Bruce Alexander (actor)

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{{Infobox person

| name = Bruce Alexander

| birth_name = Bruce John Alexander

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|5|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Watford, Hertfordshire, England

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1972–present

| known_for = Superintendent Norman Mullett in A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)

}}

Bruce John Alexander (born 28 May 1946) is a British actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Superintendent Norman Mullett in the ITV television series A Touch of Frost, in which he plays the superior of the main character Jack Frost, played by David Jason.

Life and career

Alexander was born on 28 May 1946 in Watford, Hertfordshire, and has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He played Ferdinand in the 1989 production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi. In November 2016, he was in a "Read Not Dead" performance of Beaumont and Fletcher's The Coxcomb at the Sam Wanamaker theatre on Bankside.

In 1990, he appeared as a doctor in the first episode of the comedy Keeping Up Appearances (entitled "Daddy's Accident"), and has also featured in episodes of numerous TV series, including The Bill, Casualty, EastEnders, Midsomer Murders and Doc Martin. In 1997, Alexander had a small role in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies.

In 2013, he played the character of Peter Bachman in several episodes of the TV series Love and Marriage, including "The Elephant in the Room", "Secrets & Lies", "Alarm!" and "Huge Weekend for the Paradise Family".

Alexander's radio credits include the role of Mike in Westway, the BBC World Service soap opera which ran from 1997 to 2005,[http://www.bslbt.co.uk/drama/coming_home/biographies/bruce_alexander/ Drama > Coming Home > Biographies – BSLBT] and the role of Doc de Salis in the BBC dramatisation of the John le Carré novel The Honourable Schoolboy.{{Cite web

|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00q0h3y

|accessdate =26 October 2013

|publisher =BBC

|title =The Complete Smiley – The Karla Trilogy, Book 2: The Honourable Schoolboy}}

Alexander is the president of the Haddenham Museum in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire[http://www.thametoday.co.uk/news/Big-weekend-to-mark-Haddenham.4649544.jp Big weekend to mark Haddenham museum's birthday – Thame Today] and is also a patron of Thame Players Theatre in Thame, Oxfordshire.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thameplayers.co.uk|title=The Players Theatre, Thame.|last=|first=|date=|website=Thame Players Theatre|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808100017/http://www.thameplayers.co.uk:80/ |archive-date=8 August 2007 |access-date=}}

In 2019, Alexander appeared in the BBC soap opera Doctors as Ray Hopkins. In 2022, he appeared as recurring character Doug in Catherine Tate's six-part mockumentary sitcom Hard Cell, released on Netflix.{{Cite web |last=Ekong |first=Uduak-Abasi |date=2022-04-12 |title='Hard Cell': Release Date, Cast, Trailer, and Everything You Need to Know |url=https://collider.com/hard-cell-everything-you-need-to-know-trailer-release-date-cast-netflix/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=Collider |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=2021-07-30 |title='Hard Cell': Netflix Rounds Out Cast For Catherine Tate Prison Comedy Series |url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/hard-cell-netflix-rounds-out-cast-catherine-tate-1234806563/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Partial filmography

Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Film
1980	The Long Good Friday	Mac
1982	Giro City	GNH Lawyer
1982	Give Us This Day	SDF man
1990	Father	Det. Sgt Racine
1993	Century	Interrogator
1994	Ladybird, Ladybird	Lawyer
1994	Nostradamus	Paul
1997	Tomorrow Never Dies	Captain (HMS Chester)
2000	Between Two Women	Mr. Butterworth, Headmaster
2005	The Trial of the King Killers	John Downes
2009	A Short Stay in Switzerland	Doctor	TV film
2011	All's Well that Ends Well

Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Television
1983	The Professionals	Detective	1 episode: The Ojuka Situation
1997	Woof!	Mr. Dobkin	1 episode: Testing Times.
2006	Heartbeat	Mr. Stevens	1 episode: Keeping Secrets.
2019–2022 \|Gentleman Jack \|Mr. Parker \|9 episodes
2022 \|Hard Cell \|Doug \|

References

External links

{{IMDb name|id=0018297|name=Bruce Alexander}}
[https://theatricalia.com/person/5b6/bruce-alexander Bruce Alexander] at Theatricalia

Category:1946 births

Category:Living people

Category:20th-century English male actors

Category:21st-century English male actors

Category:English male stage actors

Category:English male television actors

Category:Male actors from Watford