Gordon Honeycombe Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Ronald Gordon Honeycombe (born 27 September 1936) is an author, playwright and stage actor, well known in the United Kingdom as a national television newscaster.Gordon Honeycombe was born in Karachi, in British Raj, and educated at the Edinburgh Academy and at University College, Oxford, from which he graduated with an MA in English. He undertook National Service with the Royal Artillery, mainly in Hong Kong, where he was also an announcer with Radio Hong Kong. Returning to the UK, he embarked on an acting career which led to television and public prominence as a national newscaster.As a newscaster, Honeycombe always seemed warm but stern while on-screen. Off camera, he was a flamboyant, fun-loving character with a devilish sense of humour.Now settled in Perth, Western Australia, Honeycombe continues to work in radio, television and theatre. He is regularly engaged in voice-over work for radio and television, and in documentary narrations.
Entered radio broadcasting in Hong Kong, subsequently joining the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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After openly supporting the firemen's strike of 1977 by appearing on their picket lines and by writing a highly critical article in the Daily Mail, he was suspended by the editor of ITN. He resigned as an ITN newscaster in November 1977 to concentrate more on supporting the firemen's cause, and on writing stage/film/TV plays and books, and researching the genealogy of the Honeycombes.
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