---
name: "Bernard Atha"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernard-atha"
fi1m_id: "bernard-atha"
imdb_id: "nm0040381"
tmdb_id: 219652
wikidata_id: "Q42529929"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 August 1928"
died: "22 October 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:05:14.936080+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bernard Atha

## Identity

Bernard Atha

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bernard-atha
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bernard-atha
- **IMDb ID:** nm0040381
- **TMDB ID:** 219652
- **Wikidata ID:** Q42529929
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Atha, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42529929, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040381/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/219652

Actor. Born 27 August 1928 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 22 October 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 August 1928, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 22 October 2022
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Atha, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42529929, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040381/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/219652

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Kes*](https://film.one/film/kes.md) (88)

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## Biography

Bernard Atha (1928–2022) was an English actor and politician. He appeared in Ken Loach’s *Kes* (1969) as the Youth Employment Officer, and had small roles in the director’s *Family Life* (1971) and *Black Jack* (1979). His other screen credits include episodes of *All Creatures Great and Small*, *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* (as Dr Carthew), *Coronation Street*, *Emmerdale* and *Last of the Summer Wine*.

Atha was born and educated in Leeds, studying law at the University of Leeds. He combined acting with a long career in local government as a Labour councillor, serving for 57 years from 1957 until 2014 and as Lord Mayor of Leeds in 2000–01. He was appointed OBE in 1991 for services to sport, particularly for disabled people, and CBE in 2007 for services to the arts and the community in Leeds. He was also active in arts administration, including the establishment of the West Yorkshire Playhouse and Northern Ballet.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, telegraph.co.uk, thetimes.com, leeds.ac.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kes* (1970), Fi1m 88, as Youth Employment Officer — [page](https://film.one/film/kes.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Liam* (2001), as Teacher (uncredited)
- *The Cold War Killers* (1986), as Hotel Porter
- *The Beiderbecke Affair* (1985), series, as Returning Officer
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, as Dr Carthew
- *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, as Dr Carthew
- *The Road to 1984* (1984), as Shop Manager
- *The Lady's Maid's Bell* (1983), as Pharmacist
- *All Day on the Sands* (1979), Actor
- *Pickersgill People* (1978), series, as Edgar Dunkerley
- *The Spongers* (1978), as Councillor Conway
- *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978), series, as Jack Almond, Henry Dickson
- *It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet* (1976), as 2nd P.C.
- *Bill Brand* (1976), series, as Mr. Hollins
- *Days of Hope* (1975), series, as Vicar
- *Leeds United!* (1974), as Radio Reporter
- *There Is a Happy Land* (1974), as Park Ranger
- *Steps Back* (1973), as Porter
- *Kisses at Fifty* (1973), as Social Security Man
- *Family Life* (1971), Actor
- *The Rank and File* (1971), as Personnel Officer
- *Kes* (1970), as Youth Employment Officer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/kes.md)

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