Cyril Shaps, 79. Voice of Mr. Kipling
Paul Fisher
The voice of Mr Kipling's "exceedingly good cakes" has died at the age
of 79.
Cyril Shaps, a prolific character actor and voice-over artist, died on
New Year's Day after a short illness.
He was one of the men who voiced the famous TV adverts familiar to
millions of viewers.
Shaps had his first acting role in 1955 when he landed a small part in
the TV series Quatermass II.
He went on to appear in over 80 films, including The Madness of King
George alongside Nigel Hawthorne.
The last film he made before he died was Roman Polanski's The Pianist,
which is released later this month.
Shaps, who lived in London, appeared in a string of TV adaptations such
as Martin Chuzzlewit, Our Mutual Friend and Gulliver's Travels.
His acting credits included bit parts in The Sweeney, Doctor Who,
Midsomer Murders and the current BBC daytime show, Doctors.
His wife Anita died last year and he had three children. His son Simon
is on the executive board at Granada.
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Brian Watson
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> http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_739768.html?menu=
>
> The voice of Mr Kipling's "exceedingly good cakes" has died at the age
> of 79.
>
> Cyril Shaps, a prolific character actor and voice-over artist, died on
> New Year's Day after a short illness.
And there was me thinking he'd taken over from James Hayter - apparently
not; C Shaps'd had the gig from the start.
--
Brian
"I know about kittens and knitting. Will that do?"
Ken Carriere
>
> The voice of Mr Kipling's "exceedingly good cakes" has died at the age
> of 79.
>
> Cyril Shaps, a prolific character actor and voice-over artist, died on
> New Year's Day after a short illness.
>
> He was one of the men who voiced the famous TV adverts familiar to
> millions of viewers.
>
> Shaps had his first acting role in 1955 when he landed a small part in
> the TV series Quatermass II.
>
> He went on to appear in over 80 films, including The Madness of King
> George alongside Nigel Hawthorne.
>
> The last film he made before he died was Roman Polanski's The Pianist,
> which is released later this month.
>
> Shaps, who lived in London, appeared in a string of TV adaptations such
> as Martin Chuzzlewit, Our Mutual Friend and Gulliver's Travels.
>
> His acting credits included bit parts in The Sweeney, Doctor Who,
> Midsomer Murders and the current BBC daytime show, Doctors.
He appeared in four Doctor Who stories; in the first three his character
died. He was so great in "Tomb of the Cybermen" as a snivelling, cowardly
scientist (who dies). He was so good I though he may have been playing
himself, but in "Planet of the Spiders" he played an overconfident magician
(who dies) and was again excellent. It's no wonder the producers kept
re-hiring him.
--Ken
Paul Grayson
> The voice of Mr Kipling's "exceedingly good cakes" has died at the
age
> of 79.
"Mr Kipling makes exceedingly small cakes - the mean old sod!"