Bruce Purchase

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 a New Zealand-born actor known for his roles on stage and television. Born in Thames, New Zealand, he won a scholarship to study acting in England, training at RADA, and went on to become a founding actor-member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre. He also performed regularly with the Royal 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", the ITV 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 in Putney, London. ["The Times" obituary puts the date of death at June 8.]

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* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2182483/Bruce-Purchase.html "Telegraph" obituary]


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