Career
Mawdesley was educated at Gresham"s School, Holt, Norfolk, where he was a keen actor in school plays. Although he had a part in Basil Dean"s movie, almost all of his work was on stage until he joined The Archers in 1951. Mawdesley"s character in the programme, Walter Gabriel, was an Ambridge smallholder who provided most of the comic relief with the catch-phrase "My old pal, my old beauty" and other comments.