Edward Victor Henry Emmett, known as E. V. H. Emmett (17 June 1902, London - 7 June 1971, London), was a British newsreader. Though his main job was as a commentator for Gaumont British News, he was frequently used as a narrator for films from the 1930s to 1950s. In the first series of ''

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'' broadcast in 1968 he was the narrator over the humorous short Public Information Films of the platoon seen at the beginning of each episode. By the time of the colour episodes in 1969 the films had been discontinued. Emmett was born in

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in London in 1902, the son of Elizabeth Annie ''née'' Denyer (1871–) and Josephus Walter Victor Emmett (1872–1941), an insurance clerk. In addition to his work as a narrator Emmett was also a screenwriter for '' Under the Southern Cross'' (1957), ''

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'' (1950), '' Bothered by a Beard'' (1945, which he also produced and directed), ''

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'' (1939) and ''

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'' (1936), along with additional dialogue for '' Young Man's Fancy'' (1940), '' The Ware Case'' (1938) and ''

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'' (1937). He married Ethel M Stanton (1897-) in 1929 in London. In 1939 the couple were living in

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in London. The marriage was later dissolved. In 1949 he married Joyce Annette Stanley (1917-1997) in London. E. V. H. Emmett lived at 4 Montpelier Court on Montpelier Road in Ealing, London W.5. On his death in

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in 1971 he left £624 in his will.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Edward Victor Henry Emmett (1971) - Ancestry.com
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Filmography

''Narrator unless otherwise noted.''

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* *http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/560335/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Emmett, E. V. H. 1902 births 1971 deaths English male screenwriters English film directors English male voice actors 20th-century English male actors People from Brixton 20th-century English screenwriters 20th-century English male writers