
Brian Glover
Acting
- Born:
- 1934-04-02
- Died:
- 1997-07-24
- Place of birth:
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
Brian Glover was an English character actor, writer and wrestler. Glover was a professional wrestler (as 'Leon Arras the Man From Paris'), teacher, and finally a film, television and stage actor, and the voice of Tetley Tea. He was married to writer Tara Prem from 1954 until his death in 1997.
Known For
Filmography

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Stiff Upper Lips

Up 'n' Under

Snow White: A Tale of Terror

Bob's Weekend
Rumble

1942: A Love Story

Anna Lee

Prince of Jutland

Leon the Pig Farmer
Anna Lee: Headcase

Angry George Irons

Six Characters in Search of An Author

Alien³

Masters of the Canvas

The Making of 'Alien³'

Kafka

Performance

Bottom
The World of Eddie Weary
The Nineteenth Hole

Campion

Press Gang

To Kill a Priest

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Daytime Live

Lost Empires

The McGuffin

The Mysteries

Talking Proper

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

The Company of Wolves

Laughterhouse

Bottle Boys

Ordeal by Innocence

Red Monarch

Britannia Hospital

Wogan

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Death Angel

An American Werewolf in London
Sounding Brass

Minder

Black Jack

The First Great Train Robbery

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Return of the Saint

The Famous Five

Absolution

The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon
Sense of Place
Send in the Girls

The South Bank Show

An Audience with...

All Creatures Great and Small

Target

Secret Army

Jabberwocky

Joseph Andrews

Raffles

Sweeney!

It's No Joke Living in Barnsley

The Chester Mystery Plays

Trial by Combat

The Old Curiosity Shop

Shades of Greene

Shadows

Quiller

Waiting at the Field Gate

Brannigan

The Sweeney
Initiation

Porridge

Three for the Fancy

Not on Your Nellie
Second City Firsts

Centre Play

Speech Day

O Lucky Man!

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Shakespeare or Bust

A Day Out

The Protectors

The Frighteners

The Fishing Party

The Regiment

The Rank and File
On the House

Kes

Paul Temple

Sez Les

BBC Play of the Month

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Doctor Who

Dixon of Dock Green