Cast & creator
Brian Glover
Best known for Doctor Who, The South Bank Show, Play for Today
Brian Glover was an English character actor, writer and wrestler. Glover was a professional wrestler (as 'Leon Arras the Man From Paris'), teacher, and finally a film, television and stage actor, and the voice of Tetley Tea. He was married to writer Tara Prem from 1954 until his death in 1997.
57
film credits
51
television credits
94
1955–2003 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (108)
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Doctor Who
Griffiths
1963
The South Bank Show
Self - God
1978
Play for Today
Writer
1970
Wogan
Self
1982
Minder
Yorkie
1979
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Guard
1965
An Audience with...
Self
1978
All Creatures Great and Small
Mr Dawson
1978
Performance
Floor Manager
1991
The Sweeney
Moose
1975
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Bottom
1978
Dixon of Dock Green
Chuck Windell
1955
Centre Play
Nobby
1973
Secret Army
Cpl. Emil Schnorr
1977
The Protectors
Allen
1972Daytime Live
1987
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Adolf Verloc
1988
An American Werewolf in London
Chess Player
1981
Target
Labour Party Agent
1977
Alien³
Andrews
1992
Campion
Magersfontein Lugg
1989
The Famous Five
Tiger Dan
1978
Return of the Saint
Sam Plackett
1978
Bottom
Mr. Rottweiller
1991
Press Gang
Dr. Threeways
1989
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Flint
1973
Paul Temple
1969Second City Firsts
Gallat
1973Second City Firsts
Writer
1973
Hazell
Writer
1978
Porridge
Heslop
1974
The Frighteners
Porter
1972
Shadows
Jim Debbitts
1975
The Company of Wolves
Amorous Boy's Father
1984
Raffles
Billy Purvis
1977
The Regiment
1972
Sez Les
1969
The First Great Train Robbery
Captain Jimmy
1978
Quiller
Sergeant
1975
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Lars
1997
Bottle Boys
1984
Lost Empires
Tommy Beamish
1986Sporting Scenes
Writer
1973
Anna Lee
Selwyn Price
1994
Not on Your Nellie
Battling Bill
1974
Plays for Britain
Writer
1976Send in the Girls
Promoter / MC
1978Send in the Girls
Writer
1978
Shades of Greene
Adams
1975
Jabberwocky
Armourer
1977
Kes
Mr. Sugden
1970Sounding Brass
Horace Gilbert Bestwick
1980On the House
Bagley
1970The Nineteenth Hole
Goatman
1989
O Lucky Man!
Plantation Foreman/Bassett
1973
The Mysteries
God / Cayphas
1985
To Kill a Priest
Judge
1988
Britannia Hospital
Painter: The Workers
1982
Kafka
Castle Hechman
1991
Ordeal by Innocence
Executioner
1984
Brannigan
Jimmy-the-Bet
1975Sense of Place
Im
1978
Prince of Jutland
Caedman
1994
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self (archive footage)
2003
Leon the Pig Farmer
Brian Chadwick
1993
The Old Curiosity Shop
Furnaceman
1975
Red Monarch
Nikita Krushchev
1983
Talking Proper
Self
1985Initiation
Nobby
1974
Stiff Upper Lips
Eric
1998
Sweeney!
Mac
1977The World of Eddie Weary
Strip Club MC
1990
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bottom
1981
Absolution
the first policeman
1978
Joseph Andrews
Gaoler
1977
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
Keep an Eye on Albert
Writer
1975
Trial by Combat
Sidney Gore
1976
Death Angel
Spectator (uncredited)
1981Death Angel
Writer
1981
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
Griffiths
1985
Pig Bin
Writer
1974
The Rank and File
1971
The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon
Im
1978
Waiting at the Field Gate
Gallat
1975
Up 'n' Under
Jack, Doreen's Father
1998
If a Man Answers
Writer
1973
1942: A Love Story
General Douglas
1994
Angry George Irons
1993Anna Lee: Headcase
Selwyn Price
1993
Three for the Fancy
Art
1974
Thicker Than Water
Writer
1980
It's No Joke Living in Barnsley
Self
1976
Shakespeare or Bust
Art
1973Rumble
Johnny Pecs
1995
The McGuffin
Man in Brown
1986
Masters of the Canvas
Self
1992
Black Jack
Narrator (uncredited)
1979
A Day Out
Henry Boothroyd
1972
The Fishing Party
Art
1972
Summer Season
Writer
1976
Sunshine in Brixton
Writer
1976
Speech Day
Mr Warboys
1973
Laughterhouse
Father Christmas
1984Laughterhouse
Writer
1984
Bob's Weekend
The Boss
1996
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Production Assistant
1992