Bruce Bould
{{Short description|English actor (1949–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
Bruce Robert Bould (19 May 1949 – 15 May 2023) was an English actor best known for playing David Harris-Jones in the television sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin from 1976 to 1979.
Career
Bould was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, to parents who were both actors, and began his acting career aged 17 at the Birmingham Repertory in a production of Crack in the Ice in September 1966.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1155/bruce-bould |title=Bruce Bould past productions|website=theatricalia.com |access-date=20 November 2022}} He joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA),{{Cite web|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/bruce-bould/|title=Bruce Bould — RADA|website=rada.ac.uk|access-date=20 November 2022}} as a student, graduating with a Diploma in acting in 1969.
Best known for playing David Harris-Jones in the television sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0c05b87|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122104523/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0c05b87|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2021|title=Bruce Bould|website=BFI|access-date=20 November 2022}} His character was one of C.J.'s "yes" men, extremely shy, lacked confidence, with low self-esteem, whose catchphrase was a simple "Super!"{{cite web|author= |url= http://www.leonardrossiter.com/reginaldperrin/BiogsMain.html#BOULD |title=Reggie Online - Biographies of Main Cast |website=LeonardRossiter.com |accessdate=2017-07-06}}
In 1972 he met and married actress Theresa Watson, who also starred in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, playing David's wife Prue in Series Three and Four.
Other television credits include Z-Cars, The Good Life, The New Avengers, To the Manor Born, Shelley, Howards' Way, Drop the Dead Donkey and As Time Goes By.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=19655|title=Bruce Bould|website=aveleyman.com|access-date=20 November 2022}}
Bould was a regular on stage throughout the 70's, in plays such as Clever Soldiers, in 1974 at the Hampstead Theatre Club, and A Family And A Fortune, at the Theatre Royal, Bath in 1975 with Alec Guinness.
Bould died on 15 May 2023, at the age of 73.{{cite web |title=Bruce Bould |url=https://www.bafta.org/heritage/in-memory-of/bruce-bould |website=BAFTA |access-date=19 April 2024}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1982
| David Harris-Jones | TV film |
| 1999
| The Alchemists | Obstetrician | TV film |
| 2010
| Reg | Dad | Short |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1969
| Slaves, Citizens and Soldiers | Episode: "Julius Caesar" |
| rowspan="2"|1972
| Z-Cars | Kenneth Fielding | Episode: "Witness" |
| rowspan="2"|Thirty-Minute Theatre
| | Episode: "Bypass" |
| rowspan="4"|1973
| McNiece | Episode: "Swamp Music" |
| Six Days of Justice
| PC Pugh | Episode: "We'll Support You Evermore" |
| Play for Today
| Prisoner | Episode: "The Stretch" |
| Van der Valk
| Sitskoorn | Episode: "A Dangerous Point of View" |
| rowspan="4"|1974
| Technician | Episode: "Sounds Sinister" |
| New Scotland Yard
| Roy | Episode: "Comeback" |
| QB VII
| O'Conner | Mini-series |
| Village Hall
| Colin Powell | Episode: "There'll Almost Always Be an England" |
| rowspan="2"|1975
| William Bradford | Episode: "America! America!" |
| The Good Life
| Guy | Episode: "The Guru of Surbiton" |
| rowspan="2"|1976
| Hadleigh | Bob Whiteside | Episode: "Favours" |
| The New Avengers
| Froggart | Episode: "The Midas Touch" |
| 1976-1979
| The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | David Harris-Jones | Series regular |
| 1978
| The Honeymooner | Episode: "Vive la différence" |
| 1979
| | 1 episode |
| 1980
| Detective Inspector Tom Casey | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|1981
| Prisoners of Conscience | Man on Boat | Episode: "William Beausire" |
| To the Manor Born
| Dawkins | Episode: "Station Closing" |
| rowspan="3"|1983
| The Consultant | Ronald Gates | Episode: "Extension of Credit" |
| Now and Then
| Prendrythe | 1 episode |
| Shelley
| Malcolm | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|1984
| The Hello Goodbye Man | Doctor | 1 episode |
| Shine on Harvey Moon
| Tom Chavan | 3 episodes |
| 1985-1987
| David Lloyd | Series regular |
| 1987
| Roger | Episode: "Lost and Found" |
| 1990
| Mr. Hinkley | Episode: "Motor Madness" |
| rowspan="2"|1992
| Harry Enfield's Television Programme | Teacher | 1 episode |
| The Upper Hand
| Robert | Episode: "You Shall Go to the Ball" |
| 1993
| Simpson | Episode: "Henry's Lost Love" |
| 1995
| Hotel Manager | Episode: "The Anniversary Party" |
| 1996
| The Legacy of Reginald Perrin | David Harris-Jones | Series regular |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0099473|name=Bruce Bould}}
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Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art