Michael Darbyshire [SEP] date of death
Michael Darbyshire
Michael Darbyshire (15 October 1917 – 20 November 1979) was an English television actor best remembered for his portrayal of Hubert Davenport, the Victorian ghost in the BBC TV children's comedy series "Rentaghost". The series continued after Darbyshire's death.
He also played one of the eccentric inventors in the 1968 film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (1968), and appeared in the musical "Pickwick" (1965) and in the TV adaptation "Pickwick" for the BBC in 1969.
Darbyshire
Darbyshire is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alfred Darbyshire (1839–1908), English architect
- Carolyn Darbyshire (aka Carolyn Darbyshire-McRorie and Carolyn McRorie) (born 1963), Canadian curler
- George Christian Darbyshire (1820–1898), English and Australian civil engineer
- Janet Darbyshire (born ?), British epidemiologist and science administrator
- Maureen Darbyshire (born ?), English actress
- Michael Darbyshire (c. 1917–1979), British television actor
- Russell Darbyshire