Bryan Pringle
Date of birth: 1935-01-19
Place of birth: Glascote, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Bryan Pringle was an English character actor who appeared for several decades in television, film and theatre productions.
Movie Credits
Brazil
1985-02-20
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydr
My Kingdom for a Horse
1991-03-12
Steve Deakin teaches history and is a foot soldier in the Sealed Knot Society. In a fortnight betwee
French Dressing
1964-04-10
A deck-chair attendant at a British resort promotes a film festival featuring a French sexpot.
The Boy Friend
1971-12-16
When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager i
Drowning by Numbers
1988-09-10
Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and, in the ensuing cover-up, enlists the help of lonel
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960-10-27
A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, o
3 Men and a Little Lady
1990-11-21
Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. W
Bird Fancier
1985-01-15
There's big money in pigeon racing if you've got a fast flyer, and Joe Desmond's blue-pied hen is a
Roots
1992-11-28
Presentation of Arnold Wesker's play of the 1950s. A young girl returns to her family home in Norfol
Soul Music
1997-05-12
The young druid Imp y Celyn comes to Ankh-Morpork to become a famous musician, but a new guitar from
All Forgotten
2001-09-18
A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates, her older suitors i
American Friends
1991-03-22
Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline
Turtle Diary
1985-12-06
Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their
Ring of Spies
1964-03-23
The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy
Towers of Babel
1981-07-09
A BAFTA award nominated black comedy about life and death in a London tower block.
Getting It Right
1989-05-05
Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it the
What the Butler Saw
1987-05-23
White golliwogs, cross-dressing coppers, bellboy rapists, insanity, incest, and Winston Churchill’s
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975-11-07
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of d
Cruel Train
1995-12-22
In wartime England, railway official Ruben Roberts discovers that his wife was sexually abused as a
The Sundowners
1960-12-08
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep dro
The Steal
1995-05-05
A young American computer hackeress is hired by a liberal British lawyer to right the wrong done to
This Office Life
1984-12-30
On arrival at British Albion, Mr Gryce felt that his lack of ambition would be completely fulfilled.
The Challenge
1960-05-17
Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (A
The Day Grandad Went Blind
1998-09-02
An elderly man with failing eyesight attends his brother funeral. He discovers a lottery ticket in h
Some Enchanted Evening
1978-01-05
Comedy in which a young Geordie, Peter, is put under pressure by his fiancee who wants him to name t
A Night on the Tyne
1989-07-12
When four shipbuilders are made redundant they decide that as a protest they will launch the ship th
Olly's Prison
1993-05-01
"When you marry, have kids...you'll still be in that chair." An ordinary city flat. Evening. A man t
Always on Sunday
1965-06-28
Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.
Consuming Passions
1988-04-06
Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic acci
The Brain
1962-09-05
After the mysterious crash of a millionaire's private plane, scientists secretly harvest the dying m
Penine Man
1978-04-14
In Stalybridge, middle-aged scoutmaster Kenneth "Kim" McGrath begins to crack up under the strain
A Box of Swan
1990-10-09
A moving and unusual film about a young man who returns to his Liverpool roots for his father's fune
H.M.S. Defiant
1962-04-15
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty
Lawrence of Arabia
1962-12-11
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the div
Haunted Honeymoon
1986-07-25
Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced
Those Glory Glory Days
1983-11-17
Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first
Shoreleave
1987-01-01
Inspired by true events. Billy (Phil Daniels) comes home on shore leave from the Royal Navy, and dis
Jabberwocky
1977-03-28
After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventu
B. Monkey
1999-07-15
When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her sec
Berserk!
1967-11-01
A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
Bullshot
1983-10-27
The dashing Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond - WWI ace fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver
On Giant's Shoulders
1979-03-28
The true story of Terry Wiles, born with no limbs in 1962 as a result of his mother's use of the dru
Dog Ends
1984-07-17
A middle-aged man is feeling the strain of looking after his elderly grandfather, who is demanding a
Henry V
1979-12-23
Insulted by the Dauphin, the newly-crowned King Henry V gathers his troops for war. But Henry must c
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
1999-10-26
On a vital military mission for the Allies, Indy comes across a disease-ravaged African village and
Pleasure
1994-10-25
Alan Bleasdale's modern re-telling of Madame Bovary. A tale of passion, greed, revenge, and of cours
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
1986-09-17
Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods.
Henry IV Part 2
1979-12-16
The death of King Henry the Fourth and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth.
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
1997-07-18
When young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by an
Still Waters
1972-01-13
A middle-aged couple who are fairly tired of each other go out on a picnic for the day. However, the
Diamonds for Breakfast
1968-12-01
Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were over
How I Won the War
1967-10-18
An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Eu
Spare the Rod
1961-05-23
It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a
Detective Waiting
1971-09-14
A cat and mouse game develops between a big man of crime and a young detective constable. But the bi
Spring and Port Wine
1970-10-02
A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives
Ladies' Night
1986-12-06
A tradition-bound gentlemen's club is thrown into chaos when women are allowed in during "ladies' ni
Restoration
1995-12-29
An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and save
Top Deck
1962-01-01
A white bus conductress is attracted by one of her regular passengers, a black serviceman, but then
Crimestrike
1990-10-01
What would happen if the nation’s criminals decided to go on strike? A comedy drama based on an idea
There Is a Happy Land
1974-05-05
Keith Waterhouse's near autobiographical tale about characters from his childhood.
The Diary of a Nobody
1964-12-12
Ken Russell's silent film treatment of the 19th century comic novel by the Brothers Grossmith - Geor
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1998-03-08
Thomas Hardy's classic epic remains one of the most popular novels, this TV adaptation vividly depic
The Bulldog Breed
1960-12-13
Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After
The Early Bird
1965-11-30
Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a
A Crack in the Ice
1985-08-06
A comedy about injustice set in St Petersburg in 1839. The Tsar has tightened up security and mounte
Thrills Galore
1972-09-04
They were all there for the beer. (BBC Genome)
Darkness Falls
1999-08-27
A tragic accident leaves behind a desperate husband looking for answers - and revenge. Mark and Sall
The Storyteller: A Story Short
The Storyteller recounts the time he was caught making a fool of the royal cook and, as punishment m