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Post by ltd on Jul 31, 2018 10:09:43 GMT
Superlative character actor - probably best known for Secret Army and Tinker Tailor, but lots of other memorable performances as well e.g. the sinister village elder in Robin Redbreast and the very shifty Thorpey in Get Carter. Had a real chameleon quality to him. If I didn't actually know they were the same actor there's no way I'd connect Thorpey in Get Carter with Toby from Tinker Tailor/Smiley's People.
Guardian obit gives a fair summary of his career and ability:
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Post by flyingsquad on Jul 31, 2018 10:12:34 GMT
Great actor in various roles. Secret Army is one of my all-time favourite programmes.
RIP Bernard.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 11:07:03 GMT
Absolutely great character actor. He was in so many series and films. Most memorable role for me was in the brilliant 'Colditz'. His IMDB list of credits is absolutely huge. His heyday was in the 70s and 80s when he must hardly have ever been out of work. That shows how talented and in demand he was.
RIP Bernard.
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Post by billyfarmer on Jul 31, 2018 11:26:18 GMT
Sad news, Secret Army (in which Bernard played Albert Foiret), is my all time favourite Wartime TV series, Colditz, would also be in my top five of all time favourite Wartime TV series.
I have got many of Bernard Hepton's TV appearances, on DVD, another one of my favourite TV series, starring Bernard Hepton, is The Charmer (1987), which starred Nigel Havers as seducing conman Ralph Ernest Gorse, another TV series (featuring Bernard Hepton), that I have seen on DVD-R disc, is Blood Money (1981), which also starred two of Bernard's Secret Army co-stars - Juliet Hammond-Hill and Stephen Yardley.
R.I.P. Bernard Hepton.
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Post by daz on Jul 31, 2018 11:27:16 GMT
A truly superb actor who brought a touch of class to any production to feature him.
Secret Army and Tinker Tailor are only two productions off the top of my head which he excelled in, but there were many, many others.
I may well be wrong, but I am sure he was mentioned in the Brian Blessed autobiography I recently read about him giving Mr Blessed his big break when starting out as an actor.
A good innings, but still sad news.
RIP Bernard.
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Post by Zimbo on Jul 31, 2018 13:45:38 GMT
Sad news, Secret Army (in which Bernard played Albert Foiret), is my all time favourite Wartime TV series, Colditz, would also be in my top five of all time favourite Wartime TV series. I have got many of Bernard Hepton's TV appearances, on DVD, another one of my favourite TV series, starring Bernard Hepton, is The Charmer (1987), which starred Nigel Havers as seducing conman Ralph Ernest Gorse, another TV series (featuring Bernard Hepton), that I have seen on DVD-R disc, is Blood Money (1981), which also starred two of Bernard's Secret Army co-stars - Juliet Hammond-Hill and Stephen Yardley. R.I.P. Bernard Hepton. I'm currently watching 'A Perfect Hero' (1991) where he plays the father of Havers' character, who was an RAF pilot, shot down and disfigured during The Battle Of Britain. I've also seen him play Thomas Cranmer in 'The Six Wives Of Henry VIII' TV series and film. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jul/30/bernard-hepton-obituaryRIP |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Jul 31, 2018 15:35:15 GMT
Yes, one of those actors that always seemed to be in something.
I liked him in The Woman In Black.
An excellent addition to any cast.
RIP Bernard.
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Post by thewoodster on Jul 31, 2018 19:56:22 GMT
RIP Bernard.
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Post by barrythebook on Jul 31, 2018 20:42:38 GMT
He was excellent in 'Tinker, Tailor...', (my all time favourite television production) and played the same character in a completely different style in the follow up, 'Smileys People'.
Quality actor,
RIP BH.
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Post by gustav on Aug 1, 2018 20:56:33 GMT
Just saw this. Really sad to hear that. 'Colditz', 'Secret Army' come to mind and loads of other things. He was always brilliant and brought something impressive to anything he was in. I remember him playing Archbishop Thomas Cramner in some Tudor thing when I was a kid. A great actor.
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Post by Portland Road on Aug 8, 2018 6:55:55 GMT
R.I.P. Bernard Hepton
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Post by ltd on Aug 8, 2018 19:20:30 GMT
He was excellent in 'Tinker, Tailor...', (my all time favourite television production) and played the same character in a completely different style in the follow up, 'Smileys People'. I'll take a guess that having been kicked out of the Service Toby didn't feel the need to act English so much. I think his Tinker Tailor perfomance is Toby's "work face" while in "Smiley's People" he's closer to his real self, although both are fundamentally dodgy. Would be interesting to know how Bernard Hepton rationalised it. |
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Post by barrythebook on Aug 8, 2018 20:01:52 GMT
I think you're right ltd.
As the antique/arts dealer in 'Smileys People', he wanted to be known as Senor Bernardi(?) and still had obvious connections to clandestine goings on but his days as Civil Servant Toby were behind him as far as he was concerned.
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Post by ltd on Aug 8, 2018 20:16:37 GMT
I think you're right ltd. As the antique/arts dealer in 'Smileys People', he wanted to be known as Senor Bernardi(?) and still had obvious connections to clandestine goings on but his days as Civil Servant Toby were behind him as far as he was concerned. I seem to remember from the books that he's more extrovert in Smiley's People which fits his new personna - again only guessing but perhaps Bernard Hepton thought he had to play him differently to bring that out. |
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