Bruce Purchase

Biography

Career Overview

Bruce Purchase has 36 screen credits in a career dating back to 1963. Signature works include Atlantis, Parrot Fashion, Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

36

Birth Date

1938-10-02 00:00:00

Birth Place

Thames, New Zealand

Known For

• 

  Atlantis
• 

  Parrot Fashion
• 

  Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
• 

  Other Halves
• 

  Lionheart
• 

  Henry IV Part 2

Frequent Collaborators

• Mary Tamm (2 collaborations)
• John Leeson (2 collaborations)
• Rosalind Lloyd (2 collaborations)
• Primi Townsend (2 collaborations)
• Ralph Michael (2 collaborations)
• Colin Jeavons (1 collaborations)
• Frank Middlemass (1 collaborations)
• Ruddy L. Davis (1 collaborations)
• Chris Sanders (1 collaborations)
• Don Henderson (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (36 credits)

  • Parrot Fashion

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Another Life

    Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Esther

    Hauptmann der Wache

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Sea Change

    Oldberg

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • David

    Isai

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Richard III

    City Gentleman

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Freddie As F.R.O.7.

    Additional voices (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Lionheart

    Simon Nerra

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Casanova

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Playing Away

    Fredrick

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Other Halves

    Irwin

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

    Moishe

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Pope John Paul II

    Jerzy Loparicz

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Atlantis

    Goff

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Doctor Who: Logopolis

    The Captain (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Henry IV Part 2

    Earl of Northumberland

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Henry IV Part 1

    Henry Percy

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    Cook (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Even Solomon

    Jake

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • The Quatermass Conclusion

    Tommy Roach

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Meetings with Remarkable Men

    Father Maxim

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet

    The Pirate Captain

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Blake's 7

    - The Keeper (1979) ... Gola actor actors
    1978
  • Exiles

    Ernest Hemingway

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    Provost

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • I, Claudius

    - Hail Who? (1976) ... Sabinus actor actors
    1976
  • The Secret Agent

    Mr. Michaelis

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Soft Beds, Hard Battles

    Colonel Meinertzhagen (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Walrus / Guard

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Optimists of Nine Elms

    Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Mary, Queen of Scots

    Morton

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Macbeth

    Caithness

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Play for Today

    - Atlantis (1983) ... Goff actor actors

    - Even Solomon (1979) ... Jake actor actors
    1970
  • Othello

    Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • BBC Play of the Month

    - Trilby (1976) ... Taffy actor actors
    1965
  • Doctor Who

    - The Pirate Planet (4) (1978) ... Captain actor actors

    - The Pirate Planet (3) (1978) ... Captain actor actors

    - The Pirate Planet (2) (1978) ... Captain actor actors

    - The Pirate Planet (1) (1978) ... Captain actor actors
    1963