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Bruce Purchase
Actor
Born October 2, 1938Died June 5, 2008 (69 years)
Bruce Purchase was a New Zealand-born actor known for his roles on stage and television. Born in Thames, New Zealand, he won a scholarship to study acting in England, training at RADA, and went on to become a founding actor-member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre. He also performed regularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Filmography
| 2005 | Paris in the Springtime · as Pirate Captain |
| 2001 | Another Life · as Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett |
| 1999 | The Bible Collection: Esther · as Hauptmann Der Wache |
| 1998 | The Sea Change · as Oldberg |
| 1998 | Killer Net (TV Series) · as Pathologist |
| 1997 | David · as Isai |
| 1997 | David (TV Series) · as Jesse |
| 1995 | Richard III · as City Gentleman |
| 1993 | Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the TARDIS · as The Captain |
| 1992 | Freddie as F.R.O.7. · as Additional Voices (voice) |
| 1987 | ChuckleVision (TV Series) · as Hiram J. Cugalschriber |
| 1987 | Lionheart · as Simon Nerra |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Bearded Man |
| 1987 | Casanova · as Major Grandi |
| 1987 | Playing Away · as Fredrick |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Spiderman |
| 1986 | Return to Treasure Island (TV Series) · as Trelawney |
| 1985 | Wallenberg: A Hero's Story · as Rabbi Mandel |
| 1985 | Anna of the Five Towns (TV Series) · as Tom Kelly |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Man With Shot-Gun |
| 1984 | The Tripods (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Freud (TV Series) · as Professor Nothnagel |
| 1984 | The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood · as Moishe |
| 1984 | Pope John Paul II · as Jerzy Loparicz |
| 1981 | Doctor Who: Logopolis · as The Captain (archive Footage) |
| 1979 | Henry IV Part II · as Earl Of Northumberland |
| 1979 | Henry IV Part I · as Henry Percy |
| 1979 | All Quiet on the Western Front · as Cook (uncredited) |
| 1979 | Meetings with Remarkable Men · as Father Maxim |
| 1979 | The Quatermass Conclusion · as Tommy Roach |
| 1979 | Quatermass (TV Series) · as Tommy Roach |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Kidnapped (1978) (TV Series) · as Cumberland |
| 1978 | Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet · as The Pirate Captain |
| 1978 | The Devil's Crown (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) · as Leslie Delgado |
| 1978 | Blake's 7 (TV Series) · as Gola |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Ernest |
| 1977 | London Belongs To Me (TV Series) · as Detective Sergeant Slater |
| 1977 | Supernatural (1977) (TV Series) · as Herr Steekebeck |
| 1976 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as Provost |
| 1976 | The New Avengers (TV Series) · as Prof. Lopez |
| 1976 | I, Claudius (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Clayhanger (TV Series) · as Big James |
| 1975 | Edward the Seventh (TV Series) · as Czarevitch Alexander |
| 1975 | The Fight Against Slavery (TV Series) · as Kelsall |
| 1974 | Undercovers Hero · as Colonel Meinertzhagen |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles (TV Series) · as Von Plehve |
| 1973 | Alice Through the Looking Glass · as Walrus |
| 1973 | The Optimists · as Policeman |
| 1973 | A Picture of Katherine Mansfield (TV Series) · as Father |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Piet Roux |
| 1971 | Macbeth · as Caithness |
| 1971 | Mary, Queen of Scots · as Morton |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Jake |
| 1970 | Doomwatch (TV Series) · as Norman Sylvester |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) · as Det. Sgt. Kershaw |
| 1969 | The First Churchills (TV Series) |
| 1969 | The Flaxton Boys (TV Series) · as Sergeant Bentley |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Performer |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Wally |
| 1967 | Callan (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Othello · as Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Taffy |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Captain |
| 1957 | Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) · as Albert Pendleton |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Cook |