[1] Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, Oulton made his acting debut in 1939 as a lead actor.

[3] In 1969, he appeared as an eccentric psychic medium in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in the episode "Never Trust a Ghost"; as a hypochondriac GP in Doctor at Large; and in the 1981 Granada TV serial Brideshead Revisited.

He was also a stage actor and playwright, writing and starring in productions such as Births, Marriages and Deaths (1975), and For Entertainment Only (1976).

Brian Oulton's radio credits include the role of Cyril in the long-running children's favourite Just William.

[4] Brian Oulton lived latterly in Stratford-upon-Avon and was married to the actress Peggy Thorpe-Bates (from 1938 to 1989, her death), best known for her portrayal of the wife of Horace Rumpole ("she who must be obeyed") in the first television series of John Mortimer's novels.