Brian Bedford


Brian Bedford

About

Birth Place
Morley, UK
Born
February 16, 1935
Died
January 13, 2016
Cause of Death
Cancer

Biography

Brian Bedford was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Bedford's early roles were in dramas like "The Angry Silence" (1960) with Richard Attenborough and Pier Angeli and "Grand Prix" (1966) with James Garner and Eva Marie Saint. He worked in television in his early acting career as well, including parts on "Cheers" (NBC, 1982-1993) and "Murder, She Wrote" (CBS, 1984-1996)....

Notes

Inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 1997

Biography

Brian Bedford was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Bedford's early roles were in dramas like "The Angry Silence" (1960) with Richard Attenborough and Pier Angeli and "Grand Prix" (1966) with James Garner and Eva Marie Saint. He worked in television in his early acting career as well, including parts on "Cheers" (NBC, 1982-1993) and "Murder, She Wrote" (CBS, 1984-1996). Bedford also lent his voice to various characters in "Robin Hood" (1973). His work around this time also included a part on the TV movie "The Last Best Year" (ABC, 1990-91). He also landed a role in the miniseries "Scarlett" (1994-95). Following that project, Bedford worked on mostly television programs, including "Bob" (CBS, 1992-94) and "Frasier" (NBC, 1993-2004). Additionally, he appeared on the television special "Broadway Legends" (TRIO (Network), 2001-02). He also appeared in "The Importance of Being Earnest: Live in HD" (2011). Bedford last acted on "Black Jesus" (Cartoon Network, 2013-15). Bedford passed away in January 2016 at the age of 81.

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Grand Prix (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Belgian Grand Prix Straight racing with car-mounted cameras, on location at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium as James Garner, Yves Montand, Antonio Sabato and others roar through the Belgian Grand Prix in John Frankenheimer's Grand Prix, 1966.
Grand Prix (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Care To Come Watch My Debut? Director John Frankenheimer on location at Clermont-Ferrand, France, capturing complex tensions, as James Garner is driver Pete Aron, working for TV after getting fired for a wreck that injured Britisher Stoddard (Brian Bedford), whose actress wife (Jessica Walter) is still seeking publicity, Yves Montand his French driver pal, meeting Japanese mogul Toshiro Mifune, Eva Marie Saint a journalist, in Grand Prix, 1966.
Grand Prix (1966) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Rather Superstitious Director John Frankenheimer continues the split-screen technique established in the credits, at the start of the first race in Monaco, featuring commentary from drivers Brian Bedford, Antonio Sabato and star James Garner, Yves Montand also in the mix, in the opening scene from Grand Prix, 1966.
Angry Silence, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Martindale Engineering Tom (Richard Attenborough) and Joe (Michael Craig) arrive at work, as do colleagues including a young Oliver Reed as "Mick," in The Angry Silence, 1960, from a story by Craig and Richard Gregson.
Angry Silence, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) We Don't Need You! Guy Green's direction accents this outburst by Tom (Richard Attenborough) who's been "sent to Coventry" by his fellow workers in The Angry Silence, 1960.

Bibliography

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Inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 1997