Bernard Arthur Gordon Horsfall (20 November 1930 – 28 January 2013) was an English actor of stage and screen.

Early life

Horsfall was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, and educated at Rugby School. He trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career

Horsfall appeared in many television and film roles, including the title role in '' Campion'' (1959–1960), ''Pathfinders to Mars'' (1960), the second sequel to '' Target Luna'', '' Guns at Batasi'' (1964), '' The Avengers'' (three episodes in 1966 and 1967), '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969), '' Beasts'', as Sir Christopher Hatton in the 1971 BBC miniseries '' Elizabeth R'', '' Enemy at the Door'' ( ITV, 1978–1980), ''

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'' (1982), an episode of '' The Jewel in the Crown'' (ITV, 1984), the character Frankland in '' The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (ITV, 1988), and the character Balliol in ''

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'' (1995). His other roles included portraying British barrister Melford Stevenson in a 1980 Granada Television dramatisation of the 1955 case of Ruth Ellis. Horsfall made several guest appearances in the

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''. His first was as Lemuel Gulliver in '' The Mind Robber'' (1968). His other appearances were as a Time Lord in '' The War Games'' (1969), Taron in '' Planet of the Daleks'' (1973), and Chancellor Goth in ''

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'' (1976). All four of these serials were directed by David Maloney. Many years later he returned to ''Doctor Who'', appearing in '' Davros'' – a ''Doctor Who'' audio drama produced by

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. Horsfall also appeared, with a Swedish accent, as Christianson in an episode of ''

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'' entitled "The Morning After" during 1972. Horsfall's stage work included performances at The Old Vic, with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the National Theatre.

Death

Horsfall died on 28 January 2013, aged 82, on the

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in Scotland. He was survived by his wife Jane, their daughters Hannah and Rebecca, five grandchildren and his sister. His son Christian died in 2012.

Selected filmography

* '' The Steel Bayonet'' (1957) – Pvt. Livingstone * ''

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'' (1957) – Lifeboatman (uncredited) * '' High Flight'' (1957) – Radar Operator * '' The One That Got Away'' (1957) – Lieutenant – Kent (uncredited) * '' The Angry Silence'' (1960) – Pryce-Evans * '' Man in the Moon'' (1960) – Rex * '' Guns at Batasi'' (1964) – Sgt. 'Schoolie' Prideaux * ''

: The Mind Robber'' (1968) – Lemuel Gulliver * '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969) – Shaun Campbell * ''

: The War Games'' (1969) – a Time Lord * '' Quest for Love'' (1971) – Telford * ''

: Planet of the Daleks'' (1973) – Taron * ''

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'' (1974) – Dave Kowalski * '' Shout at the Devil'' (1976) – Captain Joyce * ''

'' (1976) – Chancellor Goth * '' Brass Target'' (1978) – Shelley * '' Inside the Third Reich'' (1982) – Fritz Todt * ''

'' (1982) – Gen. Edgar * ''

'' (1995) – Balliol * '' Stone of Destiny'' (2008) – Archdeacon (final film role)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horsfall, Bernard 1930 births 2013 deaths Actors from East Hertfordshire District Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art English male film actors English male Shakespearean actors English male stage actors English male television actors Male actors from Hertfordshire People educated at Rugby School People from Bishop's Stortford Royal Shakespeare Company members