Kenneth Waller
| Kenneth Waller | |
|---|---|
| Born |
5 November 1927 Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 28 January 2000 (aged 72) London, England |
| Occupation | Television Actor |
| Years active | 1959–98 |
Kenneth Waller (5 November 1927 – 28 January 2000) was an English actor. He was known for portraying Granddad in Bread and Old Mr. Grace in Are You Being Served?
Kenneth Waller was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire on November 5, 1927. In 1949, he was a member of the Christ Church Woodhouse men’s choir.
After serving in the Royal Air Force, Waller worked for a firm of auctioneers.
Experience in local rep at the Oxford Playhouse encouraged him to move to London, where he made his West End debut in Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds' 1957 musical Free as Air. He was later in the original cast of Give a Dog a Bone in 1964, and took over various roles in various other London productions such as Salad Days and Anne of Green Gables: The Musical. Waller was also associated the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, but always looked forward to the times when his work took him on location further afield, including Rome, India and Scandinavia.
An excellent pianist and an ardent lover of classical and choral music, Waller was extremely knowledgeable on the subject of oratorio and sang with Anthony Bowles' Actors' choir and the BBC Chorus. He also appeared as the Narrator in Peter and the Wolf, and Carl Davis a special concert piece, Duck's diary, for Waller.
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