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