Eric Thompson

Eric Thompson

Infobox actor
name = Eric Thompson


caption =
birthdate = birth date|1929|11|09|df=y
birthplace = Sleaford, Lincolnshire
birthname = Eric Norman Thompson
deathdate = dda|1982|11|30|1929|11|09|df=y
deathplace = Camden, London, England

Eric Norman Thompson [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/27/Phyllida-Law.html Phyllida Law Biography (1932-) ] ] (November 9, 1929 - November 30, 1982) was an English actor, producer and television presenter.

Thompson was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, the son of George Henry and Anne Thompson, [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/81/Eric-Thompson.html Eric Thompson Biography (1929-1982) ] ] and grew up Rudgwick, Sussex. He trained to be an actor at the Old Vic acting school in London and joined the Old Vic theatre company in 1952.

He worked mostly for the BBC, and was a presenter of the children's television programme "Play School" in the 1960s. He was best known as the narrator of "The Magic Roundabout", for which he wrote the English scripts, using the visuals from the French "Le Manège Enchanté". These were transmitted between October 1965 and January 1977. Thompson rarely worked on television after his voice became well-known, but occasionally appeared in programmes such as "Doctor Who" in the serial "The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve" in 1966.

Thompson was married to Scottish actress Phyllida Law whom he met while at the Old Vic, and was the father of Emma Thompson and Sophie Thompson. He died of a heart attack in London on November 30th 1982, at the age of 53.

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