Richard Oliver Postgate Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008) was an English animator, puppeteer and writer.He was the creator and writer of some of Britain's most popular children's television programmes. Pingwings, Pogles' Wood, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, Clangers and Bagpuss, were all made by Smallfilms, the company he set up with Peter Firmin, and were shown on the BBC between the 1950s and the 1980s, and on ITV from 1959 to the present day. In a 1999 BBC poll Bagpuss was voted the most popular children's television programme of all time.
Full Name
Richard Oliver Postgate
Net Worth
$14 Million
Date Of Birth
April 12, 1925
Died
2008-12-08
Place Of Birth
Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
Occupation
Animator, puppeteer, writer
Profession
Writer, Actor, Director
Spouse
Prudence Myers
Nicknames
Oliver Postgate, Postgate, Oliver
Star Sign
Aries
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Fact
1
Grandson of John Percival Postgate.
2
Creative partner of artist and puppeteer Peter Firmin with whom he founded Smallfilms. To begin with, they worked in a makeshift studio in a shed in Kent, often using homemade equipment.
3
With Peter Firmin, he created some of the UK's best-loved children's shows, including "Bagpuss", "Ivor the Engine", and "Noggin the Nog".