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Brian Nissen
Actor, Writer
Died February 8, 2001 (73 years)
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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 1974 | Rogue's Rock (TV Series) · as Announcer |
| 1964 | Ring of Treason · as Portland Official |
| 1963 | Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Tom Gibson |
| 1963 | The Marked One · as Chas Warren |
| 1962 | The Fur Collar · as Carl Jorgensen |
| 1961 | Ghost Squad (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Dentist on the Job · as City Gent |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Mark |
| 1960 | Night Train for Inverness · as Police Radio Operator |
| 1959 | Man Accused · as Derek |
| 1957 | The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (TV Series) · as Allen Roberts |
| 1957 | Second Fiddle · as Jack Carter |
| 1957 | Pickup Alley · as Allison |
| 1957 | Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (TV Series) · as Sir Gawaine |
| 1955 | Richard III · as Messenger To Richard |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Colin Derwent |
| 1955 | The Dam Busters · as Flt / Lt. A. T. Taerum, D.f.c. |
| 1954 | The Vise (TV Series) · as Bob Lang |
| 1952 | Beauty and the Beast · as Prince |
| 1951 | The Browning Version · as Head Boy |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Duke Of Aumerle |
| 1949 | Landfall · as Lambert |
| 1945 | They Were Sisters · as John |
| 1944 | |
| 1944 | Her Man Gilbey · as (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Adventure for Two · as George Tisdall |
| 1942 | The Avengers · as Page |