Person
Bruce Purchase
Acting · 1938–2008 · Thames, New Zealand
Known for
Doctor Who
1963
BBC Play of the Month
Taffy
Play for Today
Jake
Rumpole of the Bailey
Leslie Delgado
Blake's 7
Gola
BBC2 Play of the Week
Ernest
I, Claudius
Sabinus
Callan
1967
The New Avengers
Prof. Lopez
Doomwatch
Norman Sylvester
Filmography
- 2007Parrot Fashion
- 2001Another LifeSir Henry Curtis-Bennett
- 1999EstherHauptmann der Wache
- 1998The Sea ChangeOldberg
- 1998Killer NetPathologist
- 1997DavidIsai
- 1995Richard IIICity Gentleman
- 1992Freddie As F.R.O.7.Additional voices (voice)
- 1987LionheartSimon Nerra
- 1987Casanova
- 1987Playing AwayFredrick
- 1984Other HalvesIrwin
- 1984The Tripods
- 1984FreudProfessor Nothnagel
- 1984The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodMoishe
- 1984Pope John Paul IIJerzy Loparicz
- 1983AtlantisGoff
- 1981Doctor Who: LogopolisThe Captain (archive footage)
- 1979Henry IV Part 2Earl of Northumberland
- 1979Henry IV Part 1Henry Percy
- 1979All Quiet on the Western FrontCook (uncredited)
- 1979Even SolomonJake
- 1979The Quatermass ConclusionTommy Roach
- 1979QuatermassTommy Roach
- 1979Meetings with Remarkable MenFather Maxim
- 1979KidnappedCumberland
- 1978Doctor Who: The Pirate PlanetThe Pirate Captain
- 1978A Horseman Riding ByParson Augustus Bull
- 1978Blake's 7Gola
- 1977ExilesErnest Hemingway
- 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekErnest
- 1977SupernaturalHerr Steekebeck
- 1976The Hunchback of Notre DameProvost
- 1976The New AvengersProf. Lopez
- 1976I, ClaudiusSabinus
- 1976ClayhangerBig James
- 1975Rumpole of the BaileyLeslie Delgado
- 1975The Secret AgentMr. Michaelis
- 1975Looking for ClancyBasil Rudering
- 1974Fall of EaglesVon Plehve
- 1974Soft Beds, Hard BattlesColonel Meinertzhagen (uncredited)
- 1973Alice Through the Looking GlassWalrus / Guard
- 1973The Optimists of Nine ElmsPoliceman
- 1973A Picture of Katherine MansfieldFather
- 1971Mary, Queen of ScotsMorton
- 1971MacbethCaithness
- 1970Play for TodayJake
- 1970DoomwatchNorman Sylvester
- 1967Callan
- 1965OthelloSenators-Soldiers-Cypriots
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthTaffy
- 1963Doctor Who
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameCook
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