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. As a conscientious objector during the Second World War, he worked on Quaker land. At the Edinburgh Festival in 1948, in a production of the Glyndebourne Children's Theatre, he met fellow actor James Belchamber, who was his partner for nearly 60 years.
Television Archard's first major television role, reprising the like-titled radio show, was playing Lt Col. Oreste Pinto in the BBC wartime drama series Spycatcher, which ran for four seasons between 1959 and 1961. 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,Obituary at The Independent. Retrieved 26 December 2013. ran a touring repertory company, based in Torquay, which included Hilda Braid among its players. On the West End stage he appeared at Her Majesty's Theatre as a magistrate in the Terence Rattigan play Cause Célèbre and in The Case of the Oily Levantine by Anthony Shaffer.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1957 A Woman of Property Dr. Pickford TV movie1958 Black Furrow Harper Documentary The Diary of Samuel Pepys Master Moore 2 episodes Mary Britten, M.D. Councillor Pyke 5 episodes The Secret Man Inspector Corridors of Blood Hospital Official1960 Village of the Damned Vicar Danger Man Doctor Bryant Episode: The Leak1961 The Clue of the New Pin Superintendent Carver Two Letter Alibi Duke Man Detained Detective Inspector Verity1962 The Second Mrs Tanqueray Cayley Drummie TV movie A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing Barney Fincham TV movie The Password Is Courage 1st Prisoner of War Flat Two Trainer1963 The List of Adrian Messenger Inspector Pike Silent Playground Inspector Duffy 1964 Edgar Wallace Mysteries Michael Forrest Face of a Stranger episode 1965-1968 The Avengers Desmond Leeming/Dr. Constantine 2 episodes 1966/1975 Doctor Who Bragen/Marcus Scarman 10 episodes 1966 The Spy with a Cold Nose Russian Intelligence Chief 1968 The Mini-Affair Sir Basil Grinling 1968-1970 Mystery and Imagination Professor Van Helsing/The President 2 episodes1969 Play Dirty Colonel Homerton The File of the Golden Goose Collins Tower of London: The Innocent Earl of Oxford TV movie Run a Crooked Mile Business Spokesman TV movie1970 Fragment of Fear Priest Song of Norway George Nordraak The Horror of Frankenstein Professor Heiss1971 Dad's Army Major General Fullard The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Dr. Davidson Episode: A Message from the Deep Sea Macbeth Angus 1972 The Adventures of Black Beauty Bulov Episode: The Duel1973 The Day of the Jackal Detective Hughes Upstairs, Downstairs Col Harry Tewksbury Episode: What the Footman Saw 1974 Crown Matrimonial Geoffrey Dawson TV movie1975 The Hiding Place Lieutenant Rahms The Legend of Robin Hood Sir Richard of the Lea Miniseries 1976 Smuga Cienia Captain Elis 1977 Philby, Burgess and Maclean Graves TV movie 1979 Churchill and the Generals Edward, Lord Halifax TV movie1980 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Donado TV movie The Sea Wolves Underhill A Tale of Two Cities Court President TV movie 1982 Inside the Third Reich Dr. Hans Flachsner TV movie1983 Separate Tables Mr. Fowler Krull Eirig Al-Mas' Ala Al-Kubra Sir Percy Cox Number 10 Duke of Wellington 1985 King Solomon's Mines Professor Huston Uncredited 1986 God's Outlaw Sir Thomas More 1990 Hidden Agenda Sir Robert Neil 1991 Keeping Up Appearances Hotel Guest Episode: Golfing with the Major 1992-1994 Emmerdale Leonard Kempinski 23 episodes
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Obituary at The Independent Obituary at The Guardian Obituary at The Times