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name: "Simon Cadell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-cadell"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 July 1950"
died: "6 March 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T06:17:59.929988+00:00"
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# Simon Cadell

Actor. Born 19 July 1950 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. Died 6 March 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 July 1950, Marylebone, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 6 March 1996
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q600632, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128136/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/175910

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Watership Down*](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md) (81)

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## Biography

Simon Cadell (19 July 1950 – 6 March 1996) was an English actor. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and began his career in the theatre, including work with the National Youth Theatre.

He is known for voicing Blackberry in the animated film *Watership Down* (1978) and for playing Jeffrey Fairbrother in the first five series of the BBC sitcom *Hi-de-Hi!* (1980–1984). Other television roles included appearances in *Enemy at the Door* (1978–1980) and *Life Without George* (1987–1989). He also narrated the children's series *Bump* (1990–1994).

Cadell was married to actress Rebecca Croft, daughter of comedy writer and producer David Croft.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Watership Down* (1978), Fi1m 81, as Blackberry (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md)

## Also known for

- *Meteor* (1979), British News Reporter (uncredited)
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), Sam Luke, Co-Pilot

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