Cast & creator
Bernard Bresslaw
Best known for Doctor Who, Z-Cars, Theatre 625
A RADA scholar who was spotted by Laurence Olivier, Bernard Bresslaw got professional security from the "Carry On" films but was typecast (as TV's The Army Game (1957) had done earlier). He was beginning to extend himself through stage work when, in 1993, just before a performance in "The Taming Of The Shrew" in Regent's Park, London, he had a heart attack and died at the age of 59.
53
film credits
29
television credits
82
1954–2010 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (82)
Showing 82 of 82 credits
Doctor Who
Varga, The Ice Warrior
1963
Z-Cars
1962
Theatre 625
Stoker
1964
An Audience with...
Self
1978
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sir Dunstan's Captain
1955
The Sooty Show
Himself
1955
Sykes
Johnny Brunswick
1972
Espionage
Chief Madkeeper
1963
The Goodies
Zookeeper in Charge of the Monster House
1970
Terry and June
Morris
1979
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994
The Army Game
Private 'Popeye' Popplewell
1957Armchair Mystery Theatre
Stephen
1960
Carry On Laughing
Sir Pureheart
1975Carry On Laughing
Starkers
1975Carry On Laughing
Sir Lancelot
1975Carry On Laughing
Klanger
1975Carry On Laughing
Dr. Pavingstone
1975
Ooh La La!
1968
Krull
Cyclops
1983
Armchair Theatre
Jackie Paganuzzi
1956
Virtual Murder
Lithgow
1992Men of Affairs
Hall Porter
1973A Question of Entertainment
1988
Our House
1960
Jabberwocky
The Landlord
1977
Carry On Nurse
Ted York's Feet (uncredited)
1959
Hawk the Slayer
Gort, the Giant
1980
Carry On Abroad
Brother Bernard
1972
The Fifth Musketeer
Bernard
1979
Carry On Camping
Bernie Lugg
1969
Carry On at Your Convenience
Bernie Hulke
1971
What's a Carry On?
Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Garth
1954
Carry On Screaming!
Sockett
1966
That's Carry On!
Various Characters (archive footage)
1977
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Policeman
1966
Carry On Doctor
Mr. Ken Biddle
1967
Carry On Christmas Specials
1969
Leon the Pig Farmer
Rabbi Hartmann
1993
Carry On Girls
Peter Potter
1973
Carry On Matron
Ernie Bragg
1972
Carry On Up the Khyber
Bungdit Din
1968
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Mr. Violet (segment "Avarice")
1971
Doctor in the House
Student at Parrish's Lecture (uncredited)
1954
Carry On Dick
Sir Roger Daley
1974
Satellite in the Sky
Technician (uncredited)
1956
Carry On Behind
Arthur Upmore
1975
Follow That Camel
Sheikh Abdul Abulbul
1967
Carry On Loving
Gripper Burke
1970
It's All Happening
Parsons
1963
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Fan Choy
1975
Carry On Again Christmas
Rollicky Bill / Long John Silver
1970
Carry On Cowboy
Little Heap
1965
Carry On Up the Jungle
Upsidasi
1970
Up in the World
Williams (uncredited)
1956
Blood of the Vampire
Tall Sneak Thief
1958
Moon Zero Two
Harry
1969
Spring and Port Wine
Lorry Driver
1970
Mann's Best Friends
Duncan
1985
Joseph Andrews
Parson Trulliber
1977Joseph Andrews
Parson Trulliber (uncredited)
1977
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
Varga
1967
Vampira
Pottinger
1974
Androcles and the Lion
Ferrovius
1984
High Tide at Noon
Tom Robey
1957
The Ugly Duckling
Henry Jekyll / Teddy Hyde
1959
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Snout
1964
Up Pompeii
Gorgo
1971
Alice Through the Looking Box
March Hare
1960
Too Many Crooks
Snowdrop
1959
On Location: The Carry Ons
Bernie Hulke / Bernie Lugg / Bungdit Din (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
What a Carry On!
1973The Bernard Bresslaw Show
1958
The Glass Cage
Ivan The Terrible
1955
Blinker's Spy-Spotter
South
1972
I Only Arsked
Excused Boots Bisley
1958Mum's Boys
1968
Carry on Christmas
Bodkin Pod / Camp Aristocrat / Darts Player / Captain Ffing-Burke / Ballerina / Little John / Constable
1973Meet The Champ
1960
Warriors of Mars
(archive audio recording)
2010
Carry On Christmas
Various Characters
1969