Bernard Archard

Bernard Joseph Archard (20 August 1916 – 1 May 2008) was an English actor who made many film and television appearances.

Early life and career Archard was born in Fulham, London, where his father Alfred James Aloysius, who was born in Marylebone, was a jeweller. Bernard's paternal grandfather Alfred Charles Archard and great grandfather Henry Archard were clockmakers, watchmakers and jewellers in Mayfair, London during the 1800s. He was the maternal grandson of James Matthew Littleboy, Mayor of Fulham from 1906 to 1907. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and in summer 1939 he appeared in the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park production of Twelfth Night. His TV guest appearances include two roles in Doctor Who (as Bragen in The Power of the Daleks and as Marcus Scarman in Pyramids of Mars); a regular role in Emmerdale; plus appearances in The Children of the New Forest (the 1964 BBC edition), Dixon of Dock Green, Danger Man, The Avengers, Z-Cars, Paul Temple, Upstairs, Downstairs, Callan, Rumpole of the Bailey, Crown Court, The Professionals, Bergerac, Sir Francis Drake and Keeping Up Appearances.

Film Archard appeared in over fifty films, including Village of the Damned (1960), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), Play Dirty (1968), Run a Crooked Mile (1969), The Horror of Frankenstein (1970), Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1971), Dad's Army (1971), The Day of the Jackal (1973), The Sea Wolves (1980), Krull (1983) and King Solomon's Mines (1985).

Stage Archard and his long term partner, James Belchamber, ran a touring repertory company, based in Torquay, which included Hilda Braid among its players.

Filmography