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Bruce Purchase was a New Zealand-born actor known for his roles on stage and television. Born in Thames, New Zealand, he won a scholarship to study acting in England, training at RADA, and went on to become a founding actor-member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre. He also performed regularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Birth Name
William Reginald Bruce Purchase
Born
Sunday, 02 October 1938
Died
Thursday, 05 June 2008
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Another Life | Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett | 2001 |
| Bob Martin | Frank | 2000 |
| Esther | Commissioner / Hauptmann der Wache | 1999 |
| Killer Net | Pathologist | 1998 |
| The Sea Change | Oldberg | 1998 |
| David | Jesse | 1997 |
| Richard III | City Gentleman | 1995 |
| Law and Disorder | Captain Swift | 1994 |
| Freddie as F.R.O.7. | Additional Voices | 1992 |
| ChuckleVision | Hiram J. Cugalschriber | 1987 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Another Life | Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett | 2001 |
| Bob Martin | Frank | 2000 |
| Esther | Commissioner / Hauptmann der Wache | 1999 |
| Killer Net | Pathologist | 1998 |
| The Sea Change | Oldberg | 1998 |
| David | Jesse | 1997 |
| Richard III | City Gentleman | 1995 |
| Law and Disorder | Captain Swift | 1994 |
| Freddie as F.R.O.7. | Additional Voices | 1992 |
| ChuckleVision | Hiram J. Cugalschriber | 1987 |
| Lionheart | Simon Nerra | 1987 |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Bearded Man | 1987 |
| Casanova | Major Grandi | 1987 |
| Playing Away | Fredrick | 1987 |
| Casualty | Spiderman | 1986 |
| Return to Treasure Island | Trelawney | 1986 |
| Wallenberg: A Hero's Story | Rabbi Mandel | 1985 |
| Anna of the Five Towns | Tom Kelly | 1985 |
| Freud | Professor Nothnagel | 1984 |
| The Brief | Man with shot-gun | 1984 |
| The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | Moishe | 1984 |
| Henry IV Part II | Earl of Northumberland | 1979 |
| Henry IV Part I | Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland / Henry Percy | 1979 |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Cook | 1979 |
| The Quatermass Conclusion | Tommy Roach | 1979 |
| Quatermass | Tommy Roach | 1979 |
| Meetings with Remarkable Men | Father Maxim | 1979 |
| Kidnapped | Duke of Cumberland | 1978 |
| The Devil's Crown | Count of Anjou | 1978 |
| Blake's 7 | Gola | 1978 |
| Supernatural | Herr Steekebeck | 1977 |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Provost | 1976 |
| The New Avengers | Prof. Lopez | 1976 |
| I, Claudius | Sabinus | 1976 |
| Clayhanger | Big James | 1976 |
| Rumpole of the Bailey | Leslie Delgado | 1975 |
| Edward the King | Czarevitch Alexander / Czar Alexander III | 1975 |
| Intimate Strangers | Landlord | 1974 |
| Fall of Eagles | Von Plehve | 1974 |
| Undercovers Hero | Colonel Meinertzhagen | 1974 |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | Walrus / Guard | 1973 |
| Vienna 1900 | Adele's father | 1973 |
| The Optimists | Policeman | 1973 |
| A Picture of Katherine Mansfield | Stanley Burnell / Father / Mr. Sheridan | 1973 |
| Crown Court | Piet Roux / Plet Roux | 1972 |
| Six Days of Justice | Mr. Rossmore | 1972 |
| Mary, Queen of Scots | Morton | 1971 |
| Macbeth | Caithness | 1971 |
| Play for Today | Jake / Goff | 1970 |
| Doomwatch | Norman Sylvester | 1970 |
| The First Churchills | Duke of Buckingham | 1969 |
| The Flaxton Boys | Sergeant Bentley | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Performer | 1969 |
| Rogues' Gallery | Bosun | 1968 |
| Escape | Spence | 1967 |
| Callan | Blair / Det. Sgt. Lynn | 1967 |
| Othello | Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots / Senator / Soldier / Cypriot | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Taffy | 1965 |
| Doctor Who | Captain / Pirate Captain | 1963 |
| Emergency-Ward 10 | Albert Pendleton / Charles Hargreaves, as a young man | 1957 |
