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Brian Blessed
Known for: ActingBrian Blessed OBE (born 9 October 1936)is an English actor. He is known for his distinctive bushy beard, booming voice, and exuberant personality and performances. He portrayed PC "Fancy" Smith in Z-Cars; Augustus in the 1976 BBC television production of I, Claudius; King Richard IV in the first series of Blackadder; Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon; Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy in the 1981 original London production of Cats at the New London Theatre; Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, in Henry V; Boss Nass in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace; and the voice of Clayton and the Tarzan yell in Disney's Tarzan. In 2016, Blessed was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the arts and charity. Blessed was born on 9 October 1936 at Montagu Hospital in Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of William Blessed, a socialist coal miner at Hickleton Main Colliery (and himself the son of a coal miner) and cricketer for the Yorkshire second team, and Hilda (née Wall). He had a brother Alan, seven years younger, and the pair "went everywhere together" when they were growing up. Alan Blessed died from leukaemia aged 52; their mother died aged 87, and their father died aged 99. Blessed's great-great-grandfather, Jabez Blessed, was the father of 13 children and worked as a china and glass dealer in Brigg, Lincolnshire; many of Blessed's relatives hail from Brigg. Blessed went to Bolton on Dearne Secondary Modern School, and completed his national service in the RAF, in Bicester, before enrolling at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1956.
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פפה פיג
as Grampy Rabbit (voice) 
טרזן
as Clayton (voice) 
מלחמת הכוכבים: פרק 1 - אימת הפנטום
as Boss Nass (voice) 
ציידי הטרולים: עלייתם של הטיטאנים
as Charlemagne (voice) 
רובין הוד: נסיך הגנבים
as Lord Locksley 
בחזרה לארץ עוץ
as Judge Jawbreaker (voice) 
בסט ובסטר
as Shouty Shirt (Voice) 
המלט
as Ghost of Hamlet's Father 
פיראטים!
as The Pirate King (voice) 
פלאש גורדון
as Prince Vultan 
קורות טום ג'ונס
as Squire Western 
מהומה רבה על לא דבר
as Antonio 
קוסמים נגד חייזרים
as The Nekross King (voice) 
ימי פומפיי האחרונים
as Olinthus 
Agent Crush
as Boris Goudphater (voice) 
כטוב בעיניכם
as Duke Senior/Duke Frederick 
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
as Long John Silver 
הנרי החמישי
as Exeter 
לגו מלחמת הכוכבים: האימפריה פורצת החוצה
as Boss Nass (voice) 
Take Me Out
as Announcer (voice) 
High Road to China
as Suleman Khan 
רובין הוד: המרד
as Friar Tuck 
יום הזעם
as Lord Francisco del Ruiz 
הרפתקאותיו המופלאות של נסיך צפרדע
as El Supremo (voice) 
איש למנשה
as Pedro 
כלבם של בני בסקרוויל
as Geoffrey Lyons 
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
as Gavin the Octopus (voice) 
David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Ankhaf (voice) 
The Last Valley
as Korski 
Shed of the Dead
as Narrator (voice) 
Kidnapped
as Cluny MacPherson 
The Trojan Women
as Talthybius 
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Suffolk 
The Mumbo Jumbo
as Lucifer Bounder 
Life After Flash
as Self 
Back in the USSR
as Chazov 
The Dark Side of Everest
as Self 
אסיר של כבוד
as Gen. Gonse 
Till Death Us Do Part
as Sergeant 
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
as Mark of Cornwall 
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
as Narrator 
David Macaulay: Roman City
as Gaius Valerius (voice) 
Devil's Harvest
as Father Gabriel Norton