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Brian Nissen

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Movies: 8Series: 4

TMDB ID: 1241406

IMDb ID: nm0632888

Known for: Acting

Born: October 20, 1927

Died: February 8, 2001

Age: 73

Place of birth: London, England

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1944 - 1964

Years active: 21

Average TMDB rating: 6.78

Wikidata: Q4964881

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Biography

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)