Bruce Forsyth

Bruce Forsyth

Known for
Acting
Born
February 22, 1928
Died
August 18, 2017 (aged 89)
Birthplace
Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK

Biography

Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson CBE was an English presenter and entertainer whose career spanned more than 70 years. Forsyth came to national attention from the mid-1950s through the ITV series Sunday Night at the London Palladium.

Known For

Filmography

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Good Game, Good Game! poster

Good Game, Good Game!

Movie

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You poster

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

2025
Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire poster

Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Strictly Come Dancing: 20 Fabulous Years poster

Strictly Come Dancing: 20 Fabulous Years

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Parkinson at 50 poster

Parkinson at 50

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
Strictly Len Goodman poster

Strictly Len Goodman

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong poster

Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2015
The Interviews poster

The Interviews

TV · 6 eps

2014
The Fight for Saturday Night poster

The Fight for Saturday Night

Movie · as Self

2014
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark poster

Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark

Movie · as Self

2014
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show poster

The Michael McIntyre Chat Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2011
Perspectives poster

Perspectives

TV · 1 ep

2010
A Concert for Heroes

A Concert for Heroes

Movie · as Self

2010
A Comedy Roast

A Comedy Roast

TV · 1 ep

2009
Kathy Kirby: My Story By The Golden Girl of Pop poster

Kathy Kirby: My Story By The Golden Girl of Pop

Movie · as Self

2009
Alan Carr: Chatty Man poster

Alan Carr: Chatty Man

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Kate Garraway's Life Stories poster

Kate Garraway's Life Stories

TV · 1 ep

2008
Happy Birthday Brucie!

Happy Birthday Brucie!

Movie · as Self - Performer

2007
Bruce's Generation Game - Now And Then

Bruce's Generation Game - Now And Then

TV · 5 eps

2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments poster

Best Ever Muppet Moments

Movie · as Self

2006
Alma Cogan: Her Fabulous Story poster

Alma Cogan: Her Fabulous Story

Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)

2006
The Story of Light Entertainment poster

The Story of Light Entertainment

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Legends poster

Legends

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Strictly Come Dancing poster

Strictly Come Dancing

TV · as Self - Presenter · 260 eps

2004
Didn't They Do Well poster

Didn't They Do Well

TV · 10 eps

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters poster

Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters

Movie

2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV · as Self, Self - Special Guest · 3 eps

2000
House! poster

House!

Movie · as Himself

1999
Loose Women poster

Loose Women

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
An Audience with Bruce Forsyth poster

An Audience with Bruce Forsyth

Movie

1997
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett poster

An Audience with Ronnie Corbett

Movie

1996
TFI Friday poster

TFI Friday

TV · 1 ep

1995
The Frank Skinner Show poster

The Frank Skinner Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck poster

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck

Movie · as Self - Audience Member

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
An Evening with Lee Evans poster

An Evening with Lee Evans

Movie · as Himself

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Fiddley Foodle Bird

Fiddley Foodle Bird

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 13 eps

1992
Bruce's Guest Night

Bruce's Guest Night

TV · 14 eps

1991
Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice

Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice

Movie · as Self

1990
An Audience with Jackie Mason poster

An Audience with Jackie Mason

Movie

1990
Takeover Bid

Takeover Bid

TV · 28 eps

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps

1988
Bruce and Ronnie poster

Bruce and Ronnie

Movie · as Self

1988
You Bet! poster

You Bet!

TV · 99 eps

1987
Going Live! poster

Going Live!

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1986
Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak

Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak

TV · 10 eps

1986
Wedden, dat..?

Wedden, dat..?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1986
Slinger's Day poster

Slinger's Day

TV · as Cecil Slinger · 12 eps

1984
An Audience with Joan Rivers poster

An Audience with Joan Rivers

Movie · as Self - Audience Member

1984
The Price Is Right

The Price Is Right

TV · 100 eps

1983
Anna Pavlova poster

Anna Pavlova

Movie · as impresario Butt

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self, Self - Host · 1 ep

1980
Sammy and Bruce poster

Sammy and Bruce

Movie · as Self

1980
Magnum, P.I. poster

Magnum, P.I.

TV · as Lottery Host · 1 ep

1980
Play Your Cards Right poster

Play Your Cards Right

TV · 259 eps

1979
The Cannon & Ball Show poster

The Cannon & Ball Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
Bruce Forsyth's Big Night poster

Bruce Forsyth's Big Night

TV · 14 eps

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1976
The Mating Season

The Mating Season

Movie · as Bruce Gillespie

1976
The Muppet Show poster

The Muppet Show

TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep

1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks poster

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Movie · as Swinburne

1971
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins poster

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

Movie · as Clayton (segment "Avarice")

1971
The Generation Game poster

The Generation Game

TV · 211 eps

1969
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? poster

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

Movie · as Uncle Limelight

1968
Star! poster

Star!

Movie · as Arthur Lawrence

1966
Mystery and Imagination poster

Mystery and Imagination

TV · as Sir Simon de Canterville · 1 ep

1959
The Bruce Forsyth Show poster

The Bruce Forsyth Show

TV · 31 eps