Creator / Valentine Dyall

Valentine Dyall (7 May 1908 – 24 June 1985) was an English actor. His career spanned from the 1940s to the 1980s, and his roles ranged from films as iconic as Laurence Olivier's Henry V (1944), to cult TV shows such as the Black Guardian in Doctor Who, to numerous voice acting roles including "The Man in Black" on the long-running BBC Radio show Appointment with Fear.

His roles in works with TV Tropes pages:

Film

• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) — von Schönborn
• Henry V (1944) — Duke of Burgundy
• I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) — Mr. Robinson
• Brief Encounter (1945) — Stephen Lynn (uncredited)
• Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) — 1st. Guardsman
• Ivanhoe (1952) — Norman Guard
• Knights of the Round Table (1953) — Narrator (uncredited)
• City of the Dead (1960) — Jethrow Keane
• The Haunting (1963) — Mr. Dudley
• The First Men in the Moon (1964) — Narrator (uncredited)
• The Wrong Box (1966) — Oliver Pike Harmsworth
• The Night of the Generals (1967) — German Radio Announcer (voice, uncredited)
• Casino Royale (1967) — Vesper Lynd's Assistant / Dr. Noah's Voice (uncredited)
• Bedazzled (1967) — God (voice, uncredited)
• Lust for a Vampire (1971) — Count Karnstein (voice, uncredited)
• The Beast Must Die (1974) — Narrator of the Werewolf Break (voice, uncredited)
• The Slipper and the Rose (1976) — 2nd Major Domo

TV

• Hancock's Half Hour: "The Artist" (1956) — Art Connoisseur
• The Avengers: "You'll Catch Your Death" (1968) — Butler
• Secret Army: 23 episodes (1977-79) — Dr. Pascal Keldermans
• Doctor Who: 4 stories^{show list} "The Armageddon Factor", "Mawdryn Undead", "Terminus", "Enlightenment" (1979, 1983) — Black Guardian
• Blake's 7: "City at the Edge of the World" (1980) — Norl
• The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy: Episode 4 (1981) — Deep Thought
• Sapphire and Steel: "Assignment Five: Part 1" (1981) — Radio Broadcast Voice (voice)
• Blackadder: "Witchsmeller Pursuivant" (1983) — Angus, A Lord