
Actor
Bernard Wrigley
Born February 25, 1948 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK 17 films
From starting in folk clubs as a child bride, and then writing & performing at the Octagon theatre in Bolton, the career has always combined singing and acting. From TV programmes and films such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Phoenix Nights, Dinnerladies, Alan Bennett films, Brassed Off, My Son The Fanatic & Steve Coogan’s Coogan’s Run, to the many radio plays and programmes presented or guested upon, there has throughout been a steady stream of LPs and CDs - eighteen to date, the early ones all now remastered to CD.
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First watchBrassed Off19967.0as ChapmanA Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition.View filmEssential films
Ranked by acclaim and reachFilmography
17 films as actor- 2010Z Cars: A Lot of Fuss About LightSergeant Osgood
- 2002Harold Shipman: Doctor DeathMarket Trader
- 2001Strumpet(Scenes Deleted)
- 2001The Parole OfficerBike Group Leader
- 2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsVarious Characters
- 1997My Son the FanaticDrunk Man
- 1997Soul MusicAsphalt (voice)
- 1996Brassed OffChapman
- 1987Rita, Sue and Bob TooTeacher
- 1986The Insurance ManWorkmen
- 1984A Private FunctionPainter
- 1979Afternoon OffVic
- 1978Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia WoolfMr Trickett
- 1975Sunset Across the BayMilkman
- 1973Speech DayArts Master
- 1972A Day OutErnest Tetley
- 1972Said the PreacherDavid


