Michael Darbyshire was an English television actor most famous for his portrayal of Hubert Davenport, the Victorian ghost in the long-running British Broadcasting Corporation television children"s comedy series Rentaghost.
Career
The series continued after Darbyshire"s death. He also played one of the eccentric inventors in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and appeared in the musical Pickwick (1965) and in the television adaptation Pickwick for the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1969. Michael Darbyshire died in 1979, aged 62.
Membership
He was also a prominent member of The Players Theatre Company based in London in Villiers Street, appearing regularly and also on many occasions on the British Broadcasting Corporation television series The Good Old Days.