John Snagge was born on May 8, 1904 in London, England as John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge. He was an actor, known for Trinity House (1942), A Hundred Years Undergound (1963) and Punk Can Take It (1979). He died on March 25, 1996 in Buckinghamshire, England.
Head of BBC Home Service Presentation, and one of the primary voices of radio, he announced such important events as D-Day, VE-Day, VJ-Day, and the deaths of King George VI and Queen Mary.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Now and Then
1984
TV Series
Radio Announcer
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
1980
Cinema Newsreel Announcer (voice, uncredited)
Punk Can Take It
1979
Short
Narrator (voice)
Danger UXB
1979
TV Series
Newsreader
Colditz
1974
TV Series
British Radio Announcer
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1969
TV Series
BBC announcer / BBC newsreader
It Happened Here
1965
Announcer (uncredited)
Comedy Playhouse
1963
TV Series
Newsreader
Here's Harry
1961
TV Series
The 39 Steps
1959
BBC Newsreader (uncredited)
Seven Days to Noon
1950
BBC Announcer (uncredited)
Cardboard Cavalier
1949
Narrator (uncredited)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hancock's Half Hour
1960
TV Series
Himself
Ingot Pictorial No. 27
1956
Documentary short
Panorama
1954
TV Series documentary
Himself
Forest Heritage
1953
Documentary short
Narrator
Trinity House
1942
Documentary short
Himself - Commentator (voice)
Royal Family at War
1995
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Blue Suede Shoes
1980
Documentary
Radio Voice (voice)
Just a Nimmo
1974
TV Series
Himself
The Magic Christian
1969
Himself - TV Commentator (uncredited)
Call My Bluff
1969
TV Series
Himself
Look at Life: The Curtain Changes
1966
Documentary short
Himself - Commentator
A Hundred Years Undergound
1963
Documentary
Himself - Broadcaster
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 1940s House
2001
TV Series
Himself - D-Day Radio Announcer
Two Thousand Women
1944
Himself, Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Known for movies
Trinity House (1942) as Himself - Commentator
A Hundred Years Undergound (1963) as Himself - Broadcaster
$12 Million
