Bernard Hill
Acting 1944–2024 Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
164 credits
Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He was known as a character actor of film, stage and television, having acted in nearly 130 projects. He is best known to British television viewers for playing Yosser Hughes in the groundbreaking 1982 TV series Boys from the Blackstuff. On film he has played Captain Edward John Smith in Titanic, King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime. Hill is the only actor to have appeared in more than one of the three films awarded 11 Oscars, and one of only three actors to have starred in more than one film grossing more than $1 billion USD, namely: Titanic and The Return of the King (the others being Orlando Bloom who also starred in The Return of the King, as well as Pirates of the Caribbean and Johnny Depp who also starred in Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as Alice in Wonderland). Hill has appeared in three films which have won Best Picture: Gandhi, Titanic, and The Return of the King. Hill died on 5th May 2024 at the age of 79. Read the full biography
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The Moor
2024
as Thornley
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Forever Young
2024
as Oscar Smith
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Series Remembers…
2022
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Series The Responder
2022
as Tom Carson
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Segunda oportunidad
2018
as Peter
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Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
2017
as Richard
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Inside CERN
2016
as Narrator
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Golden Years
2016
as Arthur
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Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
2016
as Narrator
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North v South
2015
as John Claridge
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Series Unforgotten
2015
as Father Robert Greaves
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Series India's Frontier Railways
2015
as Narrator - (Voice)
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164 credits
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Forever Young
2024
as Oscar Smith
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The Moor
2024
as Thornley
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Remembers…
2022
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The Responder
2022
as Tom Carson
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Segunda oportunidad
2018
as Peter
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Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
2017
as Richard
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Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
2016
as Narrator
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Golden Years
2016
as Arthur
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Inside CERN
2016
as Narrator
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India's Frontier Railways
2015
as Narrator - (Voice)
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North v South
2015
as John Claridge
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Unforgotten
2015
as Father Robert Greaves
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Series Wolf Hall
2015
as Duke of Norfolk
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Series From There to Here
2014
as Samuel
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Series Hope and Wire
2014
as Len Russell
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The Sorrows
2013
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Outpost 11
2012
as Cranleigh
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ParaNorman
2012
as Judge Hopkins (voice)
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Reflections on Titanic
2012
as Self
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Titanic: Case Closed
2012
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Titanic: Southampton Remembers
2012
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Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
2012
as Captain EJ Smith
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Canoe Man
2010
as John Darwin
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Series Indian Hill Railways
2010
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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The Kid
2010
as Uncle David
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Bombay Railway
2008
as Narrator
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Exodus
2008
as Narrator (voice)
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Series Fairy Tales
2008
as Grettongrat
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Franklyn
2008
as Esser
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Series Sunshine
2008
as George Crosby
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Titus: The Gorilla King
2008
as Narrator
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Valkyrie
2008
as General - Desert Sequence
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Series Wild China
2008
as Himself - Narrator
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Series Bombay Railway
2007
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Exodus
2007
as Pharoah Mann
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Series Five Days
2007
as Gerard Hopkirk
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Save Angel Hope
2007
as Oscar Kurz
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The Crumblegiant
2007
as Narrator
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The Heart of the Earth
2007
as Sr. Crown
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Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
2006
as Narrator (voice)
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JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Joy Division
2006
as Dennis
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No Go: The Free Derry Story
2006
as Narrator (voice)
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Ocean Odyssey
2006
as Narrator (voice)
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Series Surviving Disaster
2006
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Surviving Disaster
2006
as Himself - Narrator
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The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006
as Self
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The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2006
as Self
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Tim Haines Deep Ocean
2006
as Erzähler
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A Very Social Secretary
2005
as David Blunkett
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Collectormania 7
2005
as Self
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Heatwave
2005
as Narrator (voice)
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Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
2005
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The Last Tommy
2005
as Narrator
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The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
as King William III
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Series Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
2004
as Self
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Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004
as Narrator
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On the Set of 'Gothika'
2004
as Self
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Series The Grid
2004
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Wimbledon
2004
as Edward Colt
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Gothika
2003
as Phil Parsons
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One Life
2003
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The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003
as John Joe
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Théoden
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Théoden
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The Scorpion King
2002
as Philos
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A Question of Faith
2000
as Frederick
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Eisenstein
2000
as The voice of Stalin
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Going Off Big Time
2000
as Murray
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Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000
as Narrator (voice)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
as Egeus
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Great Expectations
1999
as Abel Magwitch
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Series Great Expectations
1999
as Abel Magwitch
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The Criminal
1999
as Det. Insp. Walker
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The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999
as Susan's Father
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The Titanic Chronicles
1999
as (voice)
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True Crime
1999
as Warden Luther Plunkitt
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Titanic: Secrets Revealed
1998
as Host
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The Mill on the Floss
1997
as Edward Tulliver
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Titanic
1997
as Captain Smith
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The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
as Dr. David Hawthorne
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The Wind in the Willows
1996
as The Engine Driver
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First Knight
1995
as Knight (uncredited)
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Madagascar Skin
1995
as Flint
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Series The Gambling Man
1995
as Frank nickle
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Dirtysomething
1994
as Larry
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Once Upon A Time In The North
1994
as Len Tollit
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Skallagrigg
1994
as John
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Speaking In Tongues
1994
as Joe
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Stages
1994
as Joe
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Series Lipstick on Your Collar
1993
as Uncle Fred
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Olly's Prison
1993
as Mike
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Shepherd on the Rock
1993
as Tam Ferrier
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The Art of Tripping
1993
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
1992
as Bottom (voice)
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A Question of Identity
1992
as Erwin van Haarlem
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Series Between the Lines
1992
as Chief Constable Harmsworth
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Double X: The Name of the Game
1992
as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
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Series HBO First Look
1992
as Self
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Series Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Bottom (voice)
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The Law Lord
1992
as Martin Allport
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Series Shrinks
1991
as Frank Beasley
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From Moscow to Pietushki
1990
as Readings (voice)
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Mountains of the Moon
1990
as Dr. Livingstone
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Shoot the Revolution
1990
as Octavian Barbu
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Shirley Valentine
1989
as Joe Bradshaw
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Drowning by Numbers
1988
as Henry Madgett
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Bellman and True
1987
as Hiller
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Boy Soldier
1987
as Officer
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Series ScreenPlay
1986
as Octavian Barbu
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Theban Plays: Antigone
1986
as Messenger
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John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
1985
as John Lennon
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No Surrender
1985
as Bernard
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Restless Natives
1985
as Will's father
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Series Screen Two
1985
as Tom Higdon
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Screen Two
1985
as John
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Screen Two
1985
as Captain Larry
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The Burston Rebellion
1985
as Tom Higdon
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Samson and Delilah
1984
as Willie
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Squaring the Circle
1984
as Lech Walesa
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The Bounty
1984
as William Cole
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The Chain
1984
as Nick
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Henry VI Part 1
1983
as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
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Henry VI Part 2
1983
as Duke of York
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Henry VI Part 3
1983
as Duke of York
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Series Natural World
1983
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Runners
1983
as Trevor Field
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The Tragedy of Richard III
1983
as First Murderer
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Series Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
as Yosser Hughes
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Gandhi
1982
as Sergeant Putnam
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A Turn for the Worse
1981
as Simon Simpson
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Say No to Strangers
1981
as Teresa's Dad
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Series Fox
1980
as Vin Fox
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Fox
1980
as Vin Fox
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The Black Stuff
1980
as Yosser Hughes
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Series The Glamour Girls
1980
as Boris
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Series Pickersgill People
1978
as Harry 'Sharky' Finn
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She Fell Among Thieves
1978
as Carson
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Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
as Mick
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The Spongers
1978
as Sullivan
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Series BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Broadbent
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BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Carson
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Childhood
1977
as Janey's father
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Daft Mam Blues
1977
as Billy
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Our Flesh and Blood
1977
as Bernard Blincoe
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Pit Strike
1977
as Tom
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Premiere
1977
as Tom
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Professional Foul
1977
as Broadbent
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Housewives' Choice
1976
as Eric
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Series I, Claudius
1976
as Gratus
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It Could Happen to You
1976
as Syph
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The Peddler
1976
as Graham
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Trial by Combat
1976
as Blind Freddie
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Series Village Hall
1974
as Policeman
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Hard Labour
1973
as Edward Thornley
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Second City Firsts
1973
as Billy
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Series Play for Today
1970
as Mick
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Play for Today
1970
as Edward
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Play for Today
1970
as Simon Simpson
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Play for Today
1970
as Eric
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Play for Today
1970
as Bernard Blincoe
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Play for Today
1970
as Graham
- Series
Play for Today
1970
as Sullivan
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Series Horizon
1964
as Narrator