Autographs of Desmond Carrington
Desmond Herbert Carrington (23 May 1926 – 1 February 2017) was a British broadcaster and actor whose career spanned 75 years. He was best known for his weekly show on BBC Radio 2 which aired for 35 years, from 4 October 1981 until his final broadcast on 28 October 2016. He appeared in such films as Calamity the Cow (1967) and also acted on TV, where he became known for his role as Dr. Anderson in Emergency Ward 10. He was born in Bromley, Kent, England and lived in Perth, Scotland from 1995 until his death. More about Desmond Carrington
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Carrington's first professional appearance was in 1942, when he played Cockney schoolboy Roberts in a stage adaptation of James Hilton's novella Goodbye, Mr. Chips at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, with Noel Johnson, as Mr. Chips – Johnson was the radio voice of Dick Barton. Carrington was conscripted into the army a year later, being commissioned into the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. At the end of World War II, he joined a British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) radio station in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
He returned to the UK a few years later and worked as a radio producer and acted on TV, where he became known for his role as Dr. Anderson in Emergency – Ward 10. In 1949 he appeared as Ken in The People at No. 19, a short public information film warning of the potentially tragic effects of venereal disease on family life. In 1957 he starred in two of the thirteen A Case For Dr. Morelle radio shows, with Cecil Parker as the lead, and later appeared as Uncle Jim in the Children's Film Foundation film Calamity the Cow (1967), which starred a young Phil Collins. With Spencer Hale, Carrington presented Movie Go Round on the BBC Light Programme on Sunday afternoons in the 1950s. Read even more about Desmond Carrington at Wikipedia
He returned to the UK a few years later and worked as a radio producer and acted on TV, where he became known for his role as Dr. Anderson in Emergency – Ward 10. In 1949 he appeared as Ken in The People at No. 19, a short public information film warning of the potentially tragic effects of venereal disease on family life. In 1957 he starred in two of the thirteen A Case For Dr. Morelle radio shows, with Cecil Parker as the lead, and later appeared as Uncle Jim in the Children's Film Foundation film Calamity the Cow (1967), which starred a young Phil Collins. With Spencer Hale, Carrington presented Movie Go Round on the BBC Light Programme on Sunday afternoons in the 1950s. Read even more about Desmond Carrington at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Desmond Carrington
The most expensive item with a signature of Desmond Carrington (Desmond Carrington’s Personnel Copy,The Story Of Peter Pan, Signed By The Cast) was sold in July 2020 for £35.00 while the cheapest item (DESMOND CARRINGTON (BBC RADIO 2) SIGNED CARD) found a new owner for £0.65 in April 2016. The month with the most items sold (2) was November 2021 with an average selling price of £4.50 for an autographed item of Desmond Carrington. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2020 with £15.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.65 was April 2016. In average, an autographed item from Desmond Carrington is worth £1.25.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Desmond Carrington were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | DESMOND CARRINGTON (BBC RADIO 2) HAND SIGNED CAST CARD | £2.00 | |
| Desmond Carrington (BBC Radio 2) Signed Cast Card | £1.50 | |
| DESMOND CARRINGTON (BBC RADIO 2) SIGNED CAST CARD | £2.50 | |
| DESMOND CARRINGTON (BBC RADIO 2) SIGNED CAST CARD | £4.50 | |
| DESMOND CARRINGTON (BBC RADIO 2) SIGNED CAST CARD | £4.50 | |
| DESMOND CARRINGTON (BBC RADIO 2) SIGNED CAST CARD | £4.50 | |
| Desmond Carrington (BBC Radio 2) Signed Cast Card | £1.25 | |
| Desmond Carrington (BBC Radio 2) Signed Cast Card | £3.32 | |
| Desmond Carrington (BBC Radio 2) Signed Cast Card | £1.25 | |
| Desmond Carrington (BBC Radio 2) Signed Cast Card | £1.25 | |
| DESMOND CARRINGTON (BBC RADIO 2) SIGNED GREETINGS CARD | £4.50 | |
| DESMOND CARRINGTON (Radio 2 Presenter) HAND SIGNED Card - MINT Condition | £0.99 | |
| DESMOND CARRINGTON - autographed photo signed by Desmond Carrington BBC RADIO 2 | £3.99 | |
| Desmond Carrington British radio DJ BBC Radio 2 Signed Col Promo Autographed | £3.00 | |
| Desmond Carrington in Emergency Ward 10 Signed Promo Autographed 5x3 Photo | £15.00 | |