Brian Glover

Known for: Acting

Born: 1934-04-02 – 1997-07-24 (aged 63)

From: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Brian Glover was an English character actor, writer and wrestler. Glover was a professional wrestler (as 'Leon Arras the Man From Paris'), teacher, and finally a film, television and stage actor, and the voice of Tetley Tea. He was married to writer Tara Prem from 1954 until his death in 1997.

Filmography (92)

MOVIE★ 7.8
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Stiff Upper Lips
1998
as Eric
MOVIE★ 5.2
Up 'n' Under
1998
as Jack, Doreen's Father
MOVIE★ 6.1
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
1997
as Lars
MOVIE★ 9.0
Bob's Weekend
1996
as The Boss
TV
Rumble
1995
as Johnny Pecs
MOVIE★ 6.0
1942: A Love Story
1994
as General Douglas
TV★ 6.9
Anna Lee
1994
as Selwyn Price
MOVIE★ 5.4
Prince of Jutland
1994
as Caedman
MOVIE★ 5.4
Leon the Pig Farmer
1993
as Brian Chadwick
MOVIE★ 6.0
Anna Lee: Headcase
1993
as Selwyn Price
MOVIE★ 10.0
Angry George Irons
1993
MOVIE★ 6.0
Six Characters in Search of An Author
1992
as Production Assistant
MOVIE★ 6.4
Alien³
1992
as Andrews
MOVIE
Masters of the Canvas
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Kafka
1991
as Castle Hechman
TV★ 6.3
Performance
1991
as Floor Manager
TV★ 7.9
Bottom
1991
as Mr. Rottweiller
MOVIE★ 7.0
The World of Eddie Weary
1990
as Strip Club MC
TV★ 6.7
The Nineteenth Hole
1989
as Goatman
TV★ 6.3
Campion
1989
as Magersfontein Lugg
TV★ 7.5
Press Gang
1989
as Dr. Threeways
MOVIE★ 6.1
To Kill a Priest
1988
as Judge
TV★ 8.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Adolf Verloc
TV★ 3.5
Daytime Live
1987
TV★ 5.8
Lost Empires
1986
as Tommy Beamish
MOVIE★ 6.5
The McGuffin
1986
as Man in Brown
TV
The Mysteries
1985
as God / Cayphas
MOVIE
Talking Proper
1985
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
1985
as Griffiths
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Company of Wolves
1984
as Amorous Boy's Father
MOVIE★ 5.8
Laughterhouse
1984
as Father Christmas
MOVIE★ 5.1
Ordeal by Innocence
1984
as Executioner
MOVIE★ 5.4
Red Monarch
1983
as Nikita Krushchev
MOVIE★ 6.3
Britannia Hospital
1982
as Painter: The Workers
TV★ 5.3
Wogan
1982
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981
as Bottom
MOVIE★ 7.4
An American Werewolf in London
1981
as Chess Player
TV
Sounding Brass
1980
as Horace Gilbert Bestwick
TV★ 7.2
Minder
1979
as Yorkie
MOVIE★ 7.0
Black Jack
1979
as Narrator (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The First Great Train Robbery
1978
as Captain Jimmy
TV★ 6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Bottom
TV★ 7.0
Return of the Saint
1978
as Sam Plackett
TV★ 7.5
The Famous Five
1978
as Tiger Dan
MOVIE★ 6.5
Absolution
1978
as the first policeman
MOVIE
The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon
1978
as Im
TV
Sense of Place
1978
as Im
TV
Send in the Girls
1978
as Promoter
TV★ 5.6
The South Bank Show
1978
as Self - God
TV★ 5.3
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
TV★ 7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Mr Dawson
TV★ 7.0
Target
1977
as Labour Party Agent
TV★ 7.7
Secret Army
1977
as Cpl. Emil Schnorr
MOVIE★ 6.0
Jabberwocky
1977
as Armourer
MOVIE★ 5.2
Joseph Andrews
1977
as Gaoler
TV★ 8.4
Raffles
1977
as Billy Purvis
MOVIE★ 6.7
Sweeney!
1977
as Mac
MOVIE★ 6.0
It's No Joke Living in Barnsley
1976
as Self
MOVIE
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
MOVIE★ 7.8
Trial by Combat
1976
as Sidney Gore
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975
as Furnaceman
TV★ 8.5
Shades of Greene
1975
as Adams
TV★ 6.8
Shadows
1975
as Jim Debbitts
TV★ 10.0
Quiller
1975
as Sergeant
MOVIE
Waiting at the Field Gate
1975
as Gallat
MOVIE★ 6.0
Brannigan
1975
as Jimmy-the-Bet
TV★ 8.0
The Sweeney
1975
as Moose
MOVIE★ 8.0
Initiation
1974
as Nobby
TV★ 8.1
Porridge
1974
as Heslop
MOVIE★ 8.0
Three for the Fancy
1974
as Art
TV★ 6.0
Not on Your Nellie
1974
as Battling Bill
TV
Second City Firsts
1973
as Gallat
TV★ 7.0
Centre Play
1973
as Nobby
MOVIE★ 9.0
Speech Day
1973
as Mr Warboys
MOVIE★ 6.8
O Lucky Man!
1973
as Plantation Foreman/Bassett
TV★ 7.7
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Flint
MOVIE★ 10.0
Shakespeare or Bust
1973
as Art
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Day Out
1972
as Henry Boothroyd
TV★ 6.1
The Protectors
1972
as Allen
TV★ 8.5
The Frighteners
1972
as Porter
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Fishing Party
1972
as Art
TV★ 4.5
The Regiment
1972
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Rank and File
1971
TV★ 6.0
On the House
1970
as Bagley
MOVIE★ 7.4
Kes
1970
as Mr. Sugden
TV★ 7.3
Paul Temple
1969
TV★ 6.3
Sez Les
1969
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Guard
TV★ 7.9
Doctor Who
1963
as Griffiths
TV★ 6.0
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Chuck Windell