Anthony Thomas Jackson (18 February 1944 – 26 November 2006) was an English actor. He appeared as the founder of the eponymous ghost hiring agency in the BBC children's comedy series Rentaghost and as Sid Abbott's neighbour Trevor, in the sitcom Bless This House.

Jackson began his career with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. He studied at Rose Bruford College and in 1965 joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary.Carleton Hobbs Bursary winners at BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2018 Later he played at the Mermaid Theatre and the Nottingham Playhouse.

Roles Jackson played the part of The Tale Bearer (a narrator not included in the original story) in the 1968 BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

Jackson also provided a large number of voices in the animated children's series Ivor the Engine and went on to have roles in many long-running British television series. He also appeared in the sitcoms Bless This House, All Our Saturdays, Mind Your Language, Citizen Smith, The Detectives, Lovejoy, Softly, Softly, Barlow at Large and Only Fools and Horses. In his final years, he appeared in The Bill, Casualty, Footballers' Wives and Doctors.

Voiceover Jackson also did voiceovers for animation including the TV series The Dreamstone, Budgie the Little Helicopter, Zokko!, The Ed and Zed Show, Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Watership Down, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends and Testament: The Bible in Animation and the film A Monkey's Tale.

He also did voices in live-action shows and films including The Storyteller, Labyrinth and A.D.A.M.

He found a niche in The Godot Company, and became one of its principal members.

Death Jackson died of cancer in London on 26 November 2006, having been ill during rehearsals of Waiting for Godot whilst the company was touring in Ireland.

Filmography

Film YearTitleRoleNotes19682001: A Space OdysseyApeCredited as Tony Jackson1975Jungle BurgerVoiceEnglish version, Credited as Tony Jackson1976DawnbreakersUnknownShort film1986LabyrinthThe Four Guards Goblin (voice)1999A Monkey's TaleAdditional voicesEnglish version

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1968Z CarsMick Bentley (as Tony Jackson)Episode: "You Can't Win 'Em All!: Part 1"1969Doctor in the HousePonsonby (as Tony Jackson)Episode: "The War of the Mascots"1969Happy Ever AfterJoe FowlerEpisode: "Fowler's Day"1968–1970Zokko!Voice21 episodes1970Softly, Softly: Task ForceCorryEpisode: "The Hermit"1970Wicked WomenRichard Timms (as Tony Jackson)Episode: "Anne Maria Moody"1970If It Moves, File ItBillEpisode: "Lost and Found"1970Tales of UneaseDerekEpisode: "Ride, Ride"1970The Ed and Zed ShowVoice9 episodes1970Beyond BeliefUnknown1971The Liver BirdsWilf (as Tony Jackson)Episode: "The Holiday Fund aka Housekeeping"1971Rules, Rules, RulesMr. PlentyEpisode: "Too Many Rules"1971Father, Dear FatherMilkmanEpisode: "The Naked Truth"1971You're Only Young TwiceBenny6 episodes1972Mike and BernieMilkmanEpisode: "The Dog It Was That Died"1972Three in a BedBertTelevision film1972Love Thy NeighbourMalcolmEpisode: "The T.U.C. Conference '72"1972Thirty Minutes WorthUnknownEpisode: #1.31973BarlowBernie CraneEpisode: "Review"1973All Our SaturdaysFrank Bosomworth6 episodes1973ITV Sunday Night TheatreThe Voice of A.D.A.M.Episode: "A.D.A.M.", voice1971–1976Bless This HouseTrevor Lewis44 episodes1976Spring and AutumnJim the milkmanEpisode: #4.31976Ivor the EngineDai Station Evans the Song Mr. Dinwiddy14 episodes, voice1977Whodunnit?Bill Jennings2 episodes1977–1978BBC2 Play of the WeekCharles Richard Smith2 episodes1978Mind Your LanguageMr JarvisEpisode: "A Point of Honour"1976–1979RentaghostFred Mumford24 episodes1980Citizen SmithItalian BarmanEpisode: "Buon Natale"1981BognorBarnabas6 episodes1982Frost in MayListerEpisode: "The Sugar House"1982Only Fools and HorsesJuan the Spanish Prison GuardEpisode: "It Never Rains..."1984Bootle SaddlesMan (as Tony Jackson)Episode: "Besieged, Bothered and Bewildered"1986LovejoyBrian3 episodes1986EastEndersCarpet SalesmanEpisode: #1.1221987BustSales ManagerEpisode: "Stag at Bay"1988The StoryTellerDevil (as Tony Jackson)Episode: "The Soldier and Death", voice1990The DreamstoneNug Mr. BlossomVoice1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesPuckEpisode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream", voice1992BoonBertEpisode: "Shot in the Dark"1994The World of Peter Rabbit and FriendsPolicemanEpisode: "The Tale of Pigling Bland", voice1995The GovernorMatthew Effinger (uncredited)Episode: #1.11995Rich DeceiverNight Club Singer (as Tony Jackson)Television film1996The DetectivesFirst copperEpisode: "Sacked"1994–1996Budgie the Little HelicopterDon Ken (as Tony Jackson)39 episodes, voice1996The Upper HandTaxi-driverEpisode: "The Chunnel of Love"1996Testament: The Bible in AnimationJailer Trader (as Tony Jackson)Episode: "Joseph", voice1997Screen TwoCallerEpisode: "Burn Your Phone"1997BackupTalbotEpisode: "Something for the Weekend, Sir?"1998The Life of ConfuciusBaron Chi Baron 3 Tzeng Tzu1998MosleyReturning OfficerEpisode: "Rules of the Game"1999Santa's Last ChristmasThe PostbearTelevision film, voice2001Watership DownKehaar5 episodes, voice2001CasualtyLandlordEpisode: "Consequences"1993–2004The BillFred Cross George Decker Quayle3 episodes2005Footballers' WivesMarcoEpisode: #4.42001–2006DoctorsLeslie Broughton Mr. Eagles2 episodes2006ChuckleVisionWorthington KentEpisode: "In a Pickle"

Radio YearTitleRoleNotes1968The HobbitThe Tale Bearer1968The Hard BuyZarkas (ep 3 onwards)

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