19 Facts About Bernard Hepton

Bernard Hepton is known for his stage work and television roles in teleplays and series.

Bernard Hepton's father, Bernard senior, was an electrician, while his mother Hilda was from a mill-working family.

Bernard Hepton's short-sight meant he was unable to serve in the British Army during the Second World War.

Bernard Hepton trained as an aircraft engineer and draughtsman while undertaking firewatching duties.

Bernard Hepton had extensive stage experience as an actor in repertory, especially in Scarborough and York.

Bernard Hepton was responsible for arranging the fight sequences in Laurence Olivier's film version of Richard III and an Old Vic production of Hamlet with Richard Burton in 1953.

Bernard Hepton made his television debut as Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons in a live broadcast in 1957.

Bernard Hepton played Caiaphas in the 1969 Dennis Potter play Son of Man.

Bernard Hepton was cast as the Kommandant in Colditz and later appeared for the same production team as Albert Foiret in three series of Secret Army.

Bernard Hepton reprised the role in the film adaptation of the former, Henry VIII and His Six Wives.

Bernard Hepton acted in adaptations of John le Carre's novels, as Toby Esterhase in the BBC Television versions of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People, and George Smiley in the radio adaptations.

Bernard Hepton appeared in I, Claudius as Pallas and in the comedy series The Squirrels.

Bernard Hepton was in TV's The Charmer - 1987 where he played Donald Stimpson.

On radio, Bernard Hepton played the role of Albert, in Stranger in the Home by Alan Dapre, the role of The Old Man in the Corner, the amateur, and mostly sedentary, sleuth in the BBC Radio 4 dramatic adaption called The Teahouse Detective by Baroness Orczy.

Bernard Hepton starred in Robert Barr's quirky detective radio series "Galbraith" as Inspector Bill Galbraith on BBC radio and as Dr Soppoth in Peter Tinniswood radio monologue "The Governor's Consort" starring Mary Wimbush.

Bernard Hepton made a brief appearance as Thorpey, a gangster, in the classic British crime thriller Get Carter, and another small role, as Milton Goldsmith, in Voyage of the Damned.

Bernard Hepton was married to actress Nancie Jackson from 1957 until she died in 1977.

Bernard Hepton married Hilary Liddell in 1979; she died in 2013.

Bernard Hepton died on 27 July 2018, aged 92, in Martin Mill, Dover, Kent.