Bernard Horsfall

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British actor (1930–2013)

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nameBernard Horsfall
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birth_nameBernard Arthur Gordon Horsfall
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birth_placeBishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
death_date
death_placeIsle of Skye, Scotland
occupationActor
years_active1957–2008
spouseJane Rogers
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| name = Bernard Horsfall | image = Actor_Bernard_Horsfall.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Bernard Arthur Gordon Horsfall | birth_date = | birth_place = Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England | death_date = | death_place = Isle of Skye, Scotland | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1957–2008 | spouse = Jane Rogers | children = 3 Bernard Arthur Gordon Horsfall (20 November 1930 – 28 January 2013) was an English actor of stage and screen.

Early life

Horsfall was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, and educated at Rugby School. He trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career

Horsfall appeared in many television and film roles, including the title role in Campion (1959–1960), Pathfinders to Mars (1960), the second sequel to Target Luna, Guns at Batasi (1964), The Avengers (three episodes in 1966 and 1967), Department S (1968), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Beasts, as Sir Christopher Hatton in the 1971 BBC miniseries Elizabeth R, Enemy at the Door (ITV, 1978–1980), Gandhi (1982), an episode of The Jewel in the Crown (ITV, 1984), the character Frankland in The Hound of the Baskervilles (ITV, 1988), and the character Balliol in Braveheart (1995). His other roles included portraying British barrister Melford Stevenson in a 1980 Granada Television dramatisation of the 1955 case of Ruth Ellis.

Horsfall made several guest appearances in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. His first was as Lemuel Gulliver in The Mind Robber (1968). His other appearances were as a Time Lord in The War Games (1969), Taron in Planet of the Daleks (1973), and Chancellor Goth in The Deadly Assassin (1976). All four of these serials were directed by David Maloney. Many years later he returned to Doctor Who, appearing in Davros – a Doctor Who audio drama produced by Big Finish Productions.

Horsfall also appeared, with a Swedish accent, as Christianson in an episode of The Persuaders! entitled "The Morning After" during 1972.

Horsfall's stage work included performances at The Old Vic, with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the National Theatre.

Death

Horsfall died on 28 January 2013, aged 82, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. He was survived by his wife Jane, their daughters Hannah and Rebecca, five grandchildren and his sister. His son Christian died in 2012.

Selected filmography

References

References

  1. Coveney, Michael. (30 January 2013). "Bernard Horsfall obituary". [[The Guardian]].
  2. Dancis, Bruce. (25 February 2009). "DVD REVIEW: British miniseries 'Enemy at the Door' released". readingeagle.com (original publisher: McClatchy-Tribune).
  3. "Enemy at the Door". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  4. "Cast: The Jewel in the Crown, Episode 5: Regimental Silver". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  5. Kelley, Gordon E.. (1994). "Sherlock Holmes: Screen and Sound Guide". Scarecrow Press.
  6. "Cast: Lady Killers: Lucky, Lucky, Thirteen!". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  7. "Cast: Doctor Who: The Mind Robber (Episode 5)". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  8. "Cast: Doctor Who: The War Games (Part 10)". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  9. "Cast: Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks (Episode 6)". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  10. "Cast: Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin (Episode 4)". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  11. "Davros". Big Finish.com.
  12. "Cast: The Persuaders!: Morning After". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  13. Pendreigh, Brian. (1 February 2013). "Obituary: Bernard Horsfall, Skye-based actor known for character roles on stage, film and TV". [[The Scotsman]].
  14. "Cast: The Steel Bayonet". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  15. "Cast: High Flight". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  16. "Cast: The One That Got Away". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  17. "Cast: The Angry Silence". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  18. "Cast: Man in the Moon". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  19. "Cast: Guns at Batasi". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  20. "Cast: On Her Majesty's Secret Service". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  21. "Cast: Gold". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  22. (1975). "Shout at the Devil". Hansom Books.
  23. "Cast: Gandhi". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database).
  24. McFarlane, Brian. (2005). "Horsfall, Bernard". Methuen.

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