Hugh Gardner Manning (19 August 1920 â€" 18 August 2004) was an
English film, radio and television actor. He is best remembered as the
Reverend Donald Hinton, in the soap opera Emmerdale Farm, a role he
played from 1977 until 1989. He also starred in the tv series Mrs
Thursday, alongside Kathleen Harrison in 1966, playing a suave and
imperturbable business adviser, which also carried over into popular
tv commercials where his character endorsed the qualities of Robinsons
barley water. He regularly played Inspector Vosper in the BBC radio
detective series, Paul Temple.Hugh Gardner Manning was born in
Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1920 and educated at Moseley Grammar
School. He began his career as a trainee accountant, before joining
the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and becoming an actor. He
was an active member of the actor's union Equity, serving as its
President in 1975, and an active supporter of the Labour Party
English film, radio and television actor. He is best remembered as the
Reverend Donald Hinton, in the soap opera Emmerdale Farm, a role he
played from 1977 until 1989. He also starred in the tv series Mrs
Thursday, alongside Kathleen Harrison in 1966, playing a suave and
imperturbable business adviser, which also carried over into popular
tv commercials where his character endorsed the qualities of Robinsons
barley water. He regularly played Inspector Vosper in the BBC radio
detective series, Paul Temple.Hugh Gardner Manning was born in
Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1920 and educated at Moseley Grammar
School. He began his career as a trainee accountant, before joining
the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and becoming an actor. He
was an active member of the actor's union Equity, serving as its
President in 1975, and an active supporter of the Labour Party
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