Johnny Morris

Johnny Morris

Ernest John "Johnny" Morris OBE (20 June 1916 – 6 May 1999) was a Welsh television presenter. He is known for his children's programmes for the BBC on the topic of zoology, most notably Animal Magic and for narrating the imported, Canadian-produced Tales of the Riverbank series of stories about Hammy the Hamster, Roderick the Rat, GP the Guinea Pig, and their assorted animal friends along a riverbank.

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