Bernard Bresslaw
Acting
Biography
A RADA scholar who was spotted by Laurence Olivier, Bernard Bresslaw got professional security from the "Carry On" films but was typecast (as TV's The Army Game (1957) had done earlier). He was beginning to extend himself through stage work when, in 1993, just before a performance in "The Taming Of The Shrew" in Regent's Park, London, he had a heart attack and died at the age of 59.
Born: February 25, 1934
Place of Birth: Stepney, London, England, UK
Known For
Doctor Who
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
What's a Carry On?
Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast.
The Goodies
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
Too Many Crooks
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.
Carry On Again Christmas
The second of the four Carry On Christmas specials, this one loosely recounts the story of Treasure Island with Sid James as Long John Silver and Barbara Windsor, strangely, as Jim Hawkins. This special was filmed in black and white due to a technicians strike in the UK at the time of filming.
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
The TARDIS arrives on Earth in a new ice age. The travellers make their way into a base where scientists, commanded by Leader Clent, are using an ioniser device to combat the advance of a glacier.
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
Z-Cars
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubadour, Robin is betrayed and captured. Lady Alys and the merry men help him escape in time to foil an intended ambush on King Richard as he returns from the Crusades.
Carry On Camping
Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea, so when they decide to take them on a holiday to Paradise Camp, they think they're off to a nudist colony—but they couldn't be more wrong, and meet up with the weirdest bunch of campers you can imagine.
Filmography
as (archive audio recording)
as Bernie Hulke / Bernie Lugg / Bungdit Din (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Rabbi Hartmann
as Duncan
as Ferrovius
as Cyclops
as Gort, the Giant
as Morris
as Bernard
as Self
as Various Characters (archive footage)
as The Landlord
as Parson Trulliber
as Parson Trulliber (uncredited)
as Fan Choy
as Arthur Upmore
as Sir Pureheart
as Starkers
as Sir Lancelot
as Klanger
as Dr. Pavingstone
as Pottinger
as Sir Roger Daley
as Bodkin Pod / Camp Aristocrat / Darts Player / Captain Ffing-Burke / Ballerina / Little John / Constable
as Peter Potter
as Brother Bernard
as Johnny Brunswick
as Ernie Bragg
as South
as Bernie Hulke
as Mr. Violet (segment "Avarice")
as Gorgo
as Rollicky Bill / Long John Silver
as Zookeeper in Charge of the Monster House
as Lorry Driver
as Gripper Burke
as Upsidasi
as Various Characters
as Harry
as Bernie Lugg
as Bungdit Din
as Varga
as Mr. Ken Biddle
as Sheikh Abdul Abulbul
as Sockett
as Policeman
as Little Heap
as Snout
as Stoker
as Varga, The Ice Warrior
as Parsons
as March Hare
as Henry Jekyll / Teddy Hyde
as Snowdrop
as Ted York's Feet (uncredited)
as Excused Boots Bisley
as Tall Sneak Thief
as Private 'Popeye' Popplewell
as Tom Robey
as Williams (uncredited)
as Technician (uncredited)
as Sir Dunstan's Captain
as Ivan The Terrible
as Himself
as Garth