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Roger Brierley

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Roger Brierley
Brierley in Casualty (1987)
Born
David Roger Brierley

(1935-06-02)2 June 1935
Died23 September 2005(2005-09-23) (aged 70)
Partner(s)Gillian McCutcheon (?–1996)
Joan Jones (2001–2005) (his death)
Children1

David Roger Brierley (2 June 1935 – 23 September 2005) was an English actor. He appeared in dozens of television productions over a forty-year period.

Career

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Brierley 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 in the biopic Jinnah based on the life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976) as Mr. Thoneycroft in episode 6, and in the Granada television series Jeeves and Wooster as Sir Roderick Glossop.

Brierley played the part of Osborne in the 1977 episode "Suddenly At Home" in the TV series Rising Damp.[1] He was also in an Only Fools and Horses episode in 1982 ("Diamonds Are for Heather").

Brierley portrayed Michael Palin's Latin teacher in a 1979 episode of Ripping Yarns entitled Roger of the Raj. In 1987 he played Reverend Phelps in East of Ipswich, also written by Palin. In 1988 he appeared with Palin and John Cleese 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.

Brierley'a later work also 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".

Personal life

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Brierley was a supporter of Manchester United and was a founding member of Shareholders United Against Murdoch.

Death

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Brierley died of a heart attack on 23 September 2005.

Selected filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1980 Superman II Terrorist #1
1983 The Wicked Lady Clergyman at Tyburn
1985 Young Sherlock Holmes Mr. Holmes
1987 East of Ipswich Reverend Phelps
1988 A Fish Called Wanda Davidson
1990 Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother Hotel Manager
1994 A Business Affair Barrister
1996 Beaumarchais Printer
1998 Monk Dawson Fr Francis
1998 Jinnah Judge
2000 The Calling Reverend
2001 Bodywork District judge
2002 Ali G Indahouse Town Hall Official
2002 About a Boy Mr. Chalmers, the M.C.

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1965 The Likely Lads Julian Episode: "Last of the Big Spenders"
1971 Kindly Leave the Kerb Episode: "The Collection"
1969–1975 Z Cars Francis

Headmaster

2 episodes
1975 Out of the Trees Various Pilot
1976 The Sweeney Psychiatrist Episode: "On The Run"
1976 Coronation Street Lanky Potts 3 episodes
1977 Rising Damp Osborne Episode: "Suddenly at Home"
1974–1978 Crown Court Roy White

PC Lakin

3 episodes
1979 Telford's Change Reverend John Kenton 3 episodes
1979 Kids Dr. Benton 3 episodes
1980 The Goodies Park Attendant Episode: "U-Friend or UFO?"
1982 Only Fools and Horses Brian Episode: "Diamonds Are for Heather"
1983 Mr. Right Bank manager 4 episodes
1982–1984 Shine on Harvey Moon Mr. Compton 6 episodes
1966–1986 Doctor Who Drathro (voice)

Trevor

5 episodes
1987 Screen Two Reverend Phelps Episode: "East of Ipswich"
1988 A Very British Coup Thomas Andrews MP 2 episodes
1987–1989 Ffizz Rawlins 3 episodes
1990–1991 Jeeves and Wooster Sir Roderick Glossop 3 episodes
1991 Bottom Sir Roger Cobham "Apocalypse"
1982–1991 Minder Cyril

Donald

2 episodes
1979–1992 Rumpole of the Bailey Mr. Cursitor

Roach

2 episodes
1993 Mr. Bean Hotel Manager Episode: "Mr. Bean in Room 426"
1989–1994 Screen One Hotel Manager

Air Vice-Marshall

Julian Brind

3 episodes
1995 Surgical Spirit Professor of dentistry Series 7 Episode 6: Kicking against the pricks
2000 Innocents Dr. John Roylance Television film
2001 London's Burning Vicar Episode: #13.11

References

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  1. ^ ""Rising Damp" Suddenly at Home (TV Episode 1977) - IMDb". IMDb.
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