Richard Braine (born 1956) is a British television actor, playwright, and theatre director. One of his most recognisable roles was that of Augustus "Gussie" Fink-Nottle in the ITV television third and fourth series ''

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'' based on the P.G. Wodehouse novels. In an earlier episode of the first series, he played the character Rupert Steggles. In Germany, Braine is known for appearing in a series of adverts for the Dinkel-Mini snack, after an outtake of his work on an advert for the brand appeared on a television

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s programme and he was asked back to appear in subsequent ads.Maxwell, Dominic (21 October 2006)
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''The Times''. His varied television career includes parts in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Brittas Empire'' and '' So What Now?'' and he has appeared in film roles in '' Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'' (2004), '' Finding Neverland'' (2004) and '' Calendar Girls'' (2003). He also played the character of XP, a space alien that loves prawn crisps who comes down to earth in the

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schools programme ''The Experimenter'' to understand Earth life from Sarah, a schoolgirl friend played by Nadia Williams. In 1997 Braine wrote and performed a one-man play, ''Being There With Peter Sellers'', in which he played the actor who after attempting to stop another man's suicide finds himself reflecting on his own life. He also wrote ''Bedding Clay Jones'' and ''Sexing Alan Titchmarsh'' (2001). In 2006 Braine directed Steve Martin’s play '' The Underpants'', his adaptation of ''The Trousers (play) Die Hose'' by Carl Sternheim, at The Old Red Lion, Islington. In 2016 he appeared as Henry Kirkov in the BBC series '' Father Brown'' episode 4.4 "The Crackpot of the Empire". Theatre roles include Ratty in ''

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'' at the

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. He also played a vicar in '' As Time Goes By''. In April 2020, he appeared in an episode of the

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soap opera '' Doctors'' as Bernie Sutton.

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* * 1956 births Living people English male television actors English male film actors Male actors from Somerset People from Portishead, Somerset Actors from North Somerset {{UK-tv-actor-1950s-stub