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Bruce Purchase (2 October 1938 – 5 June 2008) 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.His television credits include: Callan, The First Churchills, A Picture of Katherine Mansfield, Doomwatch, Fall of Eagles, I, Claudius, The New Avengers, Doctor Who (in the serial The Pirate Planet), Blake's 7, the ITV serial Quatermass in 1979 and The Tripods.In 2007, Purchase became seriously ill while touring with a production of The Last Confession. He died of cancer on 5 June 2008 at his home in Putney, London.
Date Of Birth October 2, 1938 Died 2008-06-05 Place Of Birth Thames, New Zealand Height 6' 2" (1.88 m) Profession Actor Star Sign Libra
# Fact 1 Best-known for his role as "The Captain" in the Doctor Who (1963) episode, "The Pirate Planet", in 1978.
Actor Title Year Status Character Another Life 2001 Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett Bob Martin 2000 TV Series Frank ChuckleVision 2000 TV Series Hiram J. Cugalschriber Esther 1999 TV Movie Commissioner Killer Net 1998 TV Mini-Series Geoff Hearn The Sea Change 1998 Oldberg David 1997 TV Movie Jesse Richard III 1995 City Gentleman Ruth Rendell Mysteries 1995 TV Series Bearded Man Law and Disorder 1994 TV Series Captain Swift Freddie as F.R.O.7. 1992 Additional Voices (voice) The Bill 1987 TV Series Man with shot-gun Lionheart 1987 Simon Nerra Playing Away 1987 Fredrick Casanova 1987 TV Movie Major Grandi Casualty 1986 TV Series Spiderman John Silver's Return to Treasure Island 1986 TV Mini-Series Trelawney The Tripods 1985 TV Series Ali Pasha Wallenberg: A Hero's Story 1985 TV Movie Rabbi Mandel Anna of the Five Towns 1985 TV Mini-Series Tom Kelly Other Halves 1984 Irwin Freud 1984 TV Mini-Series Professor Nothnagel Pope John Paul II 1984 TV Movie Jerzy Loparicz Play for Today 1979-1983 TV Series Goff / Jake The Quiz Kid 1979 Wally Henry IV Part II 1979 TV Movie Earl of Northumberland Henry IV Part I 1979 TV Movie Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland All Quiet on the Western Front 1979 TV Movie Cook (uncredited) Quatermass 1979 TV Mini-Series Tommy Roach Blakes 7 1979 TV Series Gola Meetings with Remarkable Men 1979 Father Maxim The Quatermass Conclusion 1979 Tommy Roach Kidnapped 1978 TV Mini-Series Cumberland A Horseman Riding By 1978 TV Series Parson Augustus Bull Doctor Who 1978 TV Series Captain Rumpole of the Bailey 1978 TV Series Leslie Delgado The Devil's Crown 1978 TV Series Count of Anjou BBC2 Play of the Week 1977 TV Series Ernest London Belongs to Me 1977 TV Series Det. Sgt. Slater Supernatural 1977 TV Mini-Series Herr Steekebeck The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1976 TV Movie Provost Crown Court 1976 TV Series Plet Roux I, Claudius 1976 TV Mini-Series Sabinus The New Avengers 1976 TV Series Prof. Lopez Clayhanger 1976 TV Series Big James Shades of Greene 1976 TV Series George Wilditch BBC Play of the Month 1976 TV Series Taffy The Secret Agent 1975 TV Movie Mr. Michaelis Looking for Clancy 1975 TV Series Basil Rudering Edward the King 1975 TV Series Czarevitch Alexander
Czar Alexander III The Fight Against Slavery 1975 TV Mini-Series Kelsall Intimate Strangers 1974 TV Series Landlord Undercovers Hero 1974 Colonel Meinertzhagen (uncredited) Fall of Eagles 1974 TV Mini-Series Von Plehve Alice Through the Looking Glass 1973 TV Movie Walrus / Guard Vienna 1900 1973 TV Mini-Series Adele's father Six Days of Justice 1973 TV Series Mr. Rossmore The Optimists of Nine Elms 1973 Policeman A Picture of Katherine Mansfield 1973 TV Series Stanley Burnell / Father / Mr. Sheridan Doomwatch 1972 TV Series Norman Sylvester Softly Softly: Task Force 1972 TV Series Det. Sgt. Kershaw Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 Morton Macbeth 1971 Caithness Masterpiece Classic 1971 TV Series Duke of Buckingham The First Churchills 1969 TV Mini-Series Duke of Buckingham The Flaxton Boys 1969 TV Series Sergeant Bentley ITV Saturday Night Theatre 1969 TV Series Performer Rogues' Gallery 1969 TV Series Bosun The Inside Man 1969 TV Series Latte Callan 1967-1969 TV Series Det. Sgt. Lynn / Blair City '68 1967 TV Series Escape 1967 TV Series Spence Emergency-Ward 10 1967 TV Series Albert Pendleton / Charles Hargreaves, as a young man Write a Play 1967 TV Series The Paradise Makers 1967 TV Series New Zealander Othello 1965 Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots The Big Spender 1965 TV Series Weston The Newcomers 1965 TV Series John
Self Title Year Status Character Parrot Fashion 2007 Video documentary short Himself / The Captain
Known for movies Richard III (1995) as City Gentleman
Macbeth (1971) as Caithness
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) as Morton
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985) as Rabbi Mandel