Bernard Bresslaw - Revision history

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	{{short description\|British actor}}		{{short description\|British actor}}
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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Bernard Bresslaw		\| name = Bernard Bresslaw

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External links

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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Portal\|Biography}}~~
	* {{IMDb name\|107805}}		* {{IMDb name\|107805}}
	* {{British Comedy Guide\|people\|bernard_bresslaw}}		* {{British Comedy Guide\|people\|bernard_bresslaw}}
	* {{discogs artist\|Bernard Bresslaw}}		* {{discogs artist\|Bernard Bresslaw}}

	~~{{Authority control}}~~

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Bresslaw, Bernard}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Bresslaw, Bernard}}

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Other works

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	==Other works==		==Other works==
	~~{{more citations needed\|section\|date=September 2020}}~~

	===UK chart singles===		===UK chart singles===
	* "Mad Passionate Love/You Need Feet" (1958)		* "Mad Passionate Love/You Need Feet" (1958)

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Filmography

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	* ''[[w:Hawk the Slayer\|Hawk the Slayer]]'' (1980) as Gort		* ''[[w:Hawk the Slayer\|Hawk the Slayer]]'' (1980) as Gort
	* ''[[w:Krull (film)\|Krull]]'' (1983) as Rell the Cyclops		* ''[[w:Krull (film)\|Krull]]'' (1983) as Rell the Cyclops
	* ''[[w:Asterix and the Big Fight (film)\|Asterix and the Big Fight]]'' (1989) as [[Obelix]] (English version, voice)		* ''[[w:Asterix and the Big Fight (film)\|Asterix and the Big Fight]]'' (1989) as [[w:Obelix\|Obelix]] (English version, voice)
	* ''[[w:Leon the Pig Farmer\|Leon the Pig Farmer]]'' (1992) as Rabbi Hartmann		* ''[[w:Leon the Pig Farmer\|Leon the Pig Farmer]]'' (1992) as Rabbi Hartmann
	* ''Bernard Bresslaw: A Story About Bernard Bresslaw'' (2009)		* ''Bernard Bresslaw: A Story About Bernard Bresslaw'' (2009)

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Television series

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	* ''[[Carry On Christmas Specials]]'' and ''[[Carry On Laughing]]''		* ''[[Carry On Christmas Specials]]'' and ''[[Carry On Laughing]]''
	* ''[[w:Danger Man\|Danger Man]]: The Outcast'', as Leo (1964)		* ''[[w:Danger Man\|Danger Man]]: The Outcast'', as Leo (1964)
	* ''[[w:Doctor Who\|Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'' (1967) as Varga, an [[w:Ice Warrior\|Ice Warrior]]		* ''[[w:Doctor Who\|Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[w:The Ice Warriors\|The Ice Warriors]]'' (1967) as Varga, an [[w:Ice Warrior\|Ice Warrior]]
	* ''[[The Goodies (TV series)\|The Goodies]]'' Series 2 (1 October 1971) episode [[Scotland (The Goodies)\|Scotland]] as the zookeeper.		* ''[[The Goodies (TV series)\|The Goodies]]'' Series 2 (1 October 1971) episode [[w:Scotland (The Goodies)\|Scotland]] as the zookeeper.
	* ''[[w:The Book Tower\|The Book Tower]]'' (1987)		* ''[[w:The Book Tower\|The Book Tower]]'' (1987)
	* ''[[w:T-Bag\|T-Bag]]'' (1987) Series 3 (in one episode) as Omar		* ''[[w:T-Bag\|T-Bag]]'' (1987) Series 3 (in one episode) as Omar

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Song

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	===Song===		===Song===
	His song "You Need Feet" (a parody of "You Need Hands" by [[Max Bygraves]]) was used in [[the Rutles]]' TV special, accompanying the [[Yoko Ono]] film parody "A Thousand Feet of Film". This was cut from the syndicated version and the original [[DVD]] release, but was restored (along with other cut footage) in later DVD releases.		His song "You Need Feet" (a parody of "You Need Hands" by [[Max Bygraves]]) was used in [[w:the Rutles\|the Rutles]]' TV special, accompanying the [[w:Yoko Ono\|Yoko Ono]] film parody "A Thousand Feet of Film". This was cut from the syndicated version and the original [[w:DVD\|DVD]] release, but was restored (along with other cut footage) in later DVD releases.

	===BT adverts===		===BT adverts===

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Death

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	==Death==		==Death==
	Bresslaw died of a sudden [[heart attack]] on 11 June 1993.<ref name="FtB" /> He had collapsed in his dressing room at the [[Open Air Theatre]] in [[Regent's Park]], London, where he was to play Grumio in the New Shakespeare Company's production of ''[[Taming of the Shrew]]''.<ref name="CarryOn">{{cite book\|last=Ross\|first=Robert\|author2=Collins, Phil\|title=The Carry on Companion\|publisher=Batsford\|year=2002\|page=181\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DoidQB3FcdgC&q=%22bernard+bresslaw%22++grumio+-wikipedia&pg=PA181\|isbn=9780713487718}}</ref> His body was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]], north London, where his ashes were buried on 17 June 1993.<ref name="JohnH">{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/mar/09/popandrock1\|title=Whole lotta love\|last=Harris\|first=John\|date=2007-03-09\|work=The Guardian\|publisher=Guardian News and Media\|access-date=2008-08-08}}</ref>		Bresslaw died of a sudden [[w:myocardial infarction\|heart attack]] on 11 June 1993.<ref name="FtB" /> He had collapsed in his dressing room at the [[w:Open Air Theatre\|Open Air Theatre]] in [[w:Regent's Park\|Regent's Park]], London, where he was to play Grumio in the New Shakespeare Company's production of ''[[w:Taming of the Shrew\|Taming of the Shrew]]''.<ref name="CarryOn">{{cite book\|last=Ross\|first=Robert\|author2=Collins, Phil\|title=The Carry on Companion\|publisher=Batsford\|year=2002\|page=181\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DoidQB3FcdgC&q=%22bernard+bresslaw%22++grumio+-wikipedia&pg=PA181\|isbn=9780713487718}}</ref> His body was cremated at [[w:Golders Green Crematorium\|Golders Green Crematorium]], north London, where his ashes were buried on 17 June 1993.<ref name="JohnH">{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/mar/09/popandrock1\|title=Whole lotta love\|last=Harris\|first=John\|date=2007-03-09\|work=The Guardian\|publisher=Guardian News and Media\|access-date=2008-08-08}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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BT adverts

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	===BT adverts===		===BT adverts===
	Bresslaw, together with [[Miriam Margolyes]], appeared with English comedienne [[Maureen Lipman]] in a series of [[BT Group\|British Telecom]] advertisements in the late 1980s. Bresslaw and Margolyes played Gerald and Dolly, a nervous couple who drop in unannounced on Lipman's character Beatrice "Beattie" Bellman and her husband Harry.		Bresslaw, together with [[w:Miriam Margolyes\|Miriam Margolyes]], appeared with English comedienne [[w:Maureen Lipman\|Maureen Lipman]] in a series of [[w:BT Group\|British Telecom]] advertisements in the late 1980s. Bresslaw and Margolyes played Gerald and Dolly, a nervous couple who drop in unannounced on Lipman's character Beatrice "Beattie" Bellman and her husband Harry.

	===Poetry===		===Poetry===

Kurt at 22:25, 13 August 2022

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Show changes

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	* ''[[w:Hawk the Slayer\|Hawk the Slayer]]'' (1980) as Gort		* ''[[w:Hawk the Slayer\|Hawk the Slayer]]'' (1980) as Gort
	* ''[[w:Krull (film)\|Krull]]'' (1983) as Rell the Cyclops		* ''[[w:Krull (film)\|Krull]]'' (1983) as Rell the Cyclops
	* ''[[w:Asterix and the Big Fight (film)\|Asterix and the Big Fight]]'' (1989) as [[Obelix]] (English version, voice)		* ''[[w:Asterix and the Big Fight (film)\|Asterix and the Big Fight]]'' (1989) as [[w:Obelix\|Obelix]] (English version, voice)
	* ''[[w:Leon the Pig Farmer\|Leon the Pig Farmer]]'' (1992) as Rabbi Hartmann		* ''[[w:Leon the Pig Farmer\|Leon the Pig Farmer]]'' (1992) as Rabbi Hartmann
	* ''Bernard Bresslaw: A Story About Bernard Bresslaw'' (2009)		* ''Bernard Bresslaw: A Story About Bernard Bresslaw'' (2009)

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	* ''[[Carry On Christmas Specials]]'' and ''[[Carry On Laughing]]''		* ''[[Carry On Christmas Specials]]'' and ''[[Carry On Laughing]]''
	* ''[[w:Danger Man\|Danger Man]]: The Outcast'', as Leo (1964)		* ''[[w:Danger Man\|Danger Man]]: The Outcast'', as Leo (1964)
	* ''[[w:Doctor Who\|Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'' (1967) as Varga, an [[w:Ice Warrior\|Ice Warrior]]		* ''[[w:Doctor Who\|Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[w:The Ice Warriors\|The Ice Warriors]]'' (1967) as Varga, an [[w:Ice Warrior\|Ice Warrior]]
	* ''[[The Goodies (TV series)\|The Goodies]]'' Series 2 (1 October 1971) episode [[Scotland (The Goodies)\|Scotland]] as the zookeeper.		* ''[[The Goodies (TV series)\|The Goodies]]'' Series 2 (1 October 1971) episode [[w:Scotland (The Goodies)\|Scotland]] as the zookeeper.
	* ''[[w:The Book Tower\|The Book Tower]]'' (1987)		* ''[[w:The Book Tower\|The Book Tower]]'' (1987)
	* ''[[w:T-Bag\|T-Bag]]'' (1987) Series 3 (in one episode) as Omar		* ''[[w:T-Bag\|T-Bag]]'' (1987) Series 3 (in one episode) as Omar