Anthony Jackson (actor)


Anthony Thomas Jackson was an English actor. He appeared as the founder of the eponymous ghost hiring agency in the BBC children's comedy series Rentaghost.
Jackson began his career with the Birmingham Repertory. He studied at Rose Bruford College and in 1965 joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary. Later he played at the Mermaid Theatre and the Nottingham Playhouse.

Roles

Jackson played the part of The Tale Bearer in the 1968 BBC Radio dramatisation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
Jackson also provided a large number of voices in the animated children's series Ivor the Engine and went on to have roles in many long-running British television series. He also appeared in the sitcoms Bless This House, All Our Saturdays, Mind Your Language, Citizen Smith, Dynasty, The Detectives, Lovejoy, Softly, Softly, Barlow at Large and Only Fools and Horses. In his final years, he appeared in The Bill, Casualty, Footballers' Wives, Walker Texas Ranger and Doctors.

Voiceover

Jackson also did voiceovers for animation including the TV series The Dreamstone, Budgie the Little Helicopter, ', Watership Down, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, Franny's Feet and ' and the film A Monkey's Tale.
He also did voices in live-action shows and films including The Storyteller, Labyrinth and A.D.A.M.
He found a niche in The Godot Company, and became one of its principal members.

Death

Jackson died in London on 26 November 2006, having been ill during rehearsals of Waiting for Godot whilst the company was touring in Ireland.

Film and television roles