Fred Dibnah
Birthday
1938/04/29
Day of death
2004/11/06 (66 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Also know as
Frederick Dibnah
Biography
Frederick "Fred" Dibnah MBE (28 April 1938 – 6 November 2004), born in Bolton, was an English steeplejack and eccentric with a keen interest in mechanical engineering who became a cult television personality. Dibnah was born in a country which then relied heavily upon coal to fuel its industry. As a child he was fascinated by the steam engines which powered the many textile mills in Bolton, but he paid particular attention to chimneys and the men who worked on them. He began his working life as ...Read more
Acting
(1991) Fred Dibnah's Getting Steamed Up
as Himself
(1979) Fred Dibnah, Steeplejack
as Self
(2004) Dig with Dibnah
as Self
(2004) Fred Dibnah's The Ups and Downs of Chimneys
as Fred Dibnah
(2003) Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam
as Self - Presenter
(1999) Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age
as Self - Presenter
(2005) Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain
as Self - Presenter
(2006) Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone
as Self - Presenter
(1996) The Fred Dibnah Story
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(2008) Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection
as ---
(2001) Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes
as ---
(1982) Fred
as Self
(2000) Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments
as Self - Presenter
(2002) Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain
as Self - Presenter
(2004) Dig With Dibnah
as ---
(1979) Fred Dibnah, Steeplejack
as ---
(1994) Life With Fred
as ---
(1987) A Year With Fred
as ---