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name: "Bernard Horsfall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernard-horsfall"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 November 1930"
died: "28 January 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T11:12:53.159730+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 Horsfall

Actor. Born 30 November 1930 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. Died 28 January 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 November 1930, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 28 January 2013
- **Active:** 1969–1995
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 83 (1), 1990s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Horsfall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q822470, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395420/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10174

## Biography

Bernard Horsfall was an English actor of stage and screen. Born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, he was educated at Rugby School and trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art before beginning his career with Dundee Repertory Theatre.

He appeared in numerous television series and films from the late 1950s onwards, with roles including Campbell in *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969), General Edgar in *Gandhi* (1982), Balliol in *Braveheart* (1995), and multiple parts in *Doctor Who*. His stage work included productions at the Old Vic, with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the National Theatre. Horsfall died in 2013 on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Braveheart* (1995), Fi1m 68, as Balliol — [page](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md)
- *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969), Fi1m 83, as Campbell — [page](https://film.one/film/on-her-majestys-secret-service.md)

## Complete filmography (69)

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

- *Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour* (2024), as First Time Lord (archive footage)
- *Tales of the Tardis* (2023), series, as A Stranger / Gulliver
- *The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams* (2009), Acting
- *Stone of Destiny* (2008), as Archdeacon
- *Braveheart* (1995), as Balliol — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md)
- *Nice Town* (1992), series, as Peter Dobson
- *Between the Lines* (1992), series, Acting
- *Virtual Murder* (1992), series, as Professor Donn
- *Thatcher: The Final Days* (1991), as Alan Clark
- *For the Greater Good* (1991), series, as Prime Minister
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Harrington Pace
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1988), as Frankland
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Tom Baxter, Dr. Alex Upchurch, Gerald Lassiter
- *A Distant Scream* (1984), as Doctor
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Acting
- *Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense* (1984), series, as Doctor
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, as Frankland
- *Gandhi* (1982), as General Edgar — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md)
- *Inside the Third Reich* (1982), series, as Fritz Todt
- *Echoes of Louisa* (1981), series, as Roger
- *Juliet Bravo* (1980), series, as Jack Driscoll
- *Lady Killers* (1980), series, as Melford Stevenson, Q.C.
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Mr. Russel QC
- *Brass Target* (1978), as Shelley
- *Enemy at the Door* (1978), series, as Dr. Philip Martel
- *An Hour in the Life...* (1977), as Mervyn Marsh: The Editor
- *Jubilee 1977* (1977), series, as Mervyn Marsh
- *Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin* (1976), as Chancellor Goth
- *Beasts: The Dummy* (1976), as Clyde Boyd
- *Beasts* (1976), series, as Clyde Boyd
- *John Macnab* (1976), series, as John Palliser-Yeates
- *Shout at the Devil* (1976), as Captain Joyce
- *The Five Pound Orange* (1976), as Nigel
- *Red Letter Day* (1976), series, as Nigel
- *Gold* (1974), as Dave Kowalski
- *Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks* (1973), as Taron
- *Some Kind of Hero* (1972), Acting
- *Suspicion* (1971), series, as Klaus
- *The Persuaders!* (1971), series, as Gunar Christianson
- *Mr. Horatio Knibbles* (1971), as Mr. Bunting
- *Quest for Love* (1971), as Telford
- *Elizabeth R* (1971), series, as Sir Christopher Hatton
- *Doomwatch* (1970), series, as Steven Granger
- *Ivanhoe* (1970), series, as Black Knight
- *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969), as Campbell — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/on-her-majestys-secret-service.md)
- *Department S* (1969), series, as Captain Carter
- *Doctor Who: The War Games* (1969), as First Time Lord
- *1+1=1.5* (1969), as John Stewart
- *Doctor Who: The Mind Robber* (1968), as Gulliver
- *City '68* (1967), series, as Keith Lythgoe
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Fidel Castro
- *Guns at Batasi* (1964), as Schoolie
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Palethorpe
- *Detective* (1964), series, as Nigel Strangeways
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Chancellor Goth, Taron, A Stranger, Gulliver, First Time Lord — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as Bill Bast
- *Dr. Finlay's Casebook* (1962), series, Acting
- *Out of This World* (1962), series, as Dr Arthur Bailey
- *Family Solicitor* (1961), series, as Francis Naylor
- *Harpers West One* (1961), series, as Philip Nash
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Fox, Captain Smythe — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)
- *Pathfinders to Mars* (1960), series, as Professor Hawkins
- *Man in the Moon* (1960), as Rex
- *The Angry Silence* (1960), as Pryce-Evans
- *Cinderella* (1958), as Signor Benvenuto
- *The Steel Bayonet* (1958), as Pte. Livingstone
- *The One That Got Away* (1957), as Lieutenant - Kent
- *Dixon of Dock Green* (1955), series, as John Harris
- *Sunday Night Theatre* (1950), series, as Frank Barrett

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