Career
He was also the voice artist heard during the first British-broadcast advertisement, for Gibbs Social Research Toothpaste on Independent Television, 22 September 1955. Macintosh was an American Broadcasting Company television in-vision announcer from 1955 to 1961, which led to him becoming a presenter on other British Broadcasting Corporation programmes. He contributed to a number of diverse programmes, including a spell as a regional presenter on Come Dancing (between 1957 and 1966.
And again 1968-1972).
In 1962, he guest-starred in an episode of Brian Rix"s Dial RIX as a host of "Come Prancing."
In addition to British Broadcasting Corporation work, Macintosh"s voice was heard on the very first advert for Gibbs Social Research Toothpaste that was shown at 8.12pm on the opening night of Independent Television on 22 September 1955. In 1961, he presented the London area news magazine Town and Around, and was a relief news reader in March 1961.
Macintosh also took many supporting roles in a variety of television programmes, often as a television reporter, interviewer or newsreader, in which guise he appeared in episodes of R3 (1965), The Troubleshooters (1969) and Doctor Who (Day of the Daleks) (1972). After a considerable stint with the British Broadcasting Corporation, Macintosh worked for an Australian television company in Sydney, before retiring to Norfolk where he pursued an interest in portrait painting.
