Bernard Hepton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 19, 1925
- Died
- Jul 27, 2018 (aged 92)
- Place of birth
- Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 86
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.
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Known for
Filmography
The Baroness and the Pig
2002Movie
Soames
Midsomer Murders
1997TV
Harold Winstanley
Emma
1996Movie
Mr. Woodhouse
Dandelion Dead
1994TV
In The Cold Light Of Day
1994Movie
Len
The Old Devils
1992Movie
Malcolm Cellan-Davies
A Perfect Hero
1991TV
Arthur Fleming
Eminent Domain
1991Movie
Slowak
The Woman in Black
1989Movie
Sam Toovey
Stealing Heaven
1988Movie
Bishop
The Contract
1988TV
Henry Carter
The Charmer
1987TV
The Lady's Not For Burning
1987Movie
Hebble Tyson
The Disputation
1986Movie
Raymund de Penjaforte
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986TV
Judge Bissop
The Holcroft Covenant
1985Movie
Commander Leighton
Theatre Night
1985TV
Patrick Delafield
Shadey
1985Movie
Captain Amies
Dear Box Number
1985Movie
Walter Cartright
Bleak House
1985TV
Krook
Screen Two
1985TV
Len
An Inspector Calls
1984Movie
Inspector Goole
Mansfield Park
1983TV
Sir Thomas Bertram
Broken Glass
1982Movie
Tom Heron
Gandhi
1982Movie
G.O.C.
Saturday Night Thriller
1982TV
Tom Heron
Smiley's People
1982TV
Toby Esterhase
An Inspector Calls
1982TV
Inspector Goole
Kessler
1981TV
Albert Foiret
Bergerac
1981TV
Sir Geoffrey Newton
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979TV
Toby Esterhase
Secret Army
1977TV
Albert Foiret
Voyage of the Damned
1976Movie
Milton Goldsmith
I, Claudius
1976TV
Pallas
Barry Lyndon
1975Movie
Diner at Feast for Lord Wendover
Sadie, It's Cold Outside
1975TV
Norman Potter
The House on the Hill
1975Movie
Psychiatrist
Churchill's People
1974TV
Oliver Cromwell
Paradise Restored
1974Movie
Oliver Cromwell
Affairs of the Heart
1974TV
Austin Sloper
Item
1974Movie
Village Hall
1974TV
Mr Joyce
The Squirrels
1974TV
Private Practice
1973Movie
Derek
Centre Play
1973TV
Psychiatrist
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973TV
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973Movie
Village Priest
Colditz
1972TV
Kommandant
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972Movie
Cranmer
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
1972Movie
Colin Sands
The Sextet
1972TV
Colin Sands
The Organization
1972TV
Rodney Spurling
Late Night Theatre
1972TV
John Torrance
Six Days of Justice
1972TV
Chairman
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971TV
Mr. J.T. Laxworthy
The Mosedale Horseshoe
1971Movie
Derek
Elizabeth R
1971TV
Archbishop Cranmer
Get Carter
1971Movie
Thorpe
Robin Redbreast
1970Movie
Fisher
Play for Today
1970TV
Derek, Fisher
Big Brother
1970TV
Lawrence Priest
Catweazle
1970TV
Cyril Fitton
Doomwatch
1970TV
Oscar Franklin
Manhunt
1970TV
Simon
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970TV
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
The Main Chance
1969TV
Bridges
The Elusive Pimpernel
1969TV
Chauvelin
Son of Man
1969Movie
Caiaphas
The Fosters
1969Movie
Harry Gerwyn
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969TV
John Ware
The Fanatics
1968Movie
Tronchin
The Spanish Farm
1968TV
Captain Dormer
City '68
1967TV
Walter Whitaker
ITV Playhouse
1967TV
Coleman, Voal, Derek
Escape
1967TV
Briggs
Boy Meets Girl
1967TV
Clarence
Great Expectations
1967TV
Wemmick
The Devil's Eggshell
1966Movie
Lord Portmanteau
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Lord Portmandeau, Sir Andrew Melvil, Village Priest
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965TV
Mr Wood
Out of the Unknown
1965TV
Harry Gerwyn
The Troubleshooters
1965TV
Harry Mayne
The Wednesday Play
1964TV
Caiaphas
Theatre 625
1964TV
Guy de Ponthieu, Osgood, Dr Tronchin
Detective
1964TV
Jeremiah Batson
Z-Cars
1962TV