- Bruce Purchase
Bruce Purchase (
October 2 ,1938 –June 5 ,2008 )cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bruce-purchase-potent-presence-on-the-british-stage-845069.html |title=Bruce Purchase: Potent presence on the British stage|last=Strachan|first=Alan|date=2008-06-12|work=The Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|accessdate=2008-06-12] was aNew Zealand -born actor known for his roles on stage andtelevision . Born inThames, New Zealand , he won a scholarship to study acting in England, training atRADA , and went on to become a founding actor-member ofLaurence Olivier 's National Theatre. He also performed regularly with theRoyal Shakespeare Company .His television credits include: "Callan", "
The First Churchills ", "Doomwatch ", "Fall of Eagles ", "I, Claudius", "The New Avengers", "Doctor Who " (in the serial "The Pirate Planet "), "Blake's 7 ", theITV serial "Quatermass" in 1979 and "The Tripods ".In 2007, Purchase became seriously ill while touring with a production of "
The Last Confession ". He died of cancercite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4115596.ece|title=Bruce Purchase: character actor, member of the National Theatre company|date=2008-06-11|work=The Times|publisher=Times Newspapers|accessdate=2008-06-11] on June 5, 2008 at his home inPutney ,London . ["The Times" obituary puts the date of death at June 8.]Notes and references
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* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2182483/Bruce-Purchase.html "Telegraph" obituary]
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