Johnny Morris

The History of Wales

Born this day 1916 in Newport, Gwent,

Johnny Morris, Television presenter, best remembered for the BBC children's programme Animal Magic.

Johnny was the son of a postmaster, who learned to play the violin as a child, touring the valleys of South Wales, with his cello playing father. Morris then worked as a solicitor's clerk, on a building site, as a salesman and managing a 2,000-acre farm in Wiltshire, before his broadcasting career took off when he was discovered telling stories in a pub.

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