Brian Blessed
Acting
Biography
Brian Blessed OBE (born 9 October 1936)is an English actor. He is known for his distinctive bushy beard, booming voice, and exuberant personality and performances. He portrayed PC "Fancy" Smith in Z-Cars; Augustus in the 1976 BBC television production of I, Claudius; King Richard IV in the first series of Blackadder; Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon; Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy in the 1981 original London production of Cats at the New London Theatre; Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, in Henry V; Boss Nass in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace; and the voice of Clayton and the Tarzan yell in Disney's Tarzan. In 2016, Blessed was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the arts and charity. Blessed was born on 9 October 1936 at Montagu Hospital in Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of William Blessed, a socialist coal miner at Hickleton Main Colliery (and himself the son of a coal miner) and cricketer for the Yorkshire second team, and Hilda (née Wall). He had a brother Alan, seven years younger, and the pair "went everywhere together" when they were growing up. Alan Blessed died from leukaemia aged 52; their mother died aged 87, and their father died aged 99. Blessed's great-great-grandfather, Jabez Blessed, was the father of 13 children and worked as a china and glass dealer in Brigg, Lincolnshire; many of Blessed's relatives hail from Brigg. Blessed went to Bolton on Dearne Secondary Modern School, and completed his national service in the RAF, in Bicester, before enrolling at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1956.
Born: October 9, 1936
Place of Birth: Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
The Dark Side of Everest
May 25, 1996 - Bruce Herrod, a South African mountaineer reached the summit of Everest at 5 p.m. On the radio, we urge him to come down as soon as possible because the descent is dangerous in the middle of the night. A few hours later, no news from him. From this South African expedition which turned into a fiasco and another expedition carried out in parallel, the testimonies of the members of these expeditions show to what extent the thirst for climbing to the top of certain mountaineers, combined with the lack of oxygen , can alter the lucidity of climbers to the point of changing their relationship to death and thus lead them to neglect other expedition members in order to ensure their victory or save their own life.
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Peppa Pig loves jumping up and down in puddles wearing her golden boots. Unfortunately, Mrs Duck takes a liking to Peppa's boots and runs away with them! With the help of her friends, Peppa must travel across land, sea, and even into space to track down the golden boots before the big Puddle Jump competition.
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Mr. Bull and Mrs. Cow surprise everyone with their wedding announcement and everyone rallies around to make it memorable!
The Expert
The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases. The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.
Best & Bester
Twins Best and Bester have the unique ability to choose a new body every single day and, in doing so, experience life in a completely different way.
David Macaulay: Roman City
The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life in Verbonia, a fictional city in Gaul. A well-planned town with all modern conveniences, it is threatened by conflict between conquerors and conquered. Macaulay also visits Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, Nimes, Orange, and Rome, to view actual Roman architecture and engineering greatness.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
The Amazing World of Gumball
The life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Darwin Watterson, he frequently finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during which he interacts with various family members: Anais, Richard, and Nicole Watterson, and other various citizens.
Eugenius!
Meet Eugene, Janey and Feris as they reach for the stars and discover the superhero inside themselves.
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
Ten years after the events of 'Treasure Island,' an adult Jim Hawkins once again encounters his old adversary Long John Silver and the pirate Joseph Savage.
Filmography
as Gavin the Octopus (voice)
as Grampy Rabbit (voice)
as Grampy Rabbit (voice)
as Narrator
as Self – Actor
as Shouty Shirt (Voice)
as Self
as Self - Panellist
as Charlemagne (voice)
as Narrator
as Sir Jack Kleghorn (voice)
as Space Lord
as Narrator (voice)
as Friar Tuck
as Self
as Self
as Santa Claus (voice)
as Grampy Rabbit (voice)
as The Voice (voice)
as Judge Jawbreaker (voice)
as The Nekross King (voice)
as Boss Nass (voice)
as The Pirate King
as Self
as The Pirate King (voice)
as Self - Participant
as Father Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice)
as Announcer (voice)
as Boris Goudphater (voice)
as Self
as Self - Narrator
as Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomin
as Trevor Pilkington
as Duke Senior/Duke Frederick
as Sir Gregory
as Lord Francisco del Ruiz
as Sir Gregory(voice)
as Narrator
as Wrestling Trainer
as Self
as Grampy Rabbit (voice)
as Wild Boar (voice)
as Self
as Sir Edward Fawcett
as Self
as Father Gabriel Norton
as Lucifer Bounder
as Mr. Scottley
as Sir Morris
as Clayton (voice)
as Boss Nass (voice)
as Prince Vultan (voice)
as King Lear
as Old Deuteronomy
as Squire Western
as Edward the Confessor
as Ghost of Hamlet's Father
as Bestuzhev
as Edward I
as Captain (voice)
as Self
as Cluny MacPherson
as Self
as William Stickers
as Maj. Elliot
as Atticus
as Gaius Valerius (voice)
as Santa Claus
as Petty Officer
as Antonio
as Self
as Chatillon
as El Supremo (voice)
as Chazov
as George Mallory/Self
as Gen. Gonse
as Lord Locksley
as Self - Host
as Exeter
as Ankhaf (voice)
as Spiro
as Guilhabert De Castres
as King Yrcanos
as Master Guillaume (voice)
as Long John Silver
as Harry Catapodis
as Olinthus
as Captain Teach
as Geoffrey Lyons
as King Richard IV
as Suleman Khan
as Voice
as Mentor
as Prince Vultan
as Freddie Dyer
as Detective Jack Noonan
as Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan
as Basileos
as Vargas
as Narrator (voice)
as Arthur Seymour (voice) (uncredited)
as Augustus
as Dr. Tom Bowen
as Det Sgt George Briggs
as Mentor
as Cabot Rowland
as Brod
as Frank Kemble
as Mark of Cornwall
as Guthrum
as William Woodcock
as Det Sgt George Briggs
as Pedro
as Mark of Cornwall
as Suffolk
as Tiger Lawson
as Talthybius
as Korski
as Jack Baird
as Jim Lawsey
as Sergeant
as Hubert Innes
as Reuben Starkadder
as Porthos
as Porthos
as Sgt. Kite
as Eddie Barnaby
as Rev. William Pratt
as Peter
as King Yrcanos
as PC Smith
as PC Fancy Smith
as PC William "Fancy" Smith
as Sergeant Hearn
as Mark Dayton
as Captain Teach
as Self - Presenter