Wallas Eaton sometimes credited as Wallace Eaton or Wallis Eaton, was an English

English people

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 film

Film

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, radio

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, television

Television

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 and theatre

Theatre

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 actor

Actor

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.

He is perhaps best remembered for his voice roles between 1949 and 1960 in the BBC

BBC

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 radio-comedy

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 serial

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 Take It from Here

Take It From Here

Take It From Here was a British radio comedy programme broadcast by the BBC between 1948 and 1960. It was written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, and starred Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and Joy Nichols...

. and as Ludicrus Sextus in the BBC comedy series Up Pompeii!

Up Pompeii!

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 in 1970.

Early life and education

Eaton was born in Leicester

Leicester

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, England.

Military service

He served in World War II

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 as Major

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 in charge of a searchlight battery.

Acting

In addition to his work in radio on Take It from Here, Eaton appeared in over twenty-five films and over fifty television productions. He guest starred in 'The Young Doctors' in 1979 as Roland Perry, a rich friend of principal character Ada Simmonds.

External links

• "Hilarious Night. Show: Instant Marriage. Theatre: Tivoli." The Age
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