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Bernard Hepton (born October 19 1925 in Bradford
Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 of stage
Stage

Stage or Stages may refer to:* A condition, feeling or, period.**In geology, a Stage **In medicine, cancer staging**In psychology, developmental stage theories...
, film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
.

Hepton is known as a particularly versatile character actor
Character actor

A character actor is one who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading actor ones. Character actor roles can range from bit parts to leading actor....
. He trained at Bradford Civic Theatre school under Esme Church, and alongside actors such as Robert Stephens
Robert Stephens

Sir Robert Stephens was a leading actor in the early years of England's Royal National Theatre....
. He has extensive stage experience as an actor in addition to a spell as Artistic Director
Artistic director

An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the artistic direction of a company....
 of Birmingham Rep.

On television, he played Toby Esterhase
Toby Esterhase

Toby Esterhase is a fictional character in John le Carr?'s George Smiley spy novels including Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; and Smiley's People....
 in the BBC Television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 adaptations of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a spy novel by John le Carr?, first published in 1974. It is the first volume of a three-book series informally known as The Karla Trilogy, followed by The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People....
 and Smiley's People
Smiley's People

Smiley's People is a spy novel by John le Carr?, published in 1979. Featuring British master-spy George Smiley, it is the third and final novel of the "Karla Trilogy," following Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy....
 and George Smiley in the radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
 adaptations.






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Bernard Hepton (born October 19 1925 in Bradford
Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 of stage
Stage

Stage or Stages may refer to:* A condition, feeling or, period.**In geology, a Stage **In medicine, cancer staging**In psychology, developmental stage theories...
, film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
.

Hepton is known as a particularly versatile character actor
Character actor

A character actor is one who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading actor ones. Character actor roles can range from bit parts to leading actor....
. He trained at Bradford Civic Theatre school under Esme Church, and alongside actors such as Robert Stephens
Robert Stephens

Sir Robert Stephens was a leading actor in the early years of England's Royal National Theatre....
. He has extensive stage experience as an actor in addition to a spell as Artistic Director
Artistic director

An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the artistic direction of a company....
 of Birmingham Rep.

On television, he played Toby Esterhase
Toby Esterhase

Toby Esterhase is a fictional character in John le Carr?'s George Smiley spy novels including Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; and Smiley's People....
 in the BBC Television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 adaptations of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a spy novel by John le Carr?, first published in 1974. It is the first volume of a three-book series informally known as The Karla Trilogy, followed by The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People....
 and Smiley's People
Smiley's People

Smiley's People is a spy novel by John le Carr?, published in 1979. Featuring British master-spy George Smiley, it is the third and final novel of the "Karla Trilogy," following Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy....
 and George Smiley in the radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
 adaptations. He also played Albert Foiret for the three seasons of Secret Army. Before that he was a guest star in an episode of the first series of Catweazle
Catweazle

Catweazle is a United Kingdom television series , created and written by Richard Carpenter and produced by London Weekend Television under the LWI banner, and screened in the UK on ITV in 1970....
  in 1970 where he played a naturalist. Other notable performances included Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII of England and Edward VI of England....
 in both The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R
Elizabeth R

Elizabeth R is an Emmy Award-winning BBC television drama Serial of six 85-minute plays starring Glenda Jackson in the title role. It was first Broadcasting on terrestrial television channel BBC Two from February to March 1971, and was later broadcast in America on the premiere season of PBS 's Masterpiece Theatre....
, and the commandant in the 1970s hit series, Colditz
Colditz (TV series)

Colditz is a United Kingdom television series, made as a co-production between the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974....
.

His appearances in feature film have been less frequent. He made a brief appearance as Thorpey, a gangster in the classic British film Get Carter
Get Carter

Get Carter is a 1971 in film crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a mobster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother in a series of unrelenting and brutal killings played out against the grim background of derelict urban housing in the northern English city of Newcastle upon Tyne....
 (1971), and another small role, as Milton Goldsmith, in Voyage of the Damned
Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned is the title of a 1976 in film film drama and of its 1974 in literature source book, written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts....
 (1976).

TVography

  • The Life of Henry V (1957)
  • The Devil's Eggshell (1966)
  • Great Expectations (1967)
  • The Spanish Farm (1968)
  • The Fosters (1969)
  • Son of Man (1969)
  • The Elusive Pimpernel (1969)
  • Lord Mountdrago (1969)
  • The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
  • The Organisation (1971)
  • Elizabeth R
    Elizabeth R

    Elizabeth R is an Emmy Award-winning BBC television drama Serial of six 85-minute plays starring Glenda Jackson in the title role. It was first Broadcasting on terrestrial television channel BBC Two from February to March 1971, and was later broadcast in America on the premiere season of PBS 's Masterpiece Theatre....
     (1971)
  • Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972)
  • Colditz
    Colditz (TV series)

    Colditz is a United Kingdom television series, made as a co-production between the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974....
     (1972)
  • The Adventures of Don Quixote (1973)
  • A Pin to See the Peepshow (1973)
  • The Squirrels
    The Squirrels (TV series)

    The Squirrels was a British television Situation comedy, written by Eric Chappell, who went on later to write Rising Damp. It ran for 28 episodes and was broadcast from 1974 to 1977 on the ITV network....
     (1974)
  • Sadie, It's Cold Outside (1975)
  • Orde Wingate (1976)
  • I, Claudius
    I, Claudius (TV series)

    I, Claudius is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves's I, Claudius. Written by Jack Pulman, it proved one of the corporation's most successful drama serials of all time....
     (1976)
  • Secret Army
    Secret Army (TV series)

    Secret Army is a television drama series made by the BBC and the Belgian national broadcaster BRT created by Gerard Glaister. The series chronicled the history of a Belgium resistance movement during the World War II dedicated to returning Allied airmen, usually having been shot down by the Luftwaffe, back to their home country....
     (1977)
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a spy novel by John le Carr?, first published in 1974. It is the first volume of a three-book series informally known as The Karla Trilogy, followed by The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People....
     (1979)
  • Blood Money (1981)
  • Kessler (1981)
  • An Inspector Calls
    An Inspector Calls

    An Inspector Calls is a Play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley premiering in the theatres of Moscow in 1945. Its West End debut was at London's No?l Coward Theatre on 1 October 1946 starring Ralph Richardson as Inspector Goole....
     (1982)
  • Smiley's People
    Smiley's People

    Smiley's People is a spy novel by John le Carr?, published in 1979. Featuring British master-spy George Smiley, it is the third and final novel of the "Karla Trilogy," following Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy....
     (1982)
  • Mansfield Park (1983)
  • Dear Box Number (1983)
  • A Profile of Arthur J. Mason (1984)
  • Bleak House
    Bleak House (1985 TV serial)

    Bleak House was the second adaptation by the BBC of the Charles Dickens novel of Bleak House. The novel was adapted by Arthur Hopcraft.It ran for eight episodes and starred Diana Rigg as Lady Dedlock, with Denholm Elliott in the role of John Jarndyce, and Philip Franks as Richard Carstone....
     (1985)
  • Honour, Profit & Pleasure (1985)
  • The Disputation (1986)
  • The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
    The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

    The Life and Loves of a She-Devil is a 1983 in literature novel by British feminism author Fay Weldon about a plain woman who, when she finds out she is being betrayed by her husband, goes to great lengths to take revenge on him and his lover, romantic novelist Mary Fisher....
     (1986)
  • The Lady's Not for Burning (1987)
  • The Charmer (1987)
  • The Contract (1988)
  • The Woman in Black (1989)
  • A Perfect Hero (1991)
  • The Old Devils
    The Old Devils

    The Old Devils is a novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1986. The novel won the Booker Prize. It was adapted for television by Andrew Davies for the BBC in 1992, starring John Stride, Bernard Hepton, James Grout and Ray Smith ....
     (1992)
  • Dandelion Dead (1994)
  • Emma
    Emma (1996 TV film)

    Jane Austen's novel Emma was adapted for British television in 1996, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and dramatised by Andrew Davies, the same year as Miramax's film adaptation of Emma starring Gwyneth Paltrow....
     (1996)


Filmography


  • Get Carter
    Get Carter

    Get Carter is a 1971 in film crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a mobster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother in a series of unrelenting and brutal killings played out against the grim background of derelict urban housing in the northern English city of Newcastle upon Tyne....
     (1971)
  • Barry Lyndon
    Barry Lyndon

    Barry Lyndon is a period film by Stanley Kubrick loosely based on the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray. It recounts the exploits of unscrupulous 18th century Ireland adventurer Barry Lyndon, particularly his rise and fall in England society....
     (1975)


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