Bernard Horsfall

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Bernard Horsfall
Born (1930-11-20)20 November 1930
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Occupation Actor
Spouse(s) Jane Jordan Rogers
Children Christian (deceased)
Hannah
Rebecca

Bernard Arthur Gordon Horsfall (20 November 1930 – 28 January 2013) was an English actor.[1]

Early life

Horsfall was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, and educated at Rugby School. He trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.[2]

Career

Horsfall appeared in many television and film roles including: Pathfinders to Mars (1960), the second sequel to Target Luna, Guns at Batasi (1964),[3] On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969),[4] Enemy at the Door (ITV, 1978–1980),[5][6] Gandhi (1982),[7] an episode of The Jewel in the Crown (ITV, 1984),[8] the character Frankland in The Hound of the Baskervilles (ITV, 1988),[9] and the character Balliol in Braveheart (1995).[10] His other roles included portraying British barrister Melford Stevenson in a 1980 Granada Television dramatisation of the 1955 case of Ruth Ellis.[11]

Horsfall made several guest appearances in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. His first was as Lemuel Gulliver in The Mind Robber (1968).[12] His other appearances were as a Time Lord in The War Games (1969),[13] Taron in Planet of the Daleks (1973),[14] and Chancellor Goth in The Deadly Assassin (1976).[15] All four of these serials were directed by David Maloney. Many years later he returned to Doctor Who, appearing in Davros — a Doctor Who audio drama produced by Big Finish Productions.[16]

Horsfall also appeared, with a Swedish accent, as Christianson in an episode of The Persuaders! titled "The Morning After" during 1972.[17]

Death

He died on 28 January 2013 on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.[2][18] Horsfall is survived by his wife Jane, their daughters Hannah and Rebecca, five grandchildren and his sister. His son Christian died in 2012.[2][19]

Selected filmography

References

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