Roger Brierley

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Roger Brierley
Brierley in Casualty (1987)
Born	David Roger Brierley (1935-06-02)2 June 1935 Stockport, Cheshire, England
Died	23 September 2005(2005-09-23) (aged 70) Westminster, London, England
Partner(s)	Gillian McCutcheon (?–1996) 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 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. 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 "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, and was a founding member of Shareholders United Against Murdoch.

Death

Brierley died of a heart attack on 23 September 2005.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Kindly Leave the Kerb		TV series
1980	Superman II	Terrorist #1
1983	The Wicked Lady	Clergyman at Tyburn
1985	Young Sherlock Holmes	Mr. Holmes
1988	A Fish Called Wanda	Davidson
1988	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	Printer
1998	Monk Dawson	Fr Francis
1998	Jinnah	Judge
2000	The Calling	Reverend
2000	Innocents	Dr. John Roylance
2001	Bodywork	District judge
2002	Ali G Indahouse	Town Hall Official
2002	About a Boy	Mr. Chalmers, the M.C.

External links

• Roger Brierley at IMDb
• Roger Brierley at Find a Grave
• Red Issue
• MUST, the independent Manchester United supporters trust
• Obituary in The Guardian
• Obituary in The Daily Telegraph