Bruce Purchase

Bruce Purchase

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Birthday: 
2 October 1938, Thames, New Zealand
Birth Name: 
William Reginald Bruce Purchase
Height: 
188 cm
Bearded, heavy-set New Zealand-born character actor with a booming voice, who went to England to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After repertory experience, he had notable stage appearances with the National Theatre Company (of which he was a founder member) and the Mermaid Theatre, invariably in Shakespearean parts. His portrayals of B... Show more »
Bearded, heavy-set New Zealand-born character actor with a booming voice, who went to England to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After repertory experience, he had notable stage appearances with the National Theatre Company (of which he was a founder member) and the Mermaid Theatre, invariably in Shakespearean parts. His portrayals of Balthasar in 'Much Ado About Nothing' (1965) and Sebastian in 'The Tempest' (1970) were particularly well received. He also played Doolittle during a European tour of 'My Fair Lady'.During the 1970's, Purchase made frequent guest appearances on such television series as I, Claudius (1976), Rumpole of the Bailey (1978), Blake's 7 (1978), and (famously larger-than-life) in the Doctor Who (1963) episode 'The Pirate Planet'. His role was that of a cybernetically-enhanced pirate captain, complete with a robotic parrot. Among other notable TV performances were his Duke of Buckingham in The First Churchills (1969) and his Earl of Northumberland in the BBC production of 'Henry IV'. He continued to alternate television with appearances on the stage. During the production of 'The Last Confession' (starring David Suchet) in May 2007, Purchase, playing a cardinal, became ill and died aged 69 in June 2008. Show less «

Bruce Purchase's FILMOGRAPHY

The Bible Collection: Esther

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Richard III

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Rumpole of the Bailey - Season 6

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Doctor Who 1963 - Season 26

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Rumpole of the Bailey - Season 5

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Doctor Who 1963 - Season 25

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Doctor Who 1963 - Season 24

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Rumpole of the Bailey - Season 4

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Casanova (1987)

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Doctor Who 1963 - Season 23

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Doctor Who 1963 - Season 22

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The Tripods - Season 2

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Doctor Who 1963 - Season 21

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The Tripods - Season 1

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Rumpole of the Bailey - Season 3

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Doctor Who 1963 - Season 20

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Doctor Who 1963 - Season 19

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Blakes 7 - Season 4

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Doctor Who 1963 - Season 18

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Blakes 7 - Season 3

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Rumpole of the Bailey - Season 2

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Doctor Who 1963 - Season 17

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Blakes 7 - Season 2

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Caithness
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