Bernard Bresslaw

Known for Acting

Bernard Bresslaw's portrait

Details

Birthday: February 25, 1934

Deathday: June 11, 1993

Place of birth: Stepney, London, England, UK

Biography

A RADA scholar who was spotted by Laurence Olivier, Bernard Bresslaw got professional security from the "Carry On" films but was typecast (as TV's The Army Game (1957) had done earlier). He was beginning to extend himself through stage work when, in 1993, just before a performance in "The Taming Of The Shrew" in Regent's Park, London, he had a heart attack and died at the age of 59.