---
name: "Norman Shelley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/norman-shelley"
fi1m_id: "norman-shelley"
imdb_id: "nm0791219"
tmdb_id: 590277
wikidata_id: "Q609931"
roles: []
born: "16 February 1903"
died: "22 August 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 89
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T03:51:09.525824+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Norman Shelley

## Identity

Norman Shelley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/norman-shelley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** norman-shelley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0791219
- **TMDB ID:** 590277
- **Wikidata ID:** Q609931
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Shelley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q609931, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791219/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/590277

Actor. Born 16 February 1903 in Chelsea, London, England, UK. Died 22 August 1980.

## Details

- **Born:** 16 February 1903, Chelsea, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 22 August 1980
- **Active:** 1945–1976
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 88 (1), 1970s 90 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Shelley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q609931, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791219/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/590277

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*I Know Where I'm Going!*](https://film.one/film/i-know-where-im-going.md) (88)

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## Biography

Norman Shelley (16 February 1903 – August 1980) was a British actor. Born in Chelsea, London, he began his career on the stage as a Shakespearean actor in the 1920s before moving into radio, film and television.

Shelley was best known for his long career in BBC radio. He voiced Winnie-the-Pooh in *Children's Hour* adaptations of A. A. Milne’s stories, Dr Watson opposite Carleton Hobbs in the Sherlock Holmes series (1952–1969), and Colonel Danby in *The Archers*. He also played Gandalf and Tom Bombadil in the 1955–56 radio adaptation of *The Lord of the Rings*.

His film and television credits include the voice of Sir Robert Bellinger in *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), an uncredited voice role as Winston Churchill in *Sink the Bismarck!* (1960), and appearances in *Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed* (1969), *Oh! What a Lovely War* (1969) and *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978). He was married to Monica Brett.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *I, Claudius* (1976), Fi1m 90, as Horace — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-claudius.md)
- *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), Fi1m 88, as Sir Robert Bellinger — [page](https://film.one/film/i-know-where-im-going.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *To Serve Them All My Days* (1980), series, as Governor
- *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978), series, as Major Bullen
- *Gulliver's Travels* (1977), as Father / Emperor of Lilliput (voice)
- *Raffles* (1977), series, Actor
- *I, Claudius* (1976), series, as Horace — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-claudius.md)
- *The Pallisers* (1974), series, as Mr Mildmay
- *The General's Day* (1972), Actor
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, as Auguste Van Helm
- *Whatever Became of Me?* (1972), as Burgess
- *Third Party* (1972), as TV Guest
- *Justice* (1971), series, as Captain Glint
- *Codename* (1970), series, as Charles
- *The Main Chance* (1969), series, as Sefton Gardiner
- *Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed* (1969), as Guest - Smoking pipe
- *Otley* (1969), as Businessman
- *Oh! What a Lovely War* (1969), as Staff Officer in Ballroom
- *Wuthering Heights* (1967), as Doctor Kenneth
- *Wuthering Heights* (1967), series, as Doctor Kenneth
- *The Furry Folk on Holiday* (1967), Actor
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Admiral, Sir James Crichton-Browne
- *A Place to Go* (1963), as Magistrate
- *Very Important Person* (1961), as Fred Whittaker
- *The Angry Silence* (1960), as Seagrave
- *Sink the Bismarck!* (1960), as Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
- *The Young Lady from London* (1959), series, as Sir Hugo Masterman
- *The Price of Silence* (1959), as Councillor Forbes
- *Battle of the V-1* (1958), as Senior Army Officer (uncredited)
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Burgess
- *Strange Stories* (1953), as Mr. Gilkie ('Strange Mr Bartleby')
- *Private Information* (1952), as Herbert J. Freemantle
- *Blind Man's Bluff* (1952), as Superintendent Morley
- *Enterprise* (1951), Actor
- *Her Favourite Husband* (1950), as Mr. Dobson
- *The Blue Lamp* (1950), as F.P. Jordan (Uncredited)
- *Vote for Huggett* (1949), as Mr. Wilson
- *The Monkey's Paw* (1948), as Charles Monoghan
- *Death in the Hand* (1948), Actor
- *Daughter of Darkness* (1948), as Smithers
- *Dancing with Crime* (1947), as Stage Door Keeper (uncredited)
- *I See a Dark Stranger* (1946), as Man in Straw Hat
- *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), as Sir Robert Bellinger — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/i-know-where-im-going.md)
- *Strawberry Roan* (1944), as Dr. Lambert
- *They Came to a City* (1944), as Mr Cudworth
- *Power Lines* (1944), as Commentator (voice)
- *Lessons from the Air* (1943), as Commentary
- *The Iron Duke* (1934), as Pozzo d Borgo
- *East Lynne on the Western Front* (1931), as Tony Wilson
- *Down River* (1931), as Blind Rudley
- *Thread o' Scarlet* (1930), as Migsworth

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