# Alex Macintosh

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alex_Macintosh
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alex_Macintosh.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Macintosh
> Source revision: 1315203001
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|British television personality (1925–1997)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
'''Alex Macintosh''' (18 November 1925 – 7 September 1997)<ref name="IMDb">[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532841/ Alex Macintosh at the IMDb]. Retrieved 26 October 2008</ref> was a [BBC](/source/BBC) [presenter](/source/television_presenter) and [continuity announcer](/source/continuity_announcer) from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. He was also the [voice artist](/source/voice_artist) heard during the first British-broadcast [advertisement](/source/advertisement), for [Gibbs SR Toothpaste](/source/Mentadent) on [ITV](/source/ITV_Network), 22 September 1955.thumb|Alex Macintosh

==Career==
Macintosh was a BBC TV in-vision announcer from 1955 to 1961, which led to him becoming a presenter on other BBC programmes.
<ref name="Booth">[http://tvannouncers.thetvroomplus.com/channel-1.html ''TV Announcers:'' "The Continuity Booth"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120717173908/http://tvannouncers.thetvroomplus.com/channel-1.html |date=17 July 2012 }}. Retrieved 26 October 2008</ref>

Other work included a spell as a regional presenter on ''[Come Dancing](/source/Come_Dancing)'' (between 1957 and 1966; and again 1968–1972).<ref name="Booth"/> In 1962, he guest-starred in an episode of [Brian Rix](/source/Brian_Rix)'s ''Dial RIX'' as a host of "Come Prancing."<ref name="IMDb"/>

In 1957 he played a TV Interviewer in [There's Always a Thursday](/source/There's_Always_a_Thursday).

In addition to BBC work, Macintosh's voice was heard on [the very first advert](/source/Television_Act_1954) for [Gibbs SR Toothpaste](/source/Mentadent) that was shown at 8.12pm on the opening night of ITV on 22 September 1955.<ref name="Booth"/>

In 1961, he presented the London area news magazine ''Town and Around'', and was a relief [news reader](/source/News_presenter) in March 1961.<ref name="Booth"/>

In 1962, he played the part of Paul Kay, newspaper reporter, in ''[Dead Man's Evidence](/source/Dead_Man's_Evidence)''.

Macintosh also took many supporting roles in a variety of TV programmes, often as a TV reporter, interviewer or newsreader, in which guise he appeared in episodes of ''[R3](/source/R3_(TV_series))'' (1965), ''[The Troubleshooters](/source/The_Troubleshooters_(British_TV_series))'' (1969) and ''[Doctor Who](/source/Doctor_Who)'' (''[Day of the Daleks](/source/Day_of_the_Daleks)'') (1972).<ref name="IMDb"/>

==Later life==
After a considerable stint with the BBC, Macintosh worked for an Australian TV company in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), before retiring to [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk) where he pursued an interest in [portrait painting](/source/portrait_painting).<ref name="Booth"/>

==Quotes==
{{cquote|"The tingling fresh [toothpaste](/source/toothpaste) that does your gums good, too. It's tingling fresh. It's fresh as ice. It's Gibbs SR toothpaste."<ref>Macintosh's famous voiceover for Gibbs SR Toothpaste.</ref>}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0532841}}
*[http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/history/interludes.htm Whirligig TV: "Interludes and Announcers"]

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Macintosh, Alex}}
Category:1925 births
Category:1997 deaths
Category:British announcers
Category:British television presenters

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alex Macintosh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Macintosh) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Macintosh?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.