Bernard Bresslaw

Born: 1934-02-25

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.


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Krull

as Cyclops
Released: 1983-07-29

A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien...

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Jabberwocky

as The Landlord
Released: 1977-03-28

A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper...

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Carry On Up the Khyber

as Bungdit Din
Released: 1968-02-12

Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the...

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Carry On Cowboy

as Little Heap
Released: 1965-11-26

Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand...

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Moon Zero Two

as Harry
Released: 1969-10-20

On the Moon in the year 2021, a former-astronaut-turned-salvager helps a millionaire space...

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Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

as Policeman
Released: 1966-04-03

Morgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as...

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Hawk the Slayer

as Gort, the Giant
Released: 1980-08-27

Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent...

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Carry On Screaming!

as Sockett
Released: 1966-05-20

The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning...

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Carry On Nurse

as Ted York
Released: 1959-01-30

Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital...

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Carry On Girls

as Peter Potter
Released: 1973-11-09

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown...

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Carry On Camping

as Bernie Lugg
Released: 1969-05-29

Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and...

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Carry On at Your Convenience

as Bernie Hulke
Released: 1971-06-15

This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union...

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Carry On Behind

as Arthur Upmore
Released: 1975-06-10

Professors Vrooshka and Crump decide to visit an archaeological site to study the artifacts...

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Carry On Doctor

as Ken Biddle
Released: 1967-12-02

Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind...

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Carry On Abroad

as Brother Bernard
Released: 1972-12-01

A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get...

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Carry On Dick

as Sir Roger Daley
Released: 1974-02-01

Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant...

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Carry On Matron

as Ernie Bragg
Released: 1972-05-05

A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from...

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Carry On Loving

as Gripper Burke
Released: 1970-09-20

The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of...

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Up Pompeii

as Gorgo
Released: 1971-03-11

A funny thing happens to Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market...

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Joseph Andrews

as Parson Trulliber
Released: 1977-03-09

Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty...

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The Glass Cage

as Ivan The Terrible
Released: 1955-04-15

A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”,...

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Carry On Up the Jungle

as Upsidaisi
Released: 1970-01-03

The Carry On team send up the Tarzan tradition in great style. Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an...

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The Men of Sherwood Forest

as Garth
Released: 1954-11-01

Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover...

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Vampira

as Pottinger
Released: 1974-10-10

In order to revive his long hibernating bride, Vampira, Count Dracula takes blood samples from...

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The Fifth Musketeer

as Bernard
Released: 1979-04-06

King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he...

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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

as Fan Choy
Released: 1975-07-09

Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord...

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Spring and Port Wine

as Lorry Driver
Released: 1970-10-02

A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's...

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Carry on Follow That Camel

as Sheikh Abdul Abulbul
Released: 1967-08-10

Bertram Oliphant 'Bo' West wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation, so he joins the...

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That's Carry On!

as Various Characters
Released: 1977-01-01

Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth...

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It's All Happening

as Parsons
Released: 1963-08-01

Tommy Steele stars as a talent-spotter at a recording company who determines to organize a...

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Blood of the Vampire

as Tall Sneak Thief
Released: 1958-08-25

A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has...

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Leon The Pig Farmer

as Rabbi Hartmann
Released: 1993-02-26

An irreverent comedy is set in motion when Leon Geller, a sensitive Jewish boy from London,...

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Satellite in the Sky

as Technician (uncredited)
Released: 1956-07-21

A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois...

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Up in the World

as Williams
Released: 1956-12-06

Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is...

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The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

as Mr. Violet (segment "Avarice")
Released: 1971-11-01

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham...

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Too Many Crooks

as Snowdrop
Released: 1959-03-08

Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky...

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I Only Arsked

as Excused Boots Bisley
Released: 1958-01-01

A group of misfit soldiers are desperately trying to fiddle themselves some leave. Instead they...

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Carry on Christmas

as Bob Cratchit / Frank N. Stein's Monster / Spirit of Christmas Future / Convent Girl / Town Crier / Policeman
Released: 1969-12-24

Ebenezer Scrooge is a misery on Christmas, not allowing people money or doing anything to share...

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The Ugly Duckling

as Henry Jekyll / Teddy Hyde
Released: 1959-09-09

Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for...

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Carry on Christmas

as Bodkin Pod / Boll / 1st Dart Player / Capt Ffing-Burke / 5th Ballerina / Little John / Policeman.
Released: 1973-12-24

Sid James as Father Christmas recounts times of the festive season through the ages, from life...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Snout
Released: 1964-06-24

Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged...

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Carry on Again Christmas

as Rollicky Bill
Released: 1970-12-24

The second of the four Carry On Christmas specials, this one loosely recounts the story of...

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Alice Through the Looking Box

as uncredited
Released: 1960-12-25

A Christmas TV special in which Alice does not go through a looking glass, but through a TV set.

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Androcles and the Lion

as Ferrovius
Released: 1984-06-12

Shaw used the traditional fable of Andocles to focus on the integrity of religious belief....

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High Tide at Noon

as Tom Robey
Released: 1957-04-30

After returning home to a rugged island near Nova Scotia, Joanna, daughter of the local bigwig,...

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Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors

as Varga
Released: 1967-12-16

The TARDIS arrives on Earth in a new ice age. The travellers make their way into a base where...

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Blinker's Spy-Spotter

as uncredited
Released: 1972-01-01

Blinker, so named because he blinks whenever he has a bright idea for a new invention, is the...

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Doctor Who

as Varga, The Ice Warrior
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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An Audience with...

as Self
First aired: 1978-01-08

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Sir Dunstan's Captain
First aired: 1955-09-26

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...

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The Sooty Show

as Himself
First aired: 1955-01-16

The Sooty Show is a British children's Puppet series which aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967...

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Terry and June

as Morris
First aired: 1979-10-24

Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more...

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The Army Game

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-06-19

The Army Game is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1957 to 1961. Made in black-and-white,...

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The Goodies

as Zookeeper in Charge of the Monster House
First aired: 1970-11-08

A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and...

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Z-Cars

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-01-02

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed...

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Carry On Laughing

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-01-04

A series of half-hour stories, mostly historical romps, presented by the Carry On team. Starring...

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Virtual Murder

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-07-24

John Cornelius (called JC) is a university don who also works for his city police force as a...

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Our House

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-11

A group of very different people pool together their funds and buy a house large enough to...

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Carry On Christmas Specials

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-12-24

These four made-for-TV Christmas Carry On spectaculars feature favourite stories and timely...

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Clochemerle

as Nicholas The Beadle
First aired: 1972-02-18

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