Bernard Archard
Archard in 1962
Born	(1916-08-20)20 August 1916 Fulham,London, England
Died	1 May 2008(2008-05-01) (aged 91) Witham Friary,Somerset, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1939–1994
Partner	James Belchamber

Bernard Joseph Archard (20 August 1916 – 1 May 2008) was an English actor who made many film and television appearances.

Archard was born inFulham, London, where his father Alfred James Aloysius, who was born inMarylebone, was a jeweller. Bernard's paternal grandfather Alfred Charles Archard and great grandfather Henry Archard were clockmakers, watchmakers and jewellers inMayfair, London during the 1800s.^[1] He was the maternal grandson of James Matthew Littleboy, Mayor of Fulham from 1906 to 1907.^[2] He attended theRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art, and in summer 1939 he appeared in theOpen Air Theatre, Regent's Park production ofTwelfth Night.^[1] As aconscientious objector during theSecond World War, he worked onQuaker land.^[2] At the Edinburgh Festival in 1948, in a production of the Glyndebourne Children's Theatre, he met fellow actor James Belchamber, who was his partner for nearly 60 years.^[2]

Archard's first major television role, reprising the like-titled radio show, was playing Lt Col.Oreste Pinto in the BBC wartime drama seriesSpycatcher, which ran for four seasons between 1959 and 1961.^[3][4] His TV guest appearances include two roles inDoctor Who (as Bragen inThe Power of the Daleks and as Marcus Scarman inPyramids of Mars); a regular role inEmmerdale; plus appearances inThe Children of the New Forest (the 1964 BBC edition),Dixon of Dock Green,Danger Man,The Avengers,Z-Cars,Paul Temple,Upstairs, Downstairs,Callan,Rumpole of the Bailey,Crown Court,The Professionals,Bergerac,Sir Francis Drake andKeeping Up Appearances.^[5][6]

Archard appeared in over fifty films, includingVillage of the Damned (1960),The List of Adrian Messenger (1963),Play Dirty (1968),Run a Crooked Mile (1969),The Horror of Frankenstein (1970),Roman Polanski'sMacbeth (1971),Dad's Army (1971),The Day of the Jackal (1973),The Sea Wolves (1980),Krull (1983) andKing Solomon's Mines (1985).^[7]

Archard and his long term partner, James Belchamber,^[8] ran a touring repertory company, based inTorquay, which includedHilda Braid among its players.^[2] On the West End stage he appeared atHer Majesty's Theatre as a magistrate in theTerence Rattigan playCause Célèbre and inThe Case of the Oily Levantine byAnthony Shaffer.^[9]

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