# Roger Brierley

David Roger Brierley (2 June 1935 – 23 September 2005) was an English actor. He appeared in dozens of television productions over a forty-year period.

## Career

Brierley twice appeared in Doctor Who, as Trevor in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965) and as the voice of Drathro in The Mysterious Planet (1986).
Brierley appeared in the biopic Jinnah based on the life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976) as Mr. Thoneycroft in episode 6, and in the Granada television series Jeeves and Wooster as Sir Roderick Glossop.
Brierley played the part of Osborne in the 1977 episode "Suddenly At Home" in the TV series Rising Damp. He was also in an Only Fools and Horses episode in 1982 ("Diamonds Are for Heather").
Brierley portrayed Michael Palin's Latin teacher in a 1979 episode of Ripping Yarns entitled Roger of the Raj. In 1987 he played Reverend Phelps in East of Ipswich, also written by Palin. In 1988 he appeared with Palin and John Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda as Archie Leach's secretary, Davidson.
Brierley worked on several occasions with Victoria Wood such as in her play Nearly a Happy Ending, in the early series Wood and Walters and her 1994 TV film Pat and Margaret. In a nod to her previous work with Brierley, Wood named a character after him in her 2006 TV film Housewife, 49.
Brierley'a later work also included portraying John Biffen in the TV dramatisation of The Alan Clark Diaries (2004). He also played the hotel manager in "Mr. Bean in Room 426".

## Personal life

Brierley was a supporter of Manchester United and was a founding member of Shareholders United Against Murdoch.

## Death

Brierley died of a heart attack on 23 September 2005.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1980 | Superman II | Terrorist #1 |
| 1983 | The Wicked Lady | Clergyman at Tyburn |
| 1985 | Young Sherlock Holmes | Mr. Holmes |
| 1987 | East of Ipswich | Reverend Phelps |
| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | Davidson |
| 1990 | Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother | Hotel Manager |
| 1994 | A Business Affair | Barrister |
| 1996 | Beaumarchais | Printer |
| 1998 | Monk Dawson | Fr Francis |
| 1998 | Jinnah | Judge |
| 2000 | The Calling | Reverend |
| 2001 | Bodywork | District judge |
| 2002 | Ali G Indahouse | Town Hall Official |
| 2002 | About a Boy | Mr. Chalmers, the M.C. |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1965 | The Likely Lads | Julian | Episode: "Last of the Big Spenders" |
| 1971 | Kindly Leave the Kerb | | Episode: "The Collection" |
| 1969–1975 | Z Cars | Francis Headmaster | 2 episodes |
| 1975 | Out of the Trees | Various | Pilot |
| 1976 | The Sweeney | Psychiatrist | Episode: "On The Run" |
| 1976 | Coronation Street | Lanky Potts | 3 episodes |
| 1977 | Rising Damp | Osborne | Episode: "Suddenly at Home" |
| 1974–1978 | Crown Court | Roy White PC Lakin | 3 episodes |
| 1979 | Telford's Change | Reverend John Kenton | 3 episodes |
| 1979 | Kids | Dr. Benton | 3 episodes |
| 1980 | The Goodies | Park Attendant | Episode: "U-Friend or UFO?" |
| 1982 | Only Fools and Horses | Brian | Episode: "Diamonds Are for Heather" |
| 1983 | Mr. Right | Bank manager | 4 episodes |
| 1982–1984 | Shine on Harvey Moon | Mr. Compton | 6 episodes |
| 1966–1986 | Doctor Who | Drathro (voice) Trevor | 5 episodes |
| 1987 | Screen Two | Reverend Phelps | Episode: "East of Ipswich" |
| 1988 | A Very British Coup | Thomas Andrews MP | 2 episodes |
| 1987–1989 | Ffizz | Rawlins | 3 episodes |
| 1990–1991 | Jeeves and Wooster | Sir Roderick Glossop | 3 episodes |
| 1991 | Bottom | Sir Roger Cobham | "Apocalypse" |
| 1982–1991 | Minder | Cyril Donald | 2 episodes |
| 1979–1992 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Mr. Cursitor Roach | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Mr. Bean | Hotel Manager | Episode: "Mr. Bean in Room 426" |
| 1989–1994 | Screen One | Hotel Manager Air Vice-Marshall Julian Brind | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | Surgical Spirit | Professor of dentistry | Series 7 Episode 6: Kicking against the pricks |
| 2000 | Innocents | Dr. John Roylance | Television film |
| 2001 | London's Burning | Vicar | Episode: #13.11 |