Bernard Archard RIP

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Bernard Archard
Bernard, actor, died at his home in Somerset on May 1st 2008, aged 91 years. He will be much missed by his partner, family and friends. A funeral service to be held in Woking St Johns Crematorium, Woking on Tuesday 20th May 2008 at 1.00 pm. No flowers, by request, but donations in lieu to Amnesty, Liberty, Cancer Research c/o ARW Connock & Son, The Croft, 27 West Shepton, Shepton Mallet, Som BA4 5UL.

Actor:

* 1990s
* 1980s
* 1970s
* 1960s
* 1950s

1. "Emmerdale Farm" .... Leonard Kempinski (1 episode, 1992-1993)
... aka Emmerdale (UK: new title)
- Episode dated 24 December 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Leonard Kempinski
2. "Keeping Up Appearances" .... Hotel Guest (1 episode, 1991)
- Hyacinth Tees Off (1991) TV episode .... Hotel Guest
3. Hidden Agenda (1990) .... Sir Robert Neil

4. "Bergerac" .... Dr. Rodgers (2 episodes, 1985-1987)
- Poison (1987) TV episode .... Dr. Rodgers
- Off Shore Trades (1985) TV episode .... Dr. Rodgers
5. "Lytton's Diary" .... Ian The Editor / ... (9 episodes, 1985-1986)
- Rules of Engagement (1986) TV episode .... Ian The Editor
- The Ancien Regime (1986) TV episode .... Ian The Editor
- The Ends and the Means (1986) TV episode .... Ian (The Editor)
- Come Uppance (1985) TV episode .... Ian The Editor
- Daddy's Girls (1985) TV episode .... The Editor Ian
(4 more)
6. God's Outlaw (1986) .... Sir Thomas More
... aka God's Outlaw: The Story of William Tyndale (USA: complete title)
7. King Solomon's Mines (1985) (uncredited) .... Professor Huston
8. Mas' Ala Al-Kubra, al- (1983)
... aka Clash of Loyalties
9. Krull (1983) .... Eirig
... aka Dragons of Krull
... aka Dungeons and Dragons
... aka Krull: Invaders of the Black Fortress
... aka The Dungeons of Krull
10. "Number 10" .... Duke of Wellington (1 episode, 1983)
- The Iron Duke (1983) TV episode .... Duke of Wellington
11. "The Professionals" .... Granger (1 episode, 1983)
- A Man Called Quinn (1983) TV episode .... Granger
12. Separate Tables (1983) (TV) .... Mr. Fowler
13. Inside the Third Reich (1982) (TV) .... Dr. Hans Flachsner
14. A Tale of Two Cities (1980) (TV) .... Court President
15. The Sea Wolves (1980) .... Underhill
... aka The Sea Wolves: The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse (UK: complete title)
16. 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1980) (TV) .... Donado
17. "Cribb" .... Governor of Newgate (1 episode, 1980)
- Waxwork (1980) TV episode .... Governor of Newgate

18. "Charles Endell, Esq" .... Archibald Telfer (1 episode, 1979)
- Glasgow Belongs to Me (1979) TV episode .... Archibald Telfer
19. "Rumpole of the Bailey" .... Jarvis Allen (1 episode, 1979)
- Rumpole and the Show Folk (1979) TV episode .... Jarvis Allen
20. "Dick Turpin" .... Duke of Hereford (1 episode, 1979)
- The Whipping Boy (1979) TV episode .... Duke of Hereford
21. "Crown Court" .... William Boyce / ... (5 episodes, 1972-1979)
- Beyond the Limits (1979) TV episode .... William Boyce
- Will the Real Robert Randell Please Stand Up (1975) TV episode .... William Boyce
- Double, Double (1974) TV episode .... Sir Hugo Jellicoe
- Further Charges (1974) TV episode .... Peter John Elgar
- Criminal Libel (1972) TV episode .... Dr. Holt-Matthews
22. Churchill and the Generals (1979) (TV) .... Edward, Lord Halifax
23. "Wodehouse Playhouse" .... Purkiss (1 episode, 1978)
- The Editor Regrets (1978) TV episode .... Purkiss
24. Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977) (TV) .... Graves
25. Sister Dora (1977)
26. Smuga cienia (1976) .... Capt. Elis
... aka The Shadow Line
27. "The Legend of Robin Hood" (1975) (mini) TV mini-series .... Sir Richard of the Lea
28. "Doctor Who" .... Bragen / ... (10 episodes, 1966-1975)
- Pyramids of Mars: Part 4 (1975) TV episode .... Marcus Scarman
- Pyramids of Mars: Part 3 (1975) TV episode .... Marcus Scarman
- Pyramids of Mars: Part 2 (1975) TV episode .... Marcus Scarman
- Pyramids of Mars: Part 1 (1975) TV episode .... Marcus Scarman
- The Power of the Daleks: Episode 6 (1966) TV episode .... Bragen
(5 more)
29. The Hiding Place (1975) .... Lt. Rahms
30. "Sky" (1975) TV series .... Haril (unknown episodes)
31. "Play for Today" .... Managing Director, Blacks (1 episode, 1974)
- Leeds United (1974) TV episode .... Managing Director, Blacks
32. "Upstairs, Downstairs" .... Colonel Tewkesbury (1 episode, 1973)
- What the Footman Saw (1973) TV episode .... Colonel Tewkesbury
33. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
... aka Chacal (France)
34. "Special Branch" .... Ministry Official (1 episode, 1973)
- Polonaise (1973) TV episode .... Ministry Official
35. "The Adventures of Black Beauty" .... Bulov (1 episode, 1972)
- The Duel (1972) TV episode .... Bulov
36. "Madigan" (1 episode, 1972)
- The London Beat (1972) TV episode
37. "Country Matters" (1 episode, 1972)
- Breeze Anstey (1972) TV episode
38. The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971) .... Angus
... aka Macbeth (USA)
39. Dad's Army (1971) .... Maj. Gen. Fullard
40. "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" .... Dr. Davidson (1 episode, 1971)
- A Message from the Deep Sea (1971) TV episode .... Dr. Davidson
41. "Paul Temple" .... Chief Inspector McPhail / ... (2 episodes, 1969-1971)
- Party Piece (1971) TV episode .... Chief Inspector McPhail
- Who Dies Next (1969) TV episode .... Rev. J. Smith
42. "Man at the Top" .... Joshua Redroe (1 episode, 1971)
- Join the Human Race (1971) TV episode .... Joshua Redroe
43. "Dixon of Dock Green" .... Colonel / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1970)
- Shadows (1970) TV episode .... Colonel
- Don't Play with Fire (1964) TV episode .... Herbert Jones
44. The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) .... Prof. Heiss
45. Song of Norway (1970) .... George Nordraak
46. Fragment of Fear (1970) .... Priest
... aka Freelance
47. "Z Cars" .... Harry Wardle / ... (4 episodes, 1963-1970)
- For Old Time's Sake!: Part 2 (1970) TV episode .... Harry Wardle
- For Old Time's Sake!: Part 1 (1970) TV episode .... Harry Wardle
- Inspection (1965) TV episode .... HM Inspector of Constabulary
- Quiet Confidence (1963) TV episode .... Charlton
48. "Mystery and Imagination" .... Dr. Van Helsing / ... (2 episodes, 1968-1970)
- The Suicide Club (1970) TV episode .... President
- Dracula (1968) TV episode .... Dr. Van Helsing
49. Farouk: Last of the Pharaohs (1970)
50. "Crime of Passion" (1970) TV series .... Maître Dubois (unknown episodes)

51. Run a Crooked Mile (1969) (TV) .... Business spokesman
52. Tower of London: The Innocent (1969) (TV) .... Earl of Oxford
53. The File of the Golden Goose (1969) .... Collins
54. "Oh Brother!" .... Father Koenig (1 episode, 1969)
- Behold This Dreamer (1969) TV episode .... Father Koenig
55. "Callan" .... Albert Watt (1 episode, 1969)
- Once a Big Man, Always a Big Man (1969) TV episode .... Albert Watt
56. "ITV Playhouse" .... Dr. Ragin (1 episode, 1968)
- If Only the Trains Come (1968) TV episode .... Dr. Ragin
57. "The Jazz Age" .... Jenkinson (1 episode, 1968)
- Lonely Road (1968) TV episode .... Jenkinson
58. "The Avengers" .... Desmond Leeming / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1968)
- Split! (1968) TV episode .... Dr. Constantine
- The Master Minds (1965) TV episode .... Desmond Leeming
59. Play Dirty (1968) .... Col. Homerton
60. "The Wednesday Play" .... The Prior (1 episode, 1967)
- The Devil a Monk Would Be (1967) TV episode .... The Prior
61. The Mini-Affair (1967) .... Sir Basil Grinling
... aka The Mini-Mob (USA)
62. The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966) .... Russian Intelligence Officer
63. "Play of the Month" .... Moris (1 episode, 1966)
- Days to Come (1966) TV episode .... Moris
64. "Out of the Unknown" .... Dr. Giddy (1 episode, 1966)
- Frankenstein Mark 2 (1966) TV episode .... Dr. Giddy
65. "Danger Man" .... Nubar (1 episode, 1966)
... aka Secret Agent (USA)
... aka Secret Agent aka Danger Man (USA: video box title)
- I Can Only Offer You Sherry (1966) TV episode .... Nubar
66. "Son of the Sahara" (1966) (mini) TV mini-series .... Bu Kader
67. "R3" .... Major Green (1 episode, 1965)
- It's Better to Know (1965) TV episode .... Major Green
68. Heiress of Garth (1965) (TV) .... Charles Ovington
69. "Hit and Run" (1965) TV series .... Mr. Cable (unknown episodes)
70. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" .... Insp. Trainer / ... (4 episodes, 1961-1964)
... aka Edgar Wallace (UK)
... aka Tales of Edgar Wallace (UK)
- Face of a Stranger (1964) TV episode .... Michael Forrest
- Flat Two (1961) TV episode .... Insp. Trainer
- Man Detained (1961) TV episode .... Inspector Verity
- Clue of the New Pin (1961) TV episode .... Supt. Carver
71. "The Hidden Truth" .... Andrew Quincey (1 episode, 1964)
- Sweets to the Sweet (1964) TV episode .... Andrew Quincey
72. "The Children of the New Forest" (1964) TV series .... Roundhead Heatherstone
73. "The Midnight Men" .... Gen. Plaski (6 episodes, 1964)
- Promise to Kill (1964) TV episode .... Gen. Plaski
- The King's Business (1964) TV episode .... Gen. Plaski
- The Proxy (1964) TV episode .... Gen. Plaski
- Time of Danger (1964) TV episode .... Gen. Plaski
- The King Shall Die (1964) TV episode .... Gen. Plaski
(1 more)
74. "Dr. Finlay's Casebook" .... James Senlac (1 episode, 1964)
- A Present from Father (1964) TV episode .... James Senlac
75. Silent Playground (1963) .... Insp. Duffy
76. "Suspense" .... Henry Carter / ... (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
- The Rescuers (1963) TV episode .... Mr. Wales
- The Light Trap (1962) TV episode .... Henry Carter
77. The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) .... Insp. Pike
78. "Zero One" .... Atkins (1 episode, 1963)
- Discord (1963) TV episode .... Atkins
79. The Password Is Courage (1962)
80. "Scales of Justice" (1 episode, 1962)
- A Woman's Privilege (1962) TV episode
81. "Man of the World" .... Sheikh (1 episode, 1962)
- Nature of Justice (1962) TV episode .... Sheikh
82. "No Hiding Place" .... Dr. Alan Brand (1 episode, 1962)
- Top of the Ladder (1962) TV episode .... Dr. Alan Brand
83. "The Sunday-Night Play" .... Edwin Carrington (1 episode, 1962)
- Member of the Family (1962) TV episode .... Edwin Carrington
84. "Sir Francis Drake" .... Sir Christopher (1 episode, 1962)
... aka The Adventures of Sir Francis Drake
- Court Intrigue (1962) TV episode .... Sir Christopher
85. Two Letter Alibi (1962) .... Duke
... aka Death and the Sky Above (USA)
86. "Top Secret" .... Hernandez (1 episode, 1961)
- After the Fair (1961) TV episode .... Hernandez
87. "Spy-Catcher" .... Lt. Col. Oreste Pinto (24 episodes, 1959-1961)
- Logic and Lives (1961) TV episode .... Lt. Col. Oreste Pinto
- Traitor in the Forest (1961) TV episode .... Lt. Col. Oreste Pinto
- Keeping a Promise (1961) TV episode .... Lt. Col. Oreste Pinto
- One of Our Aircraft (1961) TV episode .... Lt. Col. Oreste Pinto
- Doves of War (1961) TV episode .... Lt. Col. Oreste Pinto
(19 more)
88. "Danger Man" .... Doctor Bryant (1 episode, 1961)
- The Leak (1961) TV episode .... Doctor Bryant
89. "The Pursuers" .... Carson (1 episode, 1961)
- Tomorrow's Ghost (1961) TV episode .... Carson
90. Village of the Damned (1960) .... Vicar
91. "Police Surgeon" .... Drew (1 episode, 1960)
- Under the Influence (1960) TV episode .... Drew
92. "ITV Play of the Week" .... Sir James Murray (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- The Night of the Big Heat (1960) TV episode .... Sir James Murray

93. The Secret Man (1958)
94. Corridors of Blood (1958) .... Hospital Official
95. "Kenilworth" .... Dr. Masters (1 episode, 1957)
- Episode #1.2 (1957) TV episode .... Dr. Masters

Self:

1. Osirian Gothic (2003) (V) .... Himself

Additional Details

[John Llewellyn Moxey]

BERNARD ARCHARD, another fine actor,gone. I am glad I had the chance to work with him.

John

[billy bentley]

Any chance of a photograph anyone ? It would certainly help me jog the ever fading memory box.

[smudge]

If it helps he was Marcus Scarman - the archaeologist taken over by alien forces in DOCTOR WHO's The Pyramids of Mars.

BA was another fine and reliable actor; 91 is a decent innings, but still sad to hear he's gone.

Respect,

Smudge

[wearysloth]

RIP

[Fellwanderer]

I believe my best friend from school was related to him, it is a fairly unusual surname. By coincidence, I received an email from him yesterday, the first for many years.

It must have been Spy-Catcher that I first saw him in as it was shortly before then that Andy and I became friends.

RIP

[penfold]

Fine and respected character actor, good long life and career...and yet for many (Of my generation, most) he will remain Marcus Scarman. Such is the power (Curse?) of Doctor Who. RIP Mr Archard.

[hoggers]

A really solid actor. Always reminded me a bit of Jack Watson..

RIP

[batman]

RIP Mr Archard.

[julian_craster]

I recall Bernard in several of the EDGAR WALLACE films of the early 1960s - a excellent actor


Obituary: Bernard Archard: Star of the TV series 'Spycatcher'

INDEPENDENT
Tuesday, 6 May 2008

Bernard Joseph Archard, actor: born London 20 August 1916; registered civil partnership 2006 with Jim Belchamber; died Witham Friary, Somerset 1 May 2008.

Disillusioned with the experience of regular unemployment as an actor in Britain, in 1959 Bernard Archard booked a seat on the next boat to Canada, with plans to make a new start. But then he was asked to audition for the starring role in Spycatcher, as Lt-Col Oreste Pinto, a wartime Allied counter-espionage expert.

"Producer Terence Cook and I knew that Colonel Pinto – aged about 40 – was a star part, but we wanted an 'unknown' to play it," said Robert Barr, who scripted the drama. "Agents laughed. No one of star value, they said, could possibly have reached that age without being a star." But Archard was summoned, after a BBC employee recalled him as a Coal Board official in a 1958 dramatised documentary on open-cast mining, and he landed the role.

Based on the memoirs of Pinto – described by Eisenhower as "the greatest living expert in security" – Spycatcher (1959-61) charted the exploits of Pinto and his team of investigators as they relentlessly tried to root out potential spies entering Britain. The programme, which ran to four series, finally made Archard a star at the age of 43 and he became a prolific character actor in films and on television.

Three decades later, in 1992 he became familiar to soap viewers in Emmerdale as Leonard Kempinski, second husband of the serial's matriarch, Annie Sugden. Archard's time in the programme was brought to an abrupt end when Kempinski became a victim of a Lockerbie-style plane crash in 1993.

Born in London in 1916, Archard won a scholarship to train at Rada, where he lost his cockney accent, before working for many years in repertory theatre. He made his television début as a doctor in an episode of Kenilworth (1957), based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott, and was first seen on the big screen in the horror melodrama Corridors of Blood (1958), starring Boris Karloff.

Following his success in Spycatcher, Archard was frequently typecast as policemen, in long-forgotten films such as The Clue of the New Pin (1960), Man Detained (1961), The Silent Playground (1963) and The List of Adrian Messenger (1963). On television, he was HM Inspector of Constabulary on official visits to the police stations in both Z Cars (1965) and its spin-off, Softly Softly (1967). "They suddenly thought they had found someone who could ask the questions properly and I have been doing it ever since," he said.

But he was also seen in films as a vicar in Village of the Damned (1960), a Russian intelligence chief in The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966) and a priest in Fragment of Fear (1970). On television, he was frequently cast as doctors, in episodes of Danger Man (1961), No Hiding Place (1962), The Avengers (1968), The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) and Bergerac (1985, 1987).

Archard also had two roles in Doctor Who serials, as Bragen, the security chief seeking complete control of a colony of humans on the planet Vulcan, in "The Power of the Daleks " (1966) and Marcus Scarman, an Egyptologist possessed by an evil force, in "Pyramids of Mars" (1975).

Anthony Hayward

[Marky B]

Bernard Archard R.I.P.
Ta Ta
Marky B

[dicky2006]

Bernard Archard was excellent in 3 Edgar Wallace films and was the ideal Police Inspector of the era.
I had correspondence with him some years ago and he was a very helpful person with an excellent memory.

[suzepulcheria]

Funnily enough, I was just telling my daughter about Spycatcher over the weekend. That was a load of hokum (though apparently based on the real Pinto's wartime experiences) but still great stuff.

[Santonix]

A wonderful actor and gentleman R.I.P.

[julian_craster]

Bernard Archard
Character actor with an air of authority best known for his work in the BBC's Spycatcher

by Gavin Gaughan
The Guardian,
Wednesday May 7 2008

The actor Bernard Archard, who has died aged 91, established a forbidding presence as Lt Col Oreste Pinto, a character based on a real-life wartime counter-espionage interrogator, in the BBC television series Spycatcher (1959-61). Tall and angular, with receding hair and a prominent chin, he became a regular authority figure and inquisitor, though not in leading roles.

Archard was born in Fulham, London, where his parents were mayor and mayoress; his father was also a jeweller. He won a scholarship to Rada (1938-39), and an early stage role came as Orsino to Jessica Tandy's Viola in Twelfth Night at the Regent's Park open air theatre.

During the second world war, he was a conscientious objector, and was sent to work on land owned by the Quaker movement. At the Edinburgh Festival in 1948, in a production of the Glyndebourne Children's Theatre, he met fellow actor James Belchamber, who was his partner for nearly 60 years.

Making his way around regional repertory, Archard worked at Chesterfield with Margaret Tyzack and at Sheffield with Paul Eddington, Peter Sallis and Patrick McGoohan; like many, he believed McGoohan to be a truly great actor, and they worked together again in a couple of episodes of McGoohan's 1960s TV series Danger Man.

In the mid-1950s, Archard and Belchamber ran a touring repertory company, based in Torquay, with Hilda Braid among its players. They also collaborated on the book and lyrics for Our Jack, a musical based on Walter Greenwood's The Cure For Love, in 1960.

Nevertheless, by 1959 Archard was thinking about emigrating to Canada with Belchamber. He postponed his trip to appear in a TV medical drama, then again to do Treason (1959), a Sunday-night play about the July 1944 plot to kill Hitler. Unknown to him, this rush of work resulted from a plan by writer-producer Elwyn Jones to demonstrate his suitability for Spycatcher.

Masterminded by Robert Barr, Spycatcher was also produced in the documentary manner, to the extent that Archard was not given billing in the Radio Times until some time into the run. Unlike later, action-orientated spy series, Pinto's half-hour cases, sometimes little more than two-handers, were based on true stories. The debriefing of wartime refugees afforded many opportunities for Archard's incisive qualities. One episode saw him get the desired answers from a suspect by throwing darts at a photo of Hitler.

Running for three seasons, the series brought Archard much recognition; he was wryly amused about receiving "two direct offers of marriage and about a dozen oblique ones". Athough half of the episodes still exist, it has never been revived. Nonetheless, when on a continental tour of My Fair Lady in 1983, Archard's presence in Amsterdam caused excitement - Pinto having been Dutch.

He was proud of his role as a magistrate in Terence Rattigan's last play, Cause Celebre, in the West End in 1977, with Glynis Johns. Anthony Shaffer's mocking The Case of the Oily Levantine, at the same venue, Her Majesty's Theatre, two years later, was less successful. However, a full-scale theatrical disaster came with Peter O'Toole's Macbeth at the Old Vic in 1980. Archard played Duncan; he had previously been Angus in Roman Polanski's film version, in 1971.

In the film version of Dad's Army (1971), Archard was a regular general dismissing Captain Mainwaring as a "damn bank clerk!" He was in several of the popular Edgar Wallace B-movies, as well as John Huston's playful The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); he and Huston had a mutual friend in Deborah Kerr.

He was the Duke of Wellington in Number 10 (YTV, 1983), an anthology series depicting prime ministers. For publicity purposes, the actors who took the roles were photographed with Margaret Thatcher; Archard was not impressed by her, but then, he had been a lifelong reader of this paper. He also played a government figure in Hidden Agenda (1990), Ken Loach's controversial film derived from the John Stalker inquiry.

After retiring in his early 80s, Archard lived contentedly in Somerset with Belchamber, who survives him.

Bernard Joseph Archard, actor, born August 20 1916; died May 1 2008