Brian Blessed OBE ( born 9 October 1936) is an English actor. He is known for his distinctive bushy beard, booming voice, and exuberant personality and performances. He portrayed PC "Fancy" Smith in Z-Cars; Augustus in the 1976 BBC television production of I, Claudius; King Richard IV in the first series of Blackadder; Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon; Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy in the 1981 original London production of
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
⭐ 0Devil's Harvest
⭐ 1.6Hamlet
⭐ 7.3Flash Gordon
⭐ 6.2Henry V
⭐ 7.149Back in Business
⭐ 4.2Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
⭐ 6.9Much Ado About Nothing
⭐ 6.9Into Infinity
⭐ 3.7A Christmas Carol
⭐ 6.6Old Rococo: The Life of Gioacchino Rossini
⭐ 0The Last Valley
⭐ 6.6Till Death Us Do Part
⭐ 7.2Tarzan
⭐ 7.394Wine of India
⭐ 0The Trojan Women
⭐ 6.1The Mumbo Jumbo
⭐ 0Cosmic Princess
⭐ 4.1The Conclave
⭐ 6.2Catherine the Great
⭐ 5.7MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis
⭐ 6.219The Castle of Adventure
⭐ 7.5Henry VIII and His Six Wives
⭐ 5.8The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
⭐ 6.503The Dark Side of Everest
⭐ 10The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
⭐ 0Exam Conditions
⭐ 0Kidnapped
⭐ 6.3Freddie as F.R.O.7.
⭐ 5.1Brotherly Love
⭐ 5.9The Master of Ballantrae
⭐ 6Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
⭐ 7.6Wojtek: The Bear That Went to War
⭐ 6.5Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
⭐ 2Prisoner of Honor
⭐ 6.2The Seventeenth Kind
⭐ 0Macbeth
⭐ 4Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
⭐ 6.3High Road to China
⭐ 5.8Galahad of Everest
⭐ 6Man of La Mancha
⭐ 6.6The Bruce
⭐ 6.2Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
⭐ 0Day of Wrath
⭐ 4.2LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
⭐ 6.3Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
⭐ 6.556Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
⭐ 10Genius: Pythagoras
⭐ 0The Old Man Of The Mountain
⭐ 9The Greatest Store in the World
⭐ 4.8Tales of Television Centre
⭐ 8The Double Agent
⭐ 0The Eagle Has Landed
⭐ 6.635King Arthur, the Young Warlord
⭐ 7The Christmas Tree
⭐ 7Brian Cox: Space, Time & Videotape
⭐ 0Back in the USSR
⭐ 3.5Blood and Dust
⭐ 0Alexander
⭐ 5.94King Lear
⭐ 0Mr. Bojagi
⭐ 0Peppa's Cinema Party
⭐ 4Chasing the Deer
⭐ 5The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
⭐ 0As You Like It
⭐ 5.7So You Want To Be A Pirate!
⭐ 6.3The Hound of the Baskervilles
⭐ 6.5Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
⭐ 4Shed of the Dead
⭐ 4.9Life After Flash
⭐ 5.895448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas
⭐ 0Robin Hood: The Rebellion
⭐ 4.951David Macaulay: Roman City
⭐ 9David Macaulay: Cathedral
⭐ 0David Macaulay: Pyramid
⭐ 0David Macaulay: Castle
⭐ 6The Legend of the Tamworth Two
⭐ 3The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
⭐ 0Eugenius!
⭐ 8.5I, Claudius: A Television Epic
⭐ 7Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
⭐ 7.5Doctor Who: Mindwarp
⭐ 7Dear Mr. Burton
⭐ 0A Midsummer Nightmare
⭐ 0Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
⭐ 8Son of Man
⭐ 0Agent Crush
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