Brian Glover

Born: 1934-04-02

Brian Glover was an English character actor, writer and wrestler. Glover was a professional wrestler (as 'Leon Arras the Man From Paris'), teacher, and finally a film, television and stage actor, and the voice of Tetley Tea. He was married to writer Tara Prem from 1954 until his death in 1997.


See
Placeholder

as Andrews
Released: 1992-05-22

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a...

Movie page
See!

An American Werewolf in London

as Chess Player
Released: 1981-08-21

American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on...

Movie page

The First Great Train Robbery

as Captain Jimmy
Released: 1978-12-14

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a...

Movie page

Brannigan

as Jimmy-the-Bet
Released: 1975-03-21

A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for...

Movie page

Snow White: A Tale of Terror

as Lars
Released: 1997-07-18

When young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by...

Movie page

Britannia Hospital

as Painter: The Workers
Released: 1982-05-27

Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a...

Movie page

The Company of Wolves

as Amorous Boy's Father
Released: 1984-09-21

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark...

Movie page

O Lucky Man!

as Plantation Foreman/Bassett
Released: 1973-03-25

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed...

Movie page

Absolution

as the first policeman
Released: 1978-06-05

At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with...

Movie page

Jabberwocky

as Armourer
Released: 1977-03-28

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

Movie page

Kes

as Mr. Sugden
Released: 1970-04-03

Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother,...

Movie page

Trial by Combat

as Sidney Gore
Released: 1976-04-01

A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law...

Movie page

Kafka

as Castle Hechman
Released: 1991-11-15

Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered....

Movie page

Joseph Andrews

as Gaoler
Released: 1977-03-09

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

Movie page

Black Jack

as Narrator (uncredited)
Released: 1979-09-09

When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with ‘Black Jack’, a villainous ruffian, adventure...

Movie page

Ordeal by Innocence

as Executioner
Released: 1984-06-22

Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack...

Movie page

1942: A Love Story

as General Douglas
Released: 1994-04-15

The son of a politician loyal to the British rule falls in love with the daughter of a freedom...

Movie page

Sweeney!

as Mac
Released: 1977-01-14

When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying...

Movie page

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Bottom
Released: 1981-12-13

Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in...

Movie page

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2003-12-02

The creation of the film Alien³ (1992) is covered here in this feature-length documentary in...

Movie page

Royal Deceit

as Caedman
Released: 1994-02-23

A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne.

Movie page

To Kill a Priest

as Judge
Released: 1988-09-07

A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.

Movie page

Three for the Fancy

as Art
Released: 1974-04-11

Art has a rabbit, Ern a guinea pig and Abe, a mouse. They're off to astound the world of the...

Movie page

The Rank and File

as uncredited
Released: 1971-05-20

Wilkinsons glass-works dominates a Staffordshire town. After a small walkout over pay...

Movie page

Stiff Upper Lips

as Eric
Released: 1998-06-12

Stiff Upper Lips is a broad parody of British period films, especially the lavish Merchant-Ivory...

Movie page

Red Monarch

as Nikita Krushchev
Released: 1983-06-16

British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of...

Movie page

The McGuffin

as Man in Brown
Released: 1986-01-12

Paul Hatcher has a habit of spying on the neighbors across the way, something that gets him into...

Movie page

It's No Joke Living in Barnsley

as Self
Released: 1976-10-11

Brian Glover meets up with locals like Arthur Scargill as he guides us round his home town.

Movie page

Up 'n' Under

as Jack, Doreen's Father
Released: 1998-01-23

The Cobblers Arms have been the best and most feared Amateur Rugby League team for the past ten...

Movie page

The Fishing Party

as Art
Released: 1972-06-01

Three miners plan a weekend fishing.

Movie page

Leon The Pig Farmer

as Brian Chadwick
Released: 1993-02-26

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

Movie page

Laughterhouse

as Father Christmas
Released: 1984-09-01

A farmer becomes an unintentional celebrity when, because of a strike, he has to walk his 5000...

Movie page

Masters of the Canvas

as Self
Released: 1992-01-31

When pop artist Peter Blake confessed that his fantasy was to be the mysterious masked wrestler...

Movie page

Six Characters in Search of An Author

as Production Assistant
Released: 1992-12-12

Adaptation of Pirandello's play.

Movie page

The Old Curiosity Shop

as Furnaceman
Released: 1975-11-07

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop...

Movie page

The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon

as Im
Released: 1978-04-21

TV Play by Henry Livings

Movie page

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

as Griffiths
Released: 1985-01-12

An alien distress call draws the Doctor and Peri to Earth, 1985, where they uncover a Cyberman...

Movie page

Waiting at the Field Gate

as Gallat
Released: 1975-04-03

Lightning Gallat is the village slaughterer and a man of distinction. Where does he draw the line?

Movie page

Speech Day

as Mr Warboys
Released: 1973-03-26

Speech Day is a bit of a laugh if you are not one of nature's prize-winners. But now that...

Movie page

Shakespeare or Bust

as Art
Released: 1973-01-08

Three miners take a boat trip to Stratford-on-Avon.

Movie page

Initiation

as Nobby
Released: 1974-12-30

In a bookbinding factory, Nobby, the foreman, is the master of his domain. Hector, a young new...

Movie page

Minder

as Yorkie
First aired: 1979-10-29

This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...

TV Show page

Doctor Who

as Griffiths
First aired: 1963-11-23

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

TV Show page

Wogan

as Self
First aired: 1982-05-04

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable...

TV Show page

All Creatures Great and Small

as Mr Dawson
First aired: 1978-01-08

All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...

TV Show page

The Sweeney

as Moose
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

TV Show page

An Audience with...

as Self
First aired: 1978-01-08

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

TV Show page

Secret Army

as Cpl. Emil Schnorr
First aired: 1977-09-07

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being...

TV Show page

BBC Play of the Month

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-10-19

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...

TV Show page

Bottom

as Mr. Rottweiller
First aired: 1991-09-17

Richie Richard (socially awkward, sexually inexperienced) and Eddie Hitler (carefree alcoholic )...

TV Show page

Press Gang

as Dr. Threeways
First aired: 1989-01-16

The activities of the staff at The Junior Gazette, a children's weekly newspaper produced by a...

TV Show page

The Protectors

as Allen
First aired: 1972-09-29

The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It...

TV Show page

BBC Television Shakespeare

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-12-03

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...

TV Show page

Return of the Saint

as Sam Plackett
First aired: 1978-09-10

Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

TV Show page

Porridge

as Heslop
First aired: 1974-09-05

Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three...

TV Show page

Dixon of Dock Green

as Chuck Windell
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

TV Show page

Campion

as Magersfontein Lugg
First aired: 1989-01-22

Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written...

TV Show page

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

as Flint
First aired: 1973-01-09

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January...

TV Show page

Paul Temple

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-11-23

Paul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple,...

TV Show page

The Famous Five

as Tiger Dan
First aired: 1978-07-03

The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by...

TV Show page

Raffles

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-02-25

Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung....

TV Show page

Sez Les

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-04-30

Sez Les was a British comedy sketch show that starred Les Dawson, produced by Yorkshire...

TV Show page

Hazell

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-01-16

Hazell is a British television series that ran from 1978–1979, about a fictional private...

TV Show page

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

as Adolf Verloc
First aired: 1988-01-10

This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph...

TV Show page

Target

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-09

A crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve.

TV Show page

Quiller

as Sergeant
First aired: 1975-08-29

Quiller is a British drama television . Quiller is the alias of a fictional spy created by...

TV Show page

Anna Lee

as Selwyn Price
First aired: 1994-02-27

Anna Lee is a British television series produced by Brian Eastman and Carnival Films for London...

TV Show page

The Mysteries

as God / Cayphas
First aired: 1985-12-22

National Theatre Cottesloe production filmed for Channel 4

TV Show page

Lost Empires

as Tommy Beamish
First aired: 1986-10-24

In 1913, young Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle Nick's magic act and is introduced to the...

TV Show page