David Roger Brierley (2 June 1935 â€" 23 September 2005) was an
English actor.Though never a major star, Brierley appeared in many
television productions over a forty-year period. He twice appeared in
Doctor Who, as Trevor in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965) and as the
voice of Drathro in The Mysterious Planet (1986). Brierley appeared in
the biopic Jinnah, based on the life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in the
Granada television series Jeeves and Wooster as Sir Roderick Glossop,
and as a Latin teacher to Michael Palin in the last-ever episode of
Ripping Yarns, called Roger of the Raj and which first shown on BBC1
in 1979. He played the part of Osborne in "Suddenly At Home", a 1977
episode of in the television series Rising Damp. He was also in a 1982
episode of Only Fools and Horses. Later work included portraying John
Biffen in the television dramatisation of The Alan Clark Diaries
(2004). He also played the hotel manager in "Mr. Bean in Room 426" and
appeared in A Fish Called Wanda as Archie Leach’s secretary
Davidson. He also starred in a number of Children's television series
also to his credit brief appearance in Lovejoy and the
Sweeney.Brierley worked on several occasions with Victoria Wood such
as in her play Nearly a Happy Ending, in the early series Wood and
Walters and her mid-90s television film Pat and Margaret. In a nod to
her previous work with Brierley, Wood named a character after him in
her 2006 film Housewife, 49.Brierley was also passionate about
Manchester United, and was a founding member of Shareholders United
Against Murdoch.
English actor.Though never a major star, Brierley appeared in many
television productions over a forty-year period. He twice appeared in
Doctor Who, as Trevor in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965) and as the
voice of Drathro in The Mysterious Planet (1986). Brierley appeared in
the biopic Jinnah, based on the life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in the
Granada television series Jeeves and Wooster as Sir Roderick Glossop,
and as a Latin teacher to Michael Palin in the last-ever episode of
Ripping Yarns, called Roger of the Raj and which first shown on BBC1
in 1979. He played the part of Osborne in "Suddenly At Home", a 1977
episode of in the television series Rising Damp. He was also in a 1982
episode of Only Fools and Horses. Later work included portraying John
Biffen in the television dramatisation of The Alan Clark Diaries
(2004). He also played the hotel manager in "Mr. Bean in Room 426" and
appeared in A Fish Called Wanda as Archie Leach’s secretary
Davidson. He also starred in a number of Children's television series
also to his credit brief appearance in Lovejoy and the
Sweeney.Brierley worked on several occasions with Victoria Wood such
as in her play Nearly a Happy Ending, in the early series Wood and
Walters and her mid-90s television film Pat and Margaret. In a nod to
her previous work with Brierley, Wood named a character after him in
her 2006 film Housewife, 49.Brierley was also passionate about
Manchester United, and was a founding member of Shareholders United
Against Murdoch.
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