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Brian Glover

Actor

Brian Glover

Born April 2, 1934 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UKDied July 24, 199745 films

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.

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Kes posterFirst watchKes19707.4as Mr. SugdenBullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
An American Werewolf in London poster7.4An American Werewolf in London1981Alien³ poster6.4Alien³1992The First Great Train Robbery poster6.7The First Great Train Robbery1978The Company of Wolves poster6.3The Company of Wolves1984Jabberwocky poster6.0Jabberwocky1977Snow White: A Tale of Terror poster6.1Snow White: A Tale of Terror1997O Lucky Man! poster6.8O Lucky Man!1973Kafka poster6.4Kafka1991

Filmography

45 films as actor
  1. 1998Stiff Upper LipsEric
  2. 1998Up 'n' UnderJack, Doreen's Father
  3. 1997Snow White: A Tale of TerrorLars
  4. 1996Bob's WeekendThe Boss
  5. 19941942: A Love StoryGeneral Douglas
  6. 1994Prince of JutlandCaedman
  7. 1993Leon the Pig FarmerBrian Chadwick
  8. 1993Anna Lee: HeadcaseSelwyn Price
  9. 1993Angry George Irons
  10. 1992Six Characters in Search of An AuthorProduction Assistant
  11. 1992Alien³Andrews
  12. 1991KafkaCastle Hechman
  13. 1990The World of Eddie WearyStrip Club MC
  14. 1988To Kill a PriestJudge
  15. 1986The McGuffinMan in Brown
  16. 1985Doctor Who: Attack of the CybermenGriffiths
  17. 1984The Company of WolvesAmorous Boy's Father
  18. 1984LaughterhouseFather Christmas
  19. 1984Ordeal by InnocenceExecutioner
  20. 1983Red MonarchNikita Krushchev
  21. 1982Britannia HospitalPainter: The Workers
  22. 1981A Midsummer Night's DreamBottom
  23. 1981Death AngelSpectator (uncredited)
  24. 1981An American Werewolf in LondonChess Player
  25. 1979Black JackNarrator (uncredited)
  26. 1978The First Great Train RobberyCaptain Jimmy
  27. 1978Absolutionthe first policeman
  28. 1978The Day Dumbfounded Got His PylonIm
  29. 1977JabberwockyArmourer
  30. 1977Joseph AndrewsGaoler
  31. 1977Sweeney!Mac
  32. 1976The Chester Mystery Plays
  33. 1976Trial by CombatSidney Gore
  34. 1975The Old Curiosity ShopFurnaceman
  35. 1975Waiting at the Field GateGallat
  36. 1975BranniganJimmy-the-Bet
  37. 1974InitiationNobby
  38. 1974Three for the FancyArt
  39. 1973Speech DayMr Warboys
  40. 1973O Lucky Man!Plantation Foreman/Bassett
  41. 1973Shakespeare or BustArt
  42. 1972A Day OutHenry Boothroyd
  43. 1972The Fishing PartyArt
  44. 1971The Rank and File
  45. 1970KesMr. Sugden