Valentine Dyall

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Valentine Dyall
Dyall as the Black Guardian in Doctor Who
Born	(1908-05-07)7 May 1908 London, England
Died	24 June 1985(1985-06-24) (aged 77) Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
Years active	1942–1985
Notable work	Radio's "The Man in Black" The Haunting (1963) Casino Royale (1967) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series
Spouses	Marjorie Stonor ​ ​ (m. 1935; div. 1940)​ Babette Jones ​ (m. 1941)​ Kathleen E. Woodman ​ (m. 1970)​
Children	3

Valentine Dyall (7 May 1908 – 24 June 1985) was an English character actor. He worked regularly as a voice actor, and was known for many years as "The Man in Black", the narrator of the BBC Radio horror series Appointment with Fear.

He was the son of the actor Franklin Dyall and the actress and author Mary Phyllis Joan Logan, who acted and wrote as Concordia Merrel.