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Brian Blessed OBE ( born 9 October 1936) is an English actor. He is known for his distinctive bushy beard, booming voice, and exuberant personality and performances. He portrayed PC "Fancy" Smith in Z-Cars; Augustus in the 1976 BBC television production of I, Claudius; King Richard IV in the first series of Blackadder; Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon; Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy in the 1981 original London production of Cats at the New London Theatre; Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, in Henry V; Boss Nass in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace; and the voice of Clayton and the Tarzan yell in Disney's Tarzan. In 2016, Blessed was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the arts and charity. Blessed was born on 9 October 1936 at Montagu Hospital in Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of William Blessed, a socialist coal miner at Hickleton Main Colliery (and himself the son of a coal miner) and cricketer for the Yorkshire second team, and Hilda (née Wall). He had a brother Alan, seven years younger, and the pair "went everywhere together" when they were growing up. Alan Blessed died from leukaemia aged 52; their mother died aged 87, and their father died aged 99. Blessed's great-great-grandfather, Jabez Blessed, was the father of 13 children and worked as a china and glass dealer in Brigg, Lincolnshire; many of Blessed's relatives hail from Brigg. Blessed went to Bolton on Dearne Secondary Modern School, and completed his national service in the RAF, in Bicester, before enrolling at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1956.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1936-10-09
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- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.1
- info Birth Place Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007-02-03
1.6
Devil's Harvest
2003-01-01
7.3
Hamlet
1996-12-25
6.3
Flash Gordon
1980-09-01
7.2
Henry V
1989-10-05
4.2
Back in Business
2007-02-09
6.9
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991-06-14
6.9
Much Ado About Nothing
1993-05-07
3.7
Into Infinity
1975-12-09
6.6
A Christmas Carol
1977-12-24
0
Old Rococo: The Life of Gioacchino Rossini
1992-01-01
6.6
The Last Valley
1971-01-28
7.2
Till Death Us Do Part
1969-01-01
7.4
Tarzan
1999-06-18
0
Wine of India
1970-04-15
6.1
The Trojan Women
1971-05-01
0
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000-10-24
4.1
Cosmic Princess
1982-12-01
6.2
The Conclave
2007-02-16
5.7
Catherine the Great
1996-04-28
6.3
MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis
1994-05-14
7.5
The Castle of Adventure
1990-04-19
5.8
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972-07-13
6.6
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012-03-12
10
The Dark Side of Everest
2003-01-01
0
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
2022-02-06
0
Exam Conditions
1992-07-03
6.3
Kidnapped
1995-11-05
5.1
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
1992-08-14
5.9
Brotherly Love
1970-01-07
6
The Master of Ballantrae
1984-01-31
7.6
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022-11-26
6.5
Wojtek: The Bear That Went to War
2011-10-22
2
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998-11-07
6.2
Prisoner of Honor
1991-11-02
0
The Seventeenth Kind
2014-07-01
4
Macbeth
1997-05-16
6.3
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014-05-08
5.8
High Road to China
1983-03-18
6
Galahad of Everest
1991-12-07
6.6
Man of La Mancha
1972-12-12
6.2
The Bruce
1996-04-12
0
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
2022-10-07
4.2
Day of Wrath
2006-06-27
6.3
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
2012-09-24
6.6
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999-05-19
10
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
2015-02-14
0
Genius: Pythagoras
1996-02-22
9
The Old Man Of The Mountain
1989-01-01
4.8
The Greatest Store in the World
1999-12-24
8
Tales of Television Centre
2012-05-17
0
The Double Agent
1969-05-12
6.7
The Eagle Has Landed
1976-12-24
7
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
1975-01-01
7
The Christmas Tree
1966-12-02
0
Brian Cox: Space, Time & Videotape
2014-11-09
3.5
Back in the USSR
1992-02-07
0
Blood and Dust
1992-09-06
6
Alexander
2004-11-21
0
King Lear
1999-01-01
0
Mr. Bojagi
2010-03-05
4
Peppa's Cinema Party
2024-02-07
5
Chasing the Deer
1994-12-16
0
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995-09-01
5.7
As You Like It
2006-09-01
6.3
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012-07-09
6.5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983-11-03
4
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006-08-04
4.9
Shed of the Dead
2019-05-20
5.9
Life After Flash
2017-10-02
0
448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas
2004-12-12
5
Robin Hood: The Rebellion
2018-11-05
9
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994-02-15
0
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989-01-04
6
David Macaulay: Castle
1983-01-01
0
David Macaulay: Cathedral
1986-04-30
3
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004-04-12
0
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008-09-30
8.5
Eugenius!
2020-03-20
7
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002-09-30
7.5
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021-07-21
7
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986-10-25
0
Dear Mr. Burton
2020-09-07
0
A Midsummer Nightmare
1975-09-16
8
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008-10-16
0
Son of Man
1969-04-16
6
Agent Crush
2008-01-01
7.7
The Sweeney
1975-01-02
6.6
Thriller
1973-04-14
6
Soccer AM
1995-08-12
7.4
Family Guy
1999-01-31
7.3
Blake's 7
1978-01-02
7.9
Doctor Who
1963-11-23
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24
7.7
The Avengers
1961-01-07
6
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002-06-08
4.6
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004-10-11
0
The Underdog Show
2008-09-21
6.8
Minder
1979-10-29
7.9
Survivors
1975-04-16
7.8
I, Claudius
1976-09-20
7.8
I, Claudius
1976-09-20
7.3
Lovejoy
1986-01-10
7
The Aphrodite Inheritance
1979-01-03
8.7
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
8
Blackadder
1983-06-15
6.6
Peppa Pig
2004-05-31
5
Shirley's World
1972-04-07
9.5
The Expert
1968-07-05
7.5
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
1967-05-21
5
Notorious Woman
1974-11-03
8
Boy Dominic
1974-03-24
3.1
Pebble Mill
1991-10-14
0
A Question Of Entertainment
1988-04-24
3.2
The Heaven and Earth Show
1998-09-06
5
BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19
7
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001-01-01
7.1
Natural World
1983-10-30
5.6
GMTV
1993-01-01
5
The Three Musketeers
1966-11-13
0
All Star Mr & Mrs
2008-04-12
0
Fee Fi Fo Yum
2010-09-09
5
Fantasy World Cup
1998-06-09
2.8
Britain's Got More Talent
2007-06-09
7
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997-11-09
7
Z-Cars
1962-01-02
7
Z-Cars
1962-01-02
7
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
1986-04-05
7
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982-02-25
5
The Kumars
2014-01-15
6.7
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004-10-12
4.5
The Day After Tomorrow
1975-12-09
6.2
Danger Mouse
2015-09-28
6
Justice
1971-10-08
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
2007-06-16
7.3
The Last Days of Pompeii
1984-05-06
4.8
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996-04-02
7.5
Wizards vs Aliens
2012-10-29
7.2
Sooty & Co.
1993-09-06
7.5
Sooty
2011-09-05
7.6
The Royal
2003-01-19
2.7
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022-09-04
8.5
The Amazing World of Gumball
2011-05-03
8
Close Enough
2020-07-09
7.9
QI
2003-09-11
7
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969-09-21
5
Johnny And The Dead
1995-04-04
0
Cold Comfort Farm
1968-06-22
7
Blankety Blank
2021-10-02
7.7
MacGyver
1985-09-29
10
The Little World of Don Camillo
1981-01-08
8
The Russell Howard Hour
2017-09-21
7
Z-Cars
1962-01-02
7
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
5
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011-10-24
5
My Family and Other Animals
1987-10-17
7.8
Public Eye
1965-01-23
6
Arthur of the Britons
1972-12-06
5
The Troubleshooters
1965-07-07
7.1
Space: 1999
1975-09-04
7.1
Space: 1999
1975-09-04
6
Take Me Out
2010-01-02
0
Saving Planet Earth UK
2007-07-04
0
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000-01-02
7.7
The Avengers
1961-01-07
10
Best & Bester
2022-06-27
7.1
Have I Got News for You
1990-09-28
4.5
The Wednesday Play
1964-09-30