---
name: "Bernard Holley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernard-holley"
fi1m_id: "bernard-holley"
imdb_id: "nm0390994"
tmdb_id: 41960
wikidata_id: "Q2898058"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 August 1940"
died: "22 November 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-10T18:46:06.095145+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."
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# Bernard Holley

## Identity

Bernard Holley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bernard-holley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bernard-holley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0390994
- **TMDB ID:** 41960
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2898058
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Holley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2898058, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41960

Actor. Born 9 August 1940 in Eastcote, Middlesex, England, UK. Died 22 November 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 August 1940, Eastcote, Middlesex, England, UK
- **Died:** 22 November 2021
- **Active:** 1962–2007
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Holley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2898058, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41960

## Biography

Bernard Holley (1940–2021) was a British actor whose career spanned more than six decades. He trained at Rose Bruford College and made his first professional stage appearance at the Theatre Royal, Lincoln, in 1963.

He came to prominence as PC Newcombe in the BBC police series *Z-Cars* (1967–1971). Other television roles included Peter Haydon and the Axon Man in *Doctor Who* (1967, 1971), Mr Hurst in *Please Sir!* (1971–1972), Detective Inspector Mike Turnbull in *The Gentle Touch* (1982–1984), and Chief Constable in *A Touch of Frost* (1999, 2003). Film credits included the News Reporter in *Brick Lane* (2007) and Bobby in *Travels with My Aunt* (1972).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Brick Lane* (2007), Fi1m 64, as News Reporter — [page](https://film.one/film/brick-lane.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *By Lethe Betrayed* (2016), as Harold Bellamy
- *A Voice to Die For* (2013), as Jeff Brogan
- *Z Cars: A Lot of Fuss About Light* (2010), as Bill Newcombe
- *Brick Lane* (2007), as News Reporter — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/brick-lane.md)
- *Ahead of the Class* (2005), as Bill Stubbs
- *The Goodbye Plane* (2003), as George
- *Barbara* (1999), series, as Mr. Stubbs
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Chief Constable — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)
- *Thatcher: The Final Days* (1991), as Paddy Ashdown
- *Birds of a Feather* (1989), series, as Richard
- *French Fields* (1989), series, as Skipper
- *After Henry* (1988), series, as Inspector Carson, DI Carson
- *Taggart* (1983), series, Actor
- *Now And Then* (1983), series, as Peter Elston - Now
- *Dinosaurs: Fun, Fact and Fantasy* (1982), Actor
- *Minor Complications* (1980), as Dr Whitemore
- *Mackenzie* (1980), series, as Tony Duggan
- *The Gentle Touch* (1980), series, as DI Mike Turnbull
- *A Question of Guilt* (1980), series, as Spriggs
- *Why Can't I Go Home?* (1979), series, as Mr. Foster
- *The Phoenix and the Carpet* (1976), series, as Burglar
- *The Deadly Females* (1976), as Roger
- *Clayhanger* (1976), series, as Charlie Orgreave
- *Carry On Laughing* (1975), series, as Captain
- *Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are* (1974), as Paul Eastman
- *Thriller* (1973), series, as Paul Eastman
- *Travels with My Aunt* (1972), as Bobby
- *The Bristol Entertainment* (1971), as Jack / Humphrey / Davey / Whitson / Chatterson
- *Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos* (1971), as Axon Man
- *Elizabeth R* (1971), series, as Gilbert Gifford
- *1+1=1.5* (1969), as TV Announcer
- *Please Sir!* (1968), series, as Mr. John Hurst
- *Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen* (1967), as Peter Haydon
- *Public Eye* (1965), series, as Mr. Brown
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Peter Haydon, Axon Man · 1st Radar Operator — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, as PC Bill Newcombe

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