Gilbert Harding | |
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.jpg) Harding photographed by John Gay, 1949 | |
| Born | Gilbert Charles Harding 5 June 1907 Hereford, England |
| Died | 16 November 1960 (aged 53) Marylebone, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, radio and television personality |
Gilbert Charles Harding (5 June 1907 – 16 November 1960) was a British journalist and radio and television personality. His many careers included schoolmaster, journalist, policeman, disc jockey, actor, interviewer and television presenter. He also appeared in several films, sometimes in character parts but usually as himself – for example in Expresso Bongo (1959).
Harding had a sizeable role alongside John Mills in the 1952 film The Gentle Gunman, and narrated the introduction to the film Pacific Destiny (1956). He also made a couple of comedy records in the 1950s.