. "The Hard Buy". www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m001q68d. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

External links

• Anthony Jackson at IMDb

• 1944 births
• 2006 deaths
• Deaths from cancer in England
• English male soap opera actors
• English male voice actors
• Male actors from Birmingham, West Midlands
• Alumni of Rose Bruford College