Name
Bernard Hepton
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1925-10-19
Deathday
2018-07-27 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
Bernard Hepton (born 19 October 1925 - 27th July, 2018) was a British actor of stage, film and television.
Hepton was known as a particularly versatile character actor. He trained at Bradford Civic Theatre school under Esme Church along with actors such as Robert Stephens. He had extensive stage experience as an actor, under Sir Barry Jackson in addition to a spell as Artistic Director of Birmingham Rep and Liverpool Playhouse.
On television, he played Toby Esterhase in the BBC Television adaptations of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People, and George Smiley in the radio adaptations. He also played the Kommandant in Colditz (1972–74), and later appeared for the same production team as Albert Foiret in three seasons of Secret Army (1977–79). Before that he had made a guest appearance in an episode of the first series of Catweazle in 1970 where he played a naturalist. Other notable performances included Thomas Cranmer in both The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) and Elizabeth R (1971).
He played Sam Toovey in the 1989 television adaptation of Susan Hill's ghost story The Woman in Black.
On radio Hepton played the role of Albert, in Stranger In The Home by Alan Dapre, also the role of The Old Man in the Corner, the Baroness Orczy amateur, and mostly sedentary, sleuth in the BBC dramatizations called The Teahouse Detective (1998–2000).
His appearances in feature film were less frequent. He made a brief appearance as Thorpey, a gangster in the classic British film Get Carter (1971), and had another small role, as Milton Goldsmith, in Voyage of the Damned (1976).
He was a fan of the Rugby League team Hunslet Hawks and also played stand-off for them in the 1952/53 season, winning a Yorkshire Cup Medal.
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Known For
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- 1985 Shadey as Captain Amies
- 1996 Emma as Mr. Woodhouse
- 1989 The Woman in Black as Sam Toovey
- 2002 The Baroness and the Pig as Soames
- 1988 Stealing Heaven as Bishop
- 1994 In The Cold Light Of Day as Len
- 1984 An Inspector Calls as Inspector Goole
- 1972 Follow the Yellow Brick Road as Colin Sands
- 1974 Paradise Restored as Oliver Cromwell
- 1982 Gandhi as G.O.C.
- 1971 The Mosedale Horseshoe as Derek
- 1975 The House on the Hill as Psychiatrist
- 1986 The Disputation as Raymund de Penjaforte
- 1966 The Devil's Eggshell as Lord Portmanteau
- 1971 Get Carter as Thorpe
- 1972 Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Cranmer
- 1970 Robin Redbreast as Fisher
- 1975 Barry Lyndon as Diner at Feast for Lord Wendover
- 1976 Voyage of the Damned as Milton Goldsmith
- 1985 The Holcroft Covenant as Commander Leighton
- 1973 Private Practice as Derek
- 1991 Eminent Domain as Slowak
- 1992 The Old Devils as Malcolm Cellan-Davies
- 1973 The Adventures Of Don Quixote as Village Priest
- 1969 Son of Man as Caiaphas
- 1982 Broken Glass as Tom Heron
- 1974 Item
- 1968 The Fanatics as Tronchin
- 1985 Dear Box Number as Walter Cartright
- 1969 The Fosters as Harry Gerwyn
- 1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Harold Winstanley
- 1972 Colditz ( 28 episodes ) as Kommandant
- 1971 Elizabeth R ( 1 episode ) as Archbishop Cranmer
- 1981 Bergerac ( 1 episode ) as Sir Geoffrey Newton
- 1962 Z-Cars ( 5 episodes )
- 1977 Secret Army ( 43 episodes ) as Albert Foiret
- 1974 The Squirrels ( 27 episodes )
- 1970 Catweazle ( 1 episode ) as Cyril Fitton
- 1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Mr. J.T. Laxworthy
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Derek
- 1970 The Six Wives of Henry VIII ( 4 episodes ) as Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
- 1987 The Charmer ( 6 episodes )
- 1982 Smiley's People ( 3 episodes ) as Toby Esterhase
- 1994 Dandelion Dead ( 4 episodes )
- 1969 The Main Chance ( 1 episode ) as Bridges
- 1973 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em ( 1 episode )
- 1976 I, Claudius ( 3 episodes ) as Pallas
- 1988 The Contract ( 3 episodes ) as Henry Carter
- 1970 Manhunt ( 1 episode ) as Simon
- 1991 A Perfect Hero ( 6 episodes ) as Arthur Fleming
- 1981 Kessler ( 1 episode ) as Albert Foiret
- 1985 Bleak House ( 5 episodes ) as Krook
- 1982 An Inspector Calls ( 3 episodes ) as Inspector Goole
- 1964 The Wednesday Play ( 1 episode ) as Caiaphas
- 1970 Doomwatch ( 1 episode ) as Oscar Franklin
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Lord Portmandeau
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Sir Andrew Melvil
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Village Priest
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode )
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Fisher
- 1967 Great Expectations ( 6 episodes ) as Wemmick
- 1983 Mansfield Park ( 5 episodes ) as Sir Thomas Bertram
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Guy de Ponthieu
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Osgood
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Dr Tronchin
- 1974 Churchill's People ( 2 episodes ) as Oliver Cromwell
- 1969 The Elusive Pimpernel ( 8 episodes ) as Chauvelin
- 1965 Out of the Unknown ( 1 episode ) as Harry Gerwyn
- 1973 Centre Play ( 1 episode ) as Psychiatrist
- 1972 The Sextet ( 1 episode ) as Colin Sands
- 1964 Detective ( 1 episode ) as Jeremiah Batson
- 1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ( 6 episodes ) as Toby Esterhase
- 1972 The Organization ( 6 episodes ) as Rodney Spurling
- 1986 The Life and Loves of a She-Devil ( 1 episode ) as Judge Bissop
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Coleman
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Voal
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Derek
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1965 The Troubleshooters ( 1 episode ) as Harry Mayne
- 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as John Ware
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Len
- 1974 Affairs of the Heart ( 1 episode ) as Austin Sloper
- 1972 Six Days of Justice ( 1 episode ) as Chairman
- 1970 Big Brother ( 1 episode ) as Lawrence Priest
- 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mr Wood
- 1972 Late Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as John Torrance
- 1968 The Spanish Farm ( 4 episodes ) as Captain Dormer
- 1967 Escape ( 1 episode ) as Briggs
- 1967 City '68 ( 1 episode ) as Walter Whitaker
- 1982 Saturday Night Thriller ( 1 episode ) as Tom Heron
- 1975 Sadie, It's Cold Outside ( 7 episodes ) as Norman Potter
