Biography
Richard Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008), generally known as Oliver Postgate, was an English animator, puppeteer and writer. He was the creator and writer of some of Britain's most popular children's television programmes. Pingwings, Pogles' Wood, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, Clangers and Bagpuss, were all made by Smallfilms, the company he set up with Peter Firmin, and were shown on the BBC between the 1950s and the 1980s, and on ITV from 1959 to the present day. In a 1999 BBC poll Bagpuss was voted the most popular children's television programme of all time
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Filmography
all 17
TV Shows 9
Movies 8
Narrator 5
self 4
Voice 1
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009)
The Alchemists of Sound (2003)
Ivor the Engine (1976)
Vote for Froglet (1974)
Bagpuss (1974)
Clangers (1969)
Pogles' Wood (1965)
The Seal of Neptune (1960)
Noggin the Nog (1959)
The Pingwings
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GenderMale
Birthday1925-04-12
Deathday2008-12-08 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceHendon, Middlesex, England, UK
ChildrenDaniel Postgate
FatherRaymond Postgate
MotherDaisy Postgate
SiblingsJohn Postgate
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsRichard Oliver Postgate
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