Bernard Bresslaw

Known for

Acting

Born

February 25, 1934

Birthplace

Stepney, London, England, UK

Died

June 11, 1993 (aged 59)

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.

Best known work

Doctor Who

1963

Krull

1983

Jabberwocky

1977

Carry On Screaming!

1966

Carry On Camping

1969

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968

Carry On Cowboy

1965

Carry On Abroad

1972

Carry On Doctor

1967

Carry On Matron

1972

Filmography

2010
Warriors of Mars
as (archive audio recording)
2001
On Location: The Carry Ons
as Bernie Hulke / Bernie Lugg / Bungdit Din (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
What's a Carry On?
as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
The World of HammerTV
as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
1993
Leon the Pig Farmer
as Rabbi Hartmann
1992
Virtual MurderTV
as Lithgow (1 episode)
1988
A Question of EntertainmentTV
1985
Mann's Best FriendsTV
as Duncan (6 episodes)
1984
Androcles and the Lion
as Ferrovius
1983
Krull
as Cyclops
1980
Hawk the Slayer
as Gort, the Giant
1979
Terry and JuneTV
as Morris (1 episode)
1979
The Fifth Musketeer
as Bernard
1978
An Audience with...TV
as Self (1 episode)
1977
That's Carry On!
as Various Characters (archive footage)
1977
Jabberwocky
as The Landlord
1977
Joseph Andrews
as Parson Trulliber, as Parson Trulliber (uncredited)
1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Fan Choy
1975
Carry On Behind
as Arthur Upmore
1975
Carry On LaughingTV
as Sir Pureheart (1 episode), as Starkers (1 episode), as Sir Lancelot (1 episode), as Klanger (1 episode), as Dr. Pavingstone (1 episode)
1974
Vampira
as Pottinger
1974
Carry On Dick
as Sir Roger Daley
1973
Carry on Christmas
as Bodkin Pod / Camp Aristocrat / Darts Player / Captain Ffing-Burke / Ballerina / Little John / Constable
1973
Carry On Girls
as Peter Potter
1973
What a Carry On!