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Bruce Forsyth

Actor

Bruce Forsyth

Born February 22, 1928 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UKDied August 18, 201712 films

Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson CBE was an English presenter and entertainer whose career spanned more than 70 years. Forsyth came to national attention from the mid-1950s through the ITV series Sunday Night at the London Palladium.

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks posterFirst watchBedknobs and Broomsticks19717.0as SwinburneThree children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee…View film

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Star! poster6.9Star!1968

Filmography

12 films as actor
  1. TBAGood Game, Good Game!
  2. 2003Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters
  3. 1997An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
  4. 1997An Audience with Bruce Forsyth
  5. 1990An Audience with Jackie Mason
  6. 1984An Audience with Joan Rivers
  7. 1983Anna Pavlovaimpresario Butt
  8. 1976The Mating SeasonBruce Gillespie
  9. 1971The Magnificent Seven Deadly SinsClayton (segment "Avarice")
  10. 1971Bedknobs and BroomsticksSwinburne
  11. 1969Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?Uncle Limelight
  12. 1968Star!Arthur Lawrence