Brian Glover

Brian Glover

Known for
Acting
Born
April 2, 1934
Died
July 24, 1997 (aged 63)
Birthplace
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography

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.

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Filmography

2005
Best of ITV Wrestling A-Z poster

Best of ITV Wrestling A-Z

Movie

2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' poster

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
Up 'n' Under poster

Up 'n' Under

Movie · as Jack, Doreen's Father

1998
Stiff Upper Lips poster

Stiff Upper Lips

Movie · as Eric

1997
Snow White: A Tale of Terror poster

Snow White: A Tale of Terror

Movie · as Lars

1996
Bob's Weekend poster

Bob's Weekend

Movie · as The Boss

1995
Rumble

Rumble

TV · as Johnny Pecs · 6 eps

1994
1942: A Love Story poster

1942: A Love Story

Movie · as General Douglas

1994
Prince of Jutland poster

Prince of Jutland

Movie · as Caedman

1994
Anna Lee poster

Anna Lee

TV · as Selwyn Price · 5 eps

1993
Leon the Pig Farmer poster

Leon the Pig Farmer

Movie · as Brian Chadwick

1993
Anna Lee: Headcase

Anna Lee: Headcase

Movie · as Selwyn Price

1993
Angry George Irons poster

Angry George Irons

Movie

1992
Alien³ poster

Alien³

Movie · as Andrews

1992
Six Characters in Search of An Author poster

Six Characters in Search of An Author

Movie · as Production Assistant

1992
Masters of the Canvas poster

Masters of the Canvas

Movie · as Self

1992
The Making of 'Alien³' poster

The Making of 'Alien³'

Movie · as Self

1991
Kafka poster

Kafka

Movie · as Castle Hechman

1991
Bottom poster

Bottom

TV · as Mr. Rottweiller · 1 ep

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Floor Manager · 1 ep

1990
The World of Eddie Weary

The World of Eddie Weary

Movie · as Strip Club MC

1989
Campion poster

Campion

TV · as Magersfontein Lugg · 16 eps

1989
Press Gang poster

Press Gang

TV · as Dr. Threeways · 1 ep

1989
The Nineteenth Hole

The Nineteenth Hole

TV · as Goatman · 1 ep

1988
To Kill a Priest poster

To Kill a Priest

Movie · as Judge

1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers poster

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

TV · as Adolf Verloc · 1 ep

1987
Daytime Live

Daytime Live

TV · 1 ep

1986
The McGuffin poster

The McGuffin

Movie · as Man in Brown

1986
Lost Empires poster

Lost Empires

TV · as Tommy Beamish · 7 eps

1985
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen poster

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

Movie · as Griffiths

1985
Talking Proper poster

Talking Proper

Movie · as Self

1985
The Mysteries poster

The Mysteries

TV · as God / Cayphas · 3 eps

1984
The Company of Wolves poster

The Company of Wolves

Movie · as Amorous Boy's Father

1984
Laughterhouse poster

Laughterhouse

Movie · as Father Christmas

1984
Ordeal by Innocence poster

Ordeal by Innocence

Movie · as Executioner

1984
Bottle Boys poster

Bottle Boys

TV · 1 ep

1983
Red Monarch poster

Red Monarch

Movie · as Nikita Krushchev

1982
Britannia Hospital poster

Britannia Hospital

Movie · as Painter: The Workers

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
An American Werewolf in London poster

An American Werewolf in London

Movie · as Chess Player

1981
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · as Bottom

1981
Death Angel poster

Death Angel

Movie · as Spectator (uncredited)

1980
Sounding Brass

Sounding Brass

TV · as Horace Gilbert Bestwick · 6 eps

1979
Black Jack poster

Black Jack

Movie · as Narrator (uncredited)

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Yorkie · 1 ep

1978
Absolution poster

Absolution

Movie · as the first policeman

1978
The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon poster

The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon

Movie · as Im

1978
The First Great Train Robbery poster

The First Great Train Robbery

Movie · as Captain Jimmy

1978
The Famous Five poster

The Famous Five

TV · as Tiger Dan · 1 ep

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1978
Return of the Saint poster

Return of the Saint

TV · as Sam Plackett · 1 ep

1978
All Creatures Great and Small poster

All Creatures Great and Small

TV · as Mr Dawson · 1 ep

1978
The South Bank Show poster

The South Bank Show

TV · as Self - God · 1 ep

1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare poster

The BBC Television Shakespeare

TV · as Bottom · 1 ep

1978
Sense of Place

Sense of Place

TV · as Im · 1 ep

1978
Send in the Girls

Send in the Girls

TV · as Promoter / MC · 1 ep

1977
Sweeney! poster

Sweeney!

Movie · as Mac

1977
Joseph Andrews poster

Joseph Andrews

Movie · as Gaoler

1977
Jabberwocky poster

Jabberwocky

Movie · as Armourer

1977
Secret Army poster

Secret Army

TV · as Cpl. Emil Schnorr · 1 ep

1977
Target poster

Target

TV · as Labour Party Agent · 1 ep

1977
Raffles poster

Raffles

TV · as Billy Purvis · 1 ep

1976
Trial by Combat poster

Trial by Combat

Movie · as Sidney Gore

1976
It's No Joke Living in Barnsley poster

It's No Joke Living in Barnsley

Movie · as Self

1976
The Chester Mystery Plays poster

The Chester Mystery Plays

Movie

1975
Waiting at the Field Gate poster

Waiting at the Field Gate

Movie · as Gallat

1975
The Old Curiosity Shop poster

The Old Curiosity Shop

Movie · as Furnaceman

1975
Brannigan poster

Brannigan

Movie · as Jimmy-the-Bet

1975
The Sweeney poster

The Sweeney

TV · as Moose · 1 ep

1975
Quiller poster

Quiller

TV · as Sergeant · 1 ep

1975
Shadows poster

Shadows

TV · as Jim Debbitts · 1 ep

1975
Shades of Greene poster

Shades of Greene

TV · as Adams · 1 ep

1974
Initiation

Initiation

Movie · as Nobby

1974
Three for the Fancy poster

Three for the Fancy

Movie · as Art

1974
Porridge poster

Porridge

TV · as Heslop · 3 eps

1974
Not on Your Nellie poster

Not on Your Nellie

TV · as Battling Bill · 1 ep

1973
Speech Day poster

Speech Day

Movie · as Mr Warboys

1973
Shakespeare or Bust poster

Shakespeare or Bust

Movie · as Art

1973
O Lucky Man! poster

O Lucky Man!

Movie · as Plantation Foreman/Bassett

1973
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? poster

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

TV · as Flint · 1 ep

1973
Centre Play poster

Centre Play

TV · as Nobby · 1 ep

1973
Second City Firsts

Second City Firsts

TV · as Gallat · 1 ep

1972
The Fishing Party poster

The Fishing Party

Movie · as Art

1972
A Day Out poster

A Day Out

Movie · as Henry Boothroyd

1972
The Regiment poster

The Regiment

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Protectors poster

The Protectors

TV · as Allen · 1 ep

1972
The Frighteners poster

The Frighteners

TV · as Porter · 1 ep

1971
The Rank and File poster

The Rank and File

Movie

1970
Kes poster

Kes

Movie · as Mr. Sugden

1970
On the House

On the House

TV · as Bagley · 1 ep

1969
Paul Temple poster

Paul Temple

TV · 1 ep

1969
Sez Les poster

Sez Les

TV · 19 eps

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · 1 ep

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as The Guard · 1 ep

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Griffiths · 1 ep

1955
Dixon of Dock Green poster

Dixon of Dock Green

TV · as Chuck Windell · 1 ep