Bruce Belfrage
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Bruce Belfrage was an English actor
and BBC
newsreader
.
Like his brother, the author and journalist Cedric Belfrage
, Bruce Belfrage was educated at Gresham's School
, Holt, Norfolk
.
In a famous incident on 15 October 1940, the BBC
's Broadcasting House
took a direct hit from a delayed-action German bomb, which eventually exploded during the nine o'clock radio news read by Bruce Belfrage. Seven people were killed, and Belfrage, covered with plaster and soot, carried on reading the news as if nothing had happened. Listeners at home heard just a dull thud.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
newsreader
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
.
Like his brother, the author and journalist Cedric Belfrage
Cedric Belfrage
Cedric Henning Belfrage was a socialist, author, journalist, translator and co-founder of the radical US-weekly newspaper the National Guardian...
, Bruce Belfrage was educated at Gresham's School
Gresham's School
Gresham’s School is an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt in North Norfolk, England, a member of the HMC.The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a free grammar school for forty boys, following King Henry VIII's dissolution of the Augustinian priory at Beeston Regis...
, Holt, Norfolk
Holt, Norfolk
Holt is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn. The town is on the route of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham where access to the...
.
In a famous incident on 15 October 1940, the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's Broadcasting House
Broadcasting House
Broadcasting House is the headquarters and registered office of the BBC in Portland Place and Langham Place, London.The building includes the BBC Radio Theatre from where music and speech programmes are recorded in front of a studio audience...
took a direct hit from a delayed-action German bomb, which eventually exploded during the nine o'clock radio news read by Bruce Belfrage. Seven people were killed, and Belfrage, covered with plaster and soot, carried on reading the news as if nothing had happened. Listeners at home heard just a dull thud.
Filmography
- C.O.D.C.O.D. (film)C.O.D. is a 1932 British crime film directed by Michael Powell and starring Garry Marsh, Arthur Stratton and Sybil Grove. A man assists a woman to dispose of the body of her stepfather....
. (1932) - Philip - The Scarlet PimpernelThe Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film)The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1934 adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel, the classic adventure novel by Baroness Orczy. It was produced by Alexander Korda, directed by Harold Young and stars Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon, along with Raymond Massey.-Plot:...
(1934) - Pitt - Too Many Millions (1934)
- Full Circle (1935) - Clyde Warren
- War Front (1941) - Newspaper editor
- Hue and CryHue and Cry (film)Hue and Cry is a British film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Alastair Sim, Harry Fowler and Joan Dowling.It is generally considered to be the first of the "Ealing comedies", although it is better characterised as a thriller for children...
(1947) - BBC announcer - Warning to Wantons (1948) - Archimandrite
- Man on the RunMan on the RunMan on the Run is a 1949 British drama film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Edward Chapman, Kenneth More and Laurence Harvey.-Synopsis:...
(1948) - BBC Newscaster - I Killed the Count (1948) - Viscount Sorrington
- Corridor of Mirrors (1948) - Sir David Conway
- Black MagicBlack Magic (1949 film)Black Magic is a 1949 film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas, père's novel. It was directed by the Russian-born Gregory Ratoff and stars Orson Welles in the lead role as Joseph Balsamo and Nancy Guild as Lorenza/Marie Antoinette...
- Crown Prosecutor - Ten Little Niggers (1949) - Sir Lawrence Wargrave
- The Case of Charles PeaceThe Case of Charles PeaceThe Case of Charles Peace is a 1949 British crime film directed by Norman Lee and starring Michael Martin Harvey, Chili Bouchier and Valentine Dyall.-Cast:* Michael Martin Harvey ... Charles Peace* Chili Bouchier ... Katherine Dyson...
(1949) - Prosecution Counsel - Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1950) - Manager
- Mister Drake's Duck (1951) - Air Vice Marshal
- Home to Danger (1951) - Solicitor
- The Galloping Major (1951) - Himself/Radio Commentator
- Never Look Back (1952) - Judge