Brian Glover

At 63 years old, Brian Glover has this physical status:

Brian Glover (born in 1934, 1904 – 1996) was an English character actor, writer, and wrestler.

Glover was a professional wrestler, mentor, and then a film, television, and stage actor.

"You play to your strengths in this game, and my forte is as a bald-headed, rough-looking Yorkshireman," he said.

Personal life

Glover was married twice, secondly to television actress Tara Prem, the niece of TV actor Bakhshi Prem, on October 2nd, 1996. He had two children, one daughter from his first marriage and one boy from his second marriage. Glover developed a brain tumor in September 1996 and underwent an operation to fix it. The tumor was removed and it seemed he had made a full recovery, but Glover died in his sleep in a London hospital on July 24, 1997. On the 30th of July 1997, he was buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

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Early life and wrestling career

Glover was born at the Women's Hospital in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, and he lived in Sheffield until 1937, when his parents moved to Lundwood near Barnsley. Charles Glover, his father, was a wrestler who appeared as "the Red Devil" in the film "The Red Devil." He attended Barnsley Grammar School and the University of Sheffield, where he supplemented his student grant with appearances as a professional wrestler, earning him the nickname "Leon Arras the Man From Paris." He used the name of a wrestler who didn't turn up to a match one night, for whom Glover was involved. A lot of comedies were incorporated into his wrestling style, including the catchphrase "ask 'im ref" and "oow so much later."

He married Elaine Foster, his first wife, in 1954, and became a mentor at the Barnsley school where he had been a pupil. He taught English and French from 1954 to 1970, some of which were taught at Longcar Central School, Barnsley, where he met Barry Hines, who was also teaching there. He managed to blend this with regular appearances as "Leon Arras," his appearances included fights on World of Sport, Milan, Zurich, and Barcelona.

Acting career

Mr Sugden, the comedically overbearing sports instructor in Ken Loach's film Kes, was Glover's first acting gig (askept him to the director after Barry Hines, who wrote the script, recommended him). Glover, who was untrained, turned into a versatile and adaptable character actor, who used techniques he learned during his wrestling career. His large bald head, solid build, and a soaring voice, as well as his Yorkshire accent, earned him a number of roles as tough guys and criminals.

He appeared in A Midsummer Night's Dream (BBC TV, 1981) and appeared in Porridge as dim-witted prisoner Cyril Heslop, who allegedly reveals the famous phrase "I read a book once!" It was green. In a long-running series of television advertisements for Tetley tea, including the "gaffer" of Allinson bread, and the voice of "Big Pig," the mascot for the long-running Now That's What I Call Music, he performed Quilp in The Old Curiosity Shop, and lent his voice to a number of animated characters, including the voice behind the advertising slogan "Bread wi' nowt taken out" for Allinson bread. The album collection on television commercials for Now 3, Now 4 and Now 5. In 1942: A Love Story, he appeared in An American Werewolf in London. In three of them as part of a recurring trio of Yorkshiremen, Shakespeare or Bust, and Three for the Fancy, he appeared seven times in Play for Today.

Glover's appearance in Kess led to appearances at the Royal Court Theatre, London, including in Lindsay Anderson's "The Changing Room (1971). In As You Like It, Charles the wrestler (and, drawing on his wrestling experience, the fight arranger) in As You Like It) and a robust Peter in Romeo and Juliet followed a season with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the United Kingdom. He appeared in The Mysteries (as God, bringing the world with the support of a real fork-lift truck), Saint Joan and Don Quixote.

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His role in The Mysteries gained more experience in the corporate theatre. The Canterbury Tales ("Chaucer wi' nowt taken owt") (West End) was followed by a return to television and the Play for Today series, as both a writer and performer and, in turn, more screen roles. Glover produced Death Angel, a horror themed episode of Theatre Box that aired in 1981. In the Doctor Who story Attack of the Cybermen, Lugg, the endearing rogue manservant to Albert Campion, was a part of the series, as well as the part of a crook, Griffiths. In the original London cast of La Cage aux Folles, Edouard Dindon appeared as Edouard Dindon. He appeared in the second episode of Bottom as the vivacious neighbor Mr Rottweiler. He appeared in Up 'n' Under (1998), a rugby league comedy that came at the end of his life. In 1995 and 1996, he was also the voice for the UNO Upholstery TV ads.

Glover has also written over 20 plays and short films. He appeared in series six of Friday Night Saturday Morning, a late-night BBC chat show, in 1982.

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