John Edmunds Obituary

John Edmunds was a British academic who set up the Drama Department at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth which he headed from 1973 to 1985.

Edmunds was trained as an actor but was best known as an ABC Weekend TV and Associated-Rediffusion continuity announcer.

Alongside his early TV announcing work, Edmunds was a part-time teacher in English. He taught at Battersea Grammar School n Streatham, London from the early to mid-60s. He also did a spell of teaching French this time at Henry Thornton Grammar School in Clapham in 1954-5.

Edmunds returned to the UK and appeared in several theatre productions including his drama, verse and prose recitals. His translations of works by French drama at the University of Americas, Mexico, and the University of California, Santa Cruz, from 1985 to 1997.

John Edmunds died in May 2023 in Brighton.