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3Anthony Thomas Jackson, (18 February 1944 -- 26 November 2006), was a British actor best known for playing Trevor Lewis in ''Series/BlessThisHouse'' and Fred Mumford in ''Series/{{Rentaghost}}''.
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5His career began at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. After a period of studying at Rose Bruford College, he won the Carlton Hobbs Bursary in 1956 and joined the Radio Drama Company. Jackson also appeared on stage at the Mermaid Theatre and the Nottingham Playhouse.
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7In 1959, he provided voices for ''WesternAnimation/IvorTheEngine'', later returning to the series in The70s when it was {{Reviv|al}}ed in colour. That same decade he starred in ''Series/YoureOnlyYoungTwice1971'' and appeared throughout all six series of ''Bless This House'' as the Abbott's neighbour, Trevor Lewis. In the [[TheMovie 1972 film spin-off]], Jackson didn't return, and Trevor was recast with Creator/PeterButterworth. He was one of the original cast members of ''Rentaghost'' but left the series after the death of co-star Michael Darbyshire in 1979.
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9''Ivor'' wasn't Jackson's only voice-over role, he also provided voices for series such as ''WesternAnimation/BudgieTheLittleHelicopter'', ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'', ''WesternAnimation/ShakespeareTheAnimatedTales'', ''WesternAnimation/TestamentTheBibleInAnimation'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheWorldOfPeterRabbitAndFriends''.
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11He died of cancer at the age of 62.
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16* ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' (1968) -- Ape
17* ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' (1986) -- The Four Guards/Goblin
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19* ''WesternAnimation/IvorTheEngine'', unknown amount of episodes (1959-76) -- Dai Station/Evans the Song/Mr. Dinwiddy
20* ''Series/ZCars'', episode "You Can't Win 'Em All!: Part 1" (1968) -- Mick Bentley
21* ''Series/DoctorInTheHouse'', episode "The War of the Mascots" (1969) -- Ponsonby
22* ''Series/IfItMovesFileIt'', episode "Lost and Found" (1970) -- Bill
23* ''Series/BlessThisHouse'', 44 episodes (1971-76) -- Trevor Lewis
24* ''[[Series/YoureOnlyYoungTwice1971 You're Only Young Twice]]'', 6 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Home Sweet Homicide", "Innocents in Peril", "Conspiracy of Silence", "Born Again", "Bomb-Didi-Bomb-Bomb", "Collapse of Stout Party"[[/labelnote]] (1971) -- Benny
25* ''Series/LoveThyNeighbour'', episode "The T.U.C. Conference '72" (1972) -- Malcolm
26* ''Series/{{Rentaghost}}'', 24 episodes (1976-78) -- Fred Mumford
27* ''[[Series/WhodunnitUK Whodunnit?]]'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"No Happy Returns", "Last Tango in Tooting"[[/labelnote]] (1977) -- Bill Jennings
28* ''Series/MindYourLanguage'', episode "A Point of Honour" (1978) -- Mr. Jarvis
29* ''Series/CitizenSmith'', episode "Buon Natale" (1980) -- Italian Barman
30* ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', episode "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS2E06ItNeverRains It Never Rains...]]" (1982) -- Juan
31* ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', 3 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"The Firefly Cage", "Friends, Romans and Enemies", "Death and Venice: Part One"[[/labelnote]] (1986) -- Brian
32* ''Series/EastEnders'', 1 episode (1986) -- Carpet Salesman
33* ''Series/TheStoryteller'', episode "The Soldier and Death" (1988) -- Devil
34* ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'', 51 episodes (1990-95) -- Corporal Nug
35* ''WesternAnimation/ShakespeareTheAnimatedTales'', episode "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1992) -- Puck
36* ''Series/TheBill'', 3 episodes:
37** "The Right Man for the Job" (1993) -- George Decker
38** "No Name, No Number" (1994) -- Quayle
39** "Long Buried Secrets" (2004) -- Fred Cross
40* ''WesternAnimation/TheWorldOfPeterRabbitAndFriends'', episode "The Tale of Pigling Bland" (1994) -- Policeman
41* ''WesternAnimation/BudgieTheLittleHelicopter'', 39 episodes (1994-96) -- Ken/Don
42* ''Series/TheDetectives'', episode "Sacked" (1996) -- Copper
43* ''WesternAnimation/TestamentTheBibleInAnimation'', episode "Joseph" (1996) -- Trader/Jailer
44* ''Series/ScreenTwo'', episode "Burn Your Phone" (1996) -- Caller
45* ''Series/{{Backup}}'', episode "Something for the Weekend, Sir?" (1997) -- Talbot
46* ''Series/{{Doctors}}'', 2 episodes:
47** "Sense of Duty" (2001) -- Leslie Broughton
48** "Snakes and Property Ladders" (2006) -- Mr. Eagles
49* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', episode "Consequences" (2001) -- Landlord
50* ''Series/{{Chucklevision}}'', episode "In a Pickle" (2006) -- Worthington Knutt

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