Roger Brierley

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{{Short description|English actor}}
{{for|the Grindletonian leader in the 17th century|Roger Brereley}}
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{{Infobox person
| name =Roger Brierley
| image = Roger Brierley.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Brierley in ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' (1987)
| birth_name = David Roger Brierley
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|6|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Stockport]], [[Cheshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|9|23|1935|6|2|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Westminster]], [[London]], England
| partner = [[Gillian McCutcheon]] (?–1996)<br /> Joan Jones (2001–2005) (his death)
| children = 1
}}
'''David Roger Brierley''' (2 June 1935 – 23 September 2005) was an English [[actor]].

==Career==
Brierley appeared in dozens of television productions over a forty-year period. He twice appeared in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', as Trevor in ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' (1965) and as the voice of Drathro in ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'' (1986). Brierley appeared as Mr Thoneycroft in episode 6 of ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'' (1976), in the biopic ''[[Jinnah (film)|Jinnah]]'' based on the life of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], in the [[Granada television]] series ''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]'' as Sir [[Roderick Glossop]] and as [[Michael Palin]]'s latin teacher in an episode of ''[[Ripping Yarns]]'' called ''Roger of the Raj'', which was first shown on [[BBC]] television in 1979. He played the part of Osborne in the 1977 episode "Suddenly At Home" in the TV series ''[[Rising Damp]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0686988/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm|title="Rising Damp" Suddenly at Home (TV Episode 1977) - IMDb|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> He was also in an ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' episode in 1982 ("Diamonds Are for Heather"). Later work included portraying [[John Biffen]] in the TV dramatisation of ''[[The Alan Clark Diaries]]'' (2004). He also played the [[hotel manager]] in [[List of Mr. Bean episodes#Mr. Bean in Room 426|"Mr. Bean in Room 426"]] and appeared in ''[[A Fish Called Wanda]]'' as Archie Leach’s secretary Davidson.

Brierley worked on several occasions with [[Victoria Wood]] such as in her play [[Nearly a Happy Ending]], in the early series [[Wood and Walters]] and her 1994 TV film [[Pat and Margaret]]. In a nod to her previous work with Brierley, Wood named a character after him in her 2006 TV film [[Housewife, 49]].

==Personal life==
Brierley was also passionate about [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], and was a founding member of [[Shareholders United Against Murdoch]].

==Death==
Brierley died of a [[heart attack]] on 23 September 2005.

==Selected filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Kindly Leave the Kerb]]'' || || TV series
|-
|1980|| ''[[Superman II]]'' || Terrorist #1 ||
|-
|1983|| ''[[The Wicked Lady (1983 film)|The Wicked Lady]]'' || Clergyman at Tyburn ||
|-
|1985|| ''[[Young Sherlock Holmes]]'' || Mr. Holmes ||
|-
|1988|| ''[[A Fish Called Wanda]]'' || Davidson ||
|-
|1988|| ''[[A Very British Coup (TV series)|A Very British Coup]]'' || Thomas Andrews MP
|-
|1989–1994|| ''[[Screen One]]'' || Hotel Manager / Air Vice-Marshall / Julian Brind || 3 episodes
|-
|1990|| ''Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother'' || Hotel Manager ||
|-
|1993
|''[[Mr. Bean in Room 426]]''
|Hotel Manager
|
|-
|1994|| ''[[A Business Affair]]'' || Barrister ||
|-
|1996|| ''[[Beaumarchais (film)|Beaumarchais]]'' || Printer ||
|-
|1998|| ''[[Monk Dawson]]'' || Fr Francis ||
|-
|1998|| ''[[Jinnah (film)|Jinnah]]'' || Judge ||
|-
|2000|| ''[[The Calling (2000 film)|The Calling]]'' || Reverend ||
|-
|2000|| ''[[Innocents (film)|Innocents]]'' || Dr. John Roylance ||
|-
|2001|| ''Bodywork'' || District judge ||
|-
|2002|| ''[[Ali G Indahouse]]'' || Town Hall Official ||
|-
|2002|| ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]'' || Mr. Chalmers, the M.C. ||
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0108926|name=Roger Brierley}}
*{{Find a Grave|12536196}}
*[http://www.manchesterutd-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=243108 Red Issue]
*[https://www.imust.org.uk/Memoriam/RogerBrierley MUST, the independent Manchester United supporters trust]
*[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/oct/25/broadcasting.guardianobituaries Obituary in ''The Guardian'']
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1500061/Roger-Brierley.html Obituary in ''The Daily Telegraph'']

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[[Category:English male television actors]]
[[Category:English male voice actors]]
[[Category:People from Stockport]]
[[Category:Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery]]

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