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Bernard Horsfall

Bernard Arthur Gordon Horsfall (20 November 1930 – 28 January 2013) was an English actor of stage and screen.

Bernard Horsfall
Born
Bernard Arthur Gordon Horsfall

(1930-11-20)20 November 1930
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
Died28 January 2013(2013-01-28) (aged 82)
Isle of Skye, Scotland
OccupationActor
SpouseJane Rogers
Children3

Early life

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Horsfall was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, and educated at Rugby School. He trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.[1]

Career

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Horsfall appeared in many television and film roles, including the title role in Campion (1959–1960), Pathfinders to Mars (1960), the second sequel to Target Luna, Guns at Batasi (1964),[2] The Avengers (three episodes in 1966 and 1967), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969),[3] Beasts, as Sir Christopher Hatton in the 1971 BBC miniseries Elizabeth R, Enemy at the Door (ITV, 1978–1980),[4][5] Gandhi (1982),[6] an episode of The Jewel in the Crown (ITV, 1984),[7] the character Frankland in The Hound of the Baskervilles (ITV, 1988),[8] and the character Balliol in Braveheart (1995).[9] His other roles included portraying British barrister Melford Stevenson in a 1980 Granada Television dramatisation of the 1955 case of Ruth Ellis.[10]

Horsfall made several guest appearances in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. His first was as Lemuel Gulliver in The Mind Robber (1968).[11] His other appearances were as a Time Lord in The War Games (1969),[12] Taron in Planet of the Daleks (1973),[13] and Chancellor Goth (intended to be the same character as he played in The War Games[citation needed]) in The Deadly Assassin (1976).[14] All four of these serials were directed by David Maloney. Many years later he returned to Doctor Who, appearing in Davros – a Doctor Who audio drama produced by Big Finish Productions.[15]

Horsfall also appeared, with a Swedish accent, as Christianson in an episode of The Persuaders! entitled "The Morning After" during 1972.[16]

His stage work included performances at The Old Vic, with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the National Theatre.[1]

Death

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Horsfall died on 28 January 2013, aged 82, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.[1][17] He was survived by his wife Jane, their daughters Hannah and Rebecca, five grandchildren and his sister. His son Christian died in 2012.[1][18]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Coveney, Michael (30 January 2013). "Bernard Horsfall obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Cast: Guns at Batasi". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Cast: On Her Majesty's Secret Service". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  4. ^ Dancis, Bruce (25 February 2009). "DVD REVIEW: British miniseries 'Enemy at the Door' released". readingeagle.com (original publisher: McClatchy-Tribune). Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Enemy at the Door". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Cast: Gandhi". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Cast: The Jewel in the Crown, Episode 5: Regimental Silver". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  8. ^ Kelley, Gordon E. (1994). Sherlock Holmes: Screen and Sound Guide. Scarecrow Press. p. 118.
  9. ^ a b McFarlane, Brian; British Film Institute (2005). "Horsfall, Bernard". The Encyclopedia of British Film. Methuen. p. 337.
  10. ^ "Cast: Lady Killers: Lucky, Lucky, Thirteen!". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Cast: Doctor Who: The Mind Robber (Episode 5)". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  12. ^ "Cast: Doctor Who: The War Games (Part 10)". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  13. ^ "Cast: Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks (Episode 6)". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  14. ^ "Cast: Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin (Episode 4)". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  15. ^ "Davros". Big Finish.com. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  16. ^ "Cast: The Persuaders!: Morning After". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  17. ^ Pendreigh, Brian (1 February 2013). "Obituary: Bernard Horsfall, Skye-based actor known for character roles on stage, film and TV". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  18. ^ Baker, Richard Anthony (12 February 2013). "Bernard Horsfall". The Stage. London. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  19. ^ "Cast: The Steel Bayonet". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 19 January 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  20. ^ "Cast: High Flight". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  21. ^ "Cast: The One That Got Away". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  22. ^ "Cast: The Angry Silence". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 19 January 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  23. ^ "Cast: Man in the Moon". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  24. ^ "Cast: Gold". British Film Institute (Film & TV Database). Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  25. ^ "Shout at the Devil". Films and Filming. 22. Hansom Books: 38. 1975.
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