1920-2004 GB, Birmingham
A.k.a. Hugh Gardner Manning
Hugh Manning (19 August 1920 – 18 August 2004) was an English film, radio and television actor. He is best remembered as the Reverend Donald Hinton, in the soap opera Emmerdale, a role he played from 1977 until 1989. He also starred in the tv series Mrs Thursday, alongside Kathleen Harrison in 1966, playing a suave and imperturbable Butler, which also carried over into popular tv commercials where his character endorsed the qualities of a well known soft drink. He regularly played Inspector Vosper in the BBC radio detective series, Paul Temple.