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''. He succeeded

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'', later returning to play "Harold" a carpet layer who put in some carpets for Hilda Ogden, and Jimmy Kemp's father in the acclaimed nuclear war drama '' Threads''. Brierly died of

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on 10 June 2008.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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* 1935 births 2008 deaths Deaths from cancer in England English male television actors English male voice actors Male actors from Yorkshire 20th-century English male actors {{UK-tv-actor-1930s-stub