Oliver Postgate

Creator

Born April 12, 1925 · Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK

12 films as director · Active 1959–2023

Richard Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008), generally known as Oliver Postgate, was an English animator, puppeteer and writer. He was the creator and writer of some of Britain's most po…

Known for

Ivor The Engine

1959

Ivor the Engine

1976

Clangers

1969

Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House

1984

Bagpuss

1974

Tottie: The Doll's Wish

1986

Noggin the Nog

1959

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

2009

Directed(12)

2023Clangers: Complete Collection

1974Vote for Froglet

Acting(17)

2023Clangers: Complete CollectionNarrator (Voice)

Film

2009Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small FilmsSelf

Film

2009Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need MedleyBagpus (voice)

Film

2006The Complete Ivor the EngineNarrator / All

Film

2005Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'Self

Film

2005The Complete BagpussNarrator / All Voices

Film

2003The Alchemists of SoundSelf

Film

1986Tottie: The Doll's WishNarrator

1984Tottie: The Story of a Doll's HouseNarrator, Mr. Plantagenet (voice)

1976Ivor the Engine

1974Vote for FrogletNarrator (voice)

Film

1974BagpussNarrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice

1969ClangersNarrator (voice)

1960The Seal of NeptuneNarrator

1959Ivor The EngineNarrator (voice)

1959Noggin the NogNarrator

The Pingwings