Michael Darbyshire (15 October 1917 – 20 November 1979) was an English actor of stage and screen. He is perhaps best known for his role as Hubert Davenport, the

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ghost, in the long running

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TV children's comedy series '' Rentaghost''. He also played one of the eccentric inventors in the 1968 film ''

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''. On stage, he appeared in the original West End cast of the musical '' Pickwick'' in 1963, its

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transfer in 1965, and a BBC TV adaptation in 1969. He was a member of the Players Theatre Company based in London in Villiers Street, appearing regularly and also on many occasions on the BBC TV series '' The Good Old Days''. Michael Darbyshire died in 1979, during the interval of the first performance of a production of the

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farce, Chase Me Comrade, at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, aged 62.''Wokingham Times'' 22 November 1979

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* * 1917 births 1979 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors English male television actors Place of birth missing 20th-century British male actors {{UK-screen-actor-stub