# Roy Rich > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roy_Rich > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roy_Rich.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Rich > Source revision: 1329509079 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use British English|date=January 2019}} '''Roy Rich''' (16 September 1911 – 24 March 1970) was a British broadcaster and film and theatre director. ==Life and career== Rich was born in [Plymouth](/source/Plymouth), Devon, the son of a [music hall](/source/music_hall) comedian. Educated at [Dulwich College](/source/Dulwich_College), southeast London, he became involved in acting at an early age, making his theatrical debut in 1923. He was subsequently involved in theatre for several years. Rich was a pioneering broadcaster for the BBC, as one of the first radio [DJ](/source/DJ)s. During the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), he was standing in as a news announcer when [Broadcasting House](/source/Broadcasting_House) was hit by a bomb during the 9:00 p.m. news broadcast. He presented ''[Children Calling Home](/source/Children_Calling_Home)'', a series of wartime radio broadcasts featuring conversations between evacuees and their parents. In 1964, he became head of BBC Light Entertainments (Sound), a post which he held until his retirement in 1967. Rich died from cancer in hospital in [Stratford-upon-Avon](/source/Stratford-upon-Avon) in 1970, aged 58. He was married to actress [Brenda Bruce](/source/Brenda_Bruce); they had twin daughters. ==Film and television credits== *''[My Brother's Keeper](/source/My_Brother's_Keeper_(1948_film))'' (1948) - dialogue director *''[Broken Journey](/source/Broken_Journey)'' (1948) - associate producer *''[Miranda](/source/Miranda_(1948_film))'' (1948) - associate producer *''[It's Not Cricket](/source/It's_Not_Cricket_(1949_film))'' (1949) - director *''[Stranger from Venus](/source/Stranger_from_Venus)'' (1954) - associate producer *''[Double Profile](/source/Double_Profile)'' (1954) - director *''[The Sergeant and the Spy](/source/The_Sergeant_and_the_Spy)'' (1954) - director *''[Phantom Caravan](/source/Phantom_Caravan)'' (1954) - director *''[Rheingold Theatre](/source/Rheingold_Theatre)'' (1955) - 6 episodes ==Theatre credits== *''[Black and Blue](/source/Black_and_Blue_(play))'' ([London Hippodrome](/source/London_Hippodrome), 1939) *''[The Diary of a Scoundrel](/source/The_Diary_of_a_Scoundrel)'' (The Garden Theatre, 1949) *''[Castle in the Air](/source/Castle_in_the_Air_(play))'' ([Adelphi Theatre](/source/Adelphi_Theatre), 1950) *''[Thieves' Carnival](/source/Thieves'_Carnival)'' ([Arts Theatre](/source/Arts_Theatre), 1952) *''[Hobson's Choice](/source/Hobson's_Choice_(play))'' ([Arts Theatre](/source/Arts_Theatre), 1952) *''[As Long As They're Happy](/source/As_Long_As_They're_Happy)'' ([King's Theatre, Glasgow](/source/King's_Theatre%2C_Glasgow), 1953) *''[Trial and Error](/source/Trial_and_Error_(play))'' ([King's Theatre, Glasgow](/source/King's_Theatre%2C_Glasgow), 1953) ==References== [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308201431/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4aabde/ Roy Rich] at the [British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute){{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. 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Accessed 10 April 2014.{{cite news|title=Brenda Bruce - Obituary|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:UKNB:LTIB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=131FABBD961E3F28&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0FE85A3ED29CA2BC|newspaper=[The Times](/source/The_Times)|date=22 February 1996}} {{cite news|last=Donaldson|first=Anne|title=Merry Wives of Windsor off-stage|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19681030&id=E9s9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=9UcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1636,5884748|newspaper=[The Glasgow Herald](/source/The_Glasgow_Herald)|date=30 October 1968}} {{cite news|title=Roy Rich, former radio star|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19700325&id=5ZRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2897,5064140|newspaper=[The Glasgow Herald](/source/The_Glasgow_Herald)|date=25 March 1970}} {{cite news|title=Children's Two-Way Radio Talks|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19410520&id=JWlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3295,2461263|newspaper=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)|date=20 May 1941}} {{cite news|title=Obituary: Mr Roy Rich|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=plymlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&docId=CS236941945&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|newspaper=[The Times](/source/The_Times)|date=25 March 1970}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|nm0723710}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rich, Roy}} Category:1911 births Category:1970 deaths Category:British broadcasters Category:Mass media people from Plymouth, Devon Category:People educated at Dulwich College Category:Deaths from cancer in England Category:British film directors Category:British radio DJs Category:British theatre directors Category:20th-century British musicians --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Roy Rich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Rich) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Rich?action=history)). 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