Real name: Eric Norman Thompson

Effective period / Period of releases: 1967 - 1972

English actor, producer and television presenter, born 9 November 1929 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK, died 30 November 1982 in Camden, London, England. He was married to Phyllida Law from 1957 until his death, father of Emma Thompson and Sophie Thompson. He was best known as the narrator of The Magic Roundabout, for which he wrote the English-language scripts, using the visuals from the French Le Manège Enchanté.