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Brian Nissen

Brian Nissen

Actor · 1927 – 2001 · London, England

Continuity, commercial voice overs and Brit TV actor in 50s and 60s. Brian Nissen (20 October 1927 in London – 8 February 2001 in Salisbury, Wiltshire) was a British actor and television continuity announcer. Nissen made an early appearance in Laurence Olivier's film of Shakespeare's Henry V, and made many TV, film and stage appearances, including The Dam Busters (1955), and the television series The New Adventures of Charlie Chan and Sword of Freedom in 1957. But he is probably best-remembered as an in-vision announcer for Southern Television, where his formal style seemed to sum up the company's aesthetic. He joined Southern at its inception in 1958 and stayed until its demise in 1981, and was kept on by the successor company TVS despite its general policy of breaking with Southern's conservatism. He retired from TVS in August 1987. Nissen died on 8 February 2001 in Salisbury, Wiltshire at the age of 73. (Wikipedia)

Movies11

  • Movie6.9

    The Dam Busters

    1955 · 166 votes

  • Movie6.7
  • Movie6.4

    Interpol

    1957 · 21 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Ring of Spies

    1964 · 15 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Second Fiddle

    1957 · 6 votes

  • Movie6.3

    English Without Tears

    1944 · 7 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Man Accused

    1959 · 3 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Badger's Green

    1949 · 1 votes

  • Movie5.5

    They Were Sisters

    1945 · 9 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Top Floor Girl

    1959 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Fur Collar

    1962 · 1 votes

Series4

  • TV7.0
  • TV6.5

    Emergency: Ward 10

    1957 · 4 votes

  • TV6.0

    Ghost Squad

    1961 · 3 votes

  • TV10.0

    Persuasion

    1960 · 1 votes