Person Open DS/UK/17915 Arnold; Bob (27 December 1910-27 August 1998); British actor Arnold Bob 27 December 1910-27 August 1998 British actor Male (cisgender) George Richard Arnold Asthall, Oxfordshire, England (born)

Salisbury, England (died)

British Actor White No known disability No known religious affiliation Spouse of Dorothy Coleridge Heterosexual Bob Arnold was an actor who played the part of Tom Forrest in the long running BBC radio series The Archers. His break came in 1937 with a radio programme called In the Cotswolds, on the strength of which he became a regular entertainer, singing at village concerts and parties - in Baseley's words "a good rumbustious folk singer". After war service in the RAF in Heywood, Lancashire, he went back to the BBC for Children's Hour and Through the Garden Gate. When The Archers was mooted, he was keen to join the team, but Baseley thought his accent was "too recognisable" and it was not until 1951, three months after the programme began, that he was enrolled as the gamekeeper Tom Forrest. Bob Arnold made a sideline in folk music, contributing to such BBC programmes as Folk on 2, and collecting songs remembered from his Asthall pub youth for recordings. In 1972 he produced an album, Mornin' All with the Yetties. He made his last appearance on The Archers last Christmas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Arnold, https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-bob-arnold-1174693.html (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 6/17/2014 RAHAKirkbride 11/4/2022 c9726629-68b2-4597-b3be-d99f3cb02e67