Bernard Hepton
Acting • Born 1925-10-19 – Died 2018-07-27
Biography
Bernard Hepton (born 19 October 1925 - 27th July, 2018) was a British actor of stage, film and television. Hepton was known as a particularly versatile character actor. He trained at Bradford Civic Theatre school under Esme Church along with actors such as Robert Stephens. He had extensive stage experience as an actor, under Sir Barry Jackson in addition to a spell as Artistic Director of Birmingham Rep and Liverpool Playhouse. On television, he played Toby Esterhase in the BBC Television adaptations of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People, and George Smiley in the radio adaptations. He also played the Kommandant in Colditz (1972–74), and later appeared for the same production team as Albert Foiret in three seasons of Secret Army (1977–79). Before that he had made a guest appearance in an episode of the first series of Catweazle in 1970 where he played a naturalist. Other notable performances included Thomas Cranmer in both The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) and Elizabeth R (1971). He played Sam Toovey in the 1989 television adaptation of Susan Hill's ghost story The Woman in Black. On radio Hepton played the role of Albert, in Stranger In The Home by Alan Dapre, also the role of The Old Man in the Corner, the Baroness Orczy amateur, and mostly sedentary, sleuth in the BBC dramatizations called The Teahouse Detective (1998–2000). His appearances in feature film were less frequent. He made a brief appearance as Thorpey, a gangster in the classic British film Get Carter (1971), and had another small role, as Milton Goldsmith, in Voyage of the Damned (1976). He was a fan of the Rugby League team Hunslet Hawks and also played stand-off for them in the 1952/53 season, winning a Yorkshire Cup Medal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Hepton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
73 credits
Shadey
Movie • 1985
Captain Amies
Emma
Movie • 1996
Mr. Woodhouse
The Woman in Black
Movie • 1989
Sam Toovey
The Baroness and the Pig
Movie • 2002
Soames
Stealing Heaven
Movie • 1988
Bishop
In The Cold Light Of Day
Movie • 1994
Len
An Inspector Calls
Movie • 1984
Inspector Goole
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Movie • 1972
Colin Sands
Paradise Restored
Movie • 1974
Oliver Cromwell
Gandhi
Movie • 1982
G.O.C.
The Mosedale Horseshoe
Movie • 1971
Derek
The House on the Hill
Movie • 1975
Psychiatrist
The Disputation
Movie • 1986
Raymund de Penjaforte
The Devil's Eggshell
Movie • 1966
Lord Portmanteau
Get Carter
Movie • 1971
Thorpe
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Movie • 1972
Cranmer
Robin Redbreast
Movie • 1970
Fisher
Barry Lyndon
Movie • 1975
Diner at Feast for Lord Wendover
Voyage of the Damned
Movie • 1976
Milton Goldsmith
The Holcroft Covenant
Movie • 1985
Commander Leighton
Private Practice
Movie • 1973
Derek
Eminent Domain
Movie • 1991
Slowak
The Old Devils
Movie • 1992
Malcolm Cellan-Davies
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
Movie • 1973
Village Priest
Son of Man
Movie • 1969
Caiaphas
Broken Glass
Movie • 1982
Tom Heron
Item
Movie • 1974
The Fanatics
Movie • 1968
Tronchin
Dear Box Number
Movie • 1985
Walter Cartright
The Fosters
Movie • 1969
Harry Gerwyn
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Harold Winstanley
Colditz
TV • 1972
Kommandant
Elizabeth R
TV • 1971
Archbishop Cranmer
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Sir Geoffrey Newton
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
Secret Army
TV • 1977
Albert Foiret
The Squirrels
TV • 1974
Catweazle
TV • 1970
Cyril Fitton
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1971
Mr. J.T. Laxworthy
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Derek
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
TV • 1970
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
The Charmer
TV • 1987
Smiley's People
TV • 1982
Toby Esterhase
Dandelion Dead
TV • 1994
The Main Chance
TV • 1969
Bridges
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
TV • 1973
I, Claudius
TV • 1976
Pallas
The Contract
TV • 1988
Henry Carter
Manhunt
TV • 1970
Simon
A Perfect Hero
TV • 1991
Arthur Fleming
Kessler
TV • 1981
Albert Foiret
The Organization
TV • 1972
Rodney Spurling
Bleak House
TV • 1985
Krook
An Inspector Calls
TV • 1982
Inspector Goole
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Caiaphas
Doomwatch
TV • 1970
Oscar Franklin
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Lord Portmandeau
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Sir Andrew Melvil
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Village Priest
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Fisher
Great Expectations
TV • 1967
Wemmick
Mansfield Park
TV • 1983
Sir Thomas Bertram
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Guy de Ponthieu
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Osgood
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Dr Tronchin
Churchill's People
TV • 1974
Oliver Cromwell
The Elusive Pimpernel
TV • 1969
Chauvelin
Out of the Unknown
TV • 1965
Harry Gerwyn
Centre Play
TV • 1973
Psychiatrist
The Sextet
TV • 1972
Colin Sands
Detective
TV • 1964
Jeremiah Batson
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV • 1979
Toby Esterhase