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Life & Death

Died aged 91
GenderMaleNationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandBorn08/05/1904Born inLondon, England, UKDied25/03/1996 (aged 91)Died inSloughCauseesophageal cancerWikidataQ6258426 ↗Buried atStoke Poges Memorial GardensTMDb#1217913 ↗

John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge was a British newsreader and commentator on BBC Radio. He began his radio career at Stoke-on-Trent's new relay station 6ST as assistant director and became one of the BBC's primary radio announcers in 1928. Snagge was the voice of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race from 1931 to 1980 and was the announcer of important events of the Second World War and major British state occasions.

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Filmography13 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1979Danger UXBSeriesNewsreader75
1972ColditzSeriesBritish Radio Announcer (voice)68
1966It Happened HereMovieNarrator (voice) (uncredited)62
1964The Alberts’ Channel TooMovie—60
1962Dr. Finlay's CasebookSeriesBBC Announcer58
1962Look at Life: Common MarketMovieNarrator58
1959Look at LifeSeriesNarrator55
1956Hancock's Half HourSeries—52
1956Welcome to the QueenMovieSelf - Narrator52
1953Forest HeritageMovieNarrator49
1953Gentlemen, The QueenMovie—49
1948XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of SportMovieNarrator44
1948The Upstart CrowMovieSelf - Commentator44