Selwyn Toogood

Selwyn Featherston Toogood QSO ED (4 April 1916 – 27 February 2001) was a New Zealand radio and television personality.

[3] On 30 June 1948, Toogood married Cynthia Holden Webb at St Peter's church, in Willis Street, Wellington.

[1] Cynthia's brother was Sir Richard Webb,[4] who served as the New Zealand Chief of Defence Staff between 1971 and 1976.

[5] As an ammunition officer, he saw active service in Greece, North Africa and Italy, rising to the rank of major.

After the war, Toogood picked up where he had left off as a stage actor, voice-over artist and radio announcer.

Toogood (centre) as host of Beauty and the Beast , surrounded by panellists (from left) Jean McLean , Denise Brady, Lorraine Isaacs (director), Shona McFarlane , and Johnny Frisbie