Glen Michael
| Glen Michael | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Cecil Buckland 16 May 1926 Devon, England |
| Residence | Ayr, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade |
| Spouse(s) | Beryl |
Glen Michael, born Cecil Buckland (born 16 May 1926), is a former children's television presenter and an entertainer. His career at Scottish Television spanned several decades with the popular show Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade. He was born in Devon, England, but has found the majority of his success in Scotland.
Born in 1926, Michael began his career as an entertainer on stage for the army and worked his way up with his many shows that encompassed his talent for comedy, in particular, impersonations. Upon leaving his native England for the theatre circuit of Scotland, he found further success in stage shows with Scottish comedians Rikki Fulton and Jack Milroy. Michael also made an uncredited appearance as "Larry" in the police drama The Blue Lamp in 1950; he and his date witnessed the shooting of Jack Warner (Dixon of Dock Green) as they entered a cinema.
Michael eventually turned his attention to television, starring in many Scottish Television productions and dramas including:
He also starred in several one-off plays for the BBC and STV.
Michael achieved success with his own show, which he presented, produced and wrote Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade/ (Glen Michael's Cavalcade) began a record-breaking run of 26 years starting on 6 April 1966. Cavalcade has been broadcast on at least three other ITV stations, Southern Television: 1966-1967, Westward: 1967–69 and Grampian TV also broadcast the series in the early 1970s and again the early 1980s. Originally broadcast as Cartoon Cavalcade went out on during the week around 5 pm until 1972, when it moved to Saturdays. From 5 January 1974 the programme moved to a Sunday afternoon slot and renamed Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade. For a period between September 1985 – April 1986 the series went out on a Saturday morning at 11.15, before return to Sunday afternoon. From January 1989 – December 1992 the series was reduced to 30 min fixed slot, broadcasting on Sundays at 10:45 am, but on a few occasions was moved to later time slot.
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