Bryan Pringle
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| Bryan Pringle | |
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| Born | 19 January 1935 Glascote, Staffordshire |
| Died | 15 May 2002 (aged 67) London |
| Years active | 1960–2002 |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Jameson (1958–1999) |
Bryan Pringle (19 January 1935 - 15 May 2002) was a long serving British actor who appeared in television, film and theatre productions throughout a career which spanned almost four decades. Pringle is best remembered for playing Barker in the Inspector Morse episode "Deceived by Flight" in 1989, and as a friend of Eddie Royle's in EastEnders in 1991.
While much of his TV career was as a character actor, he also appeared in many films, beginning with the 1960 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. He was a regular in director Ken Russell's work, commencing with the part of Charles Pooter in Diary of a Nobody, made for BBC 2, in 1964. He continued to be cast in many independent films, such as Brazil and Drowning By Numbers. He played Len Wiles, the adoptive father of Terry Wiles in the BBC drama 'On Giant's Shoulders' [1979].
Born in Staffordshire but raised in the Lancashire town of Bolton he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. In 1958, he married character actress Anne Jameson, together they had two children. She died in 1999.
He officially opened the first Meadows Festival in Edinburgh in 1975.
[edit] Television roles
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1968 to 1970 | The Dustbinmen | Cheese & Egg |
[edit] External links
Bryan Pringle at the Internet Movie Database
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