David Roger Brierley (2 June 1935 – 23 September 2005) was an English
actor
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.
Career
Brierley appeared in dozens of television productions over a forty-year period. He twice appeared in ''
Doctor Who
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'', as Trevor in ''
The Daleks' Master Plan
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'' (1965) and as the voice of Drathro in ''
The Mysterious Planet
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'' (1986). Brierley appeared as Mr Thoneycroft in episode 6 of ''
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
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'' (1976), in the biopic ''
Jinnah
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'' based on the life of
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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, in the
Granada television
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series ''
Jeeves and Wooster
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'' as Sir
Roderick Glossop
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and as
Michael Palin
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Palin w ...
's latin teacher in an episode of ''
Ripping Yarns
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'' called ''Roger of the Raj'', which was first shown on
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television in 1979. He played the part of Osborne in the 1977 episode "Suddenly At Home" in the TV series ''
''.
'' episode in 1982 ("Diamonds Are for Heather"). Later work included portraying
'' (2004). He also played the
'' as Archie Leach’s secretary Davidson.
Brierley worked on several occasions with
''. In a nod to her previous work with Brierley, Wood named a character after him in her 2006 TV film ''
''.
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on 23 September 2005.