Bob Danvers-Walker
Cyril Frederick "Bob" Danvers-Walker (11 October 1906 – 17 May 1990) was a British radio and newsreel announcer best known as the offscreen voice of Pathé News cinema newsreels during the Second World War and for many years afterward.
Bob Danvers-Walker | |
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| Born | Cyril Frederick Danvers-Walker 11 October 1906 Cheam, Surrey, England |
| Died | 17 May 1990 (aged 83) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Radio, television and newsreel presenter |
| Known for | Voice of Pathé News |
| Spouse |
Vera Nita White (m. 1933) |
His voice was described as "clear, fruity and rich, with just the suggestion of raffishness". Kenneth Branagh has stated that he was consciously imitating Danvers-Walker's "perky tone" in a spoof "newsreel" segment in his 2000 film Love's Labour's Lost.
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