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Brian Glover (April 2, 1934 - July 24 1997) was a
United Kingdom|British actor.

He was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire.  Glover was a
professional wrestler for many years, going under
the ring name "Leon Arras the Man From Paris", and
latterly worked as a highschool teacher (teaching
English literature|English and French
language|French).  His first acting job came
playing Mr. Sugden, the comically overbearing
sports teacher in Ken Loach's film Kes (film)|Kes
(a job he got when the film's writer, a teaching
colleague, suggested him to the director).

An untrained actor, Glover proved to be a skilled
and flexible character actor.  While his trademark
bald head, stocky build, and gruff Yorkshire
accent garnered him many roles as tough guys and
criminals, he also played Bottom in A Midsummer
Night's Dream, had a recurring role in the classic
sitcom Porridge (TV)|Porridge, played Quilp in The
Old Curiosity Shop, and lent his voice to a number
of animated characters, including one of the
"Tetley Tea People" in a long-running series of
television advertisements.  He also appeared in An
American Werewolf in London, Alien³, and Leon the
Pig Farmer.  His stage career included a stint
with Britain's Royal National Theatre (appearing
in Saint Joan and Don Quixote), performances of
The Canterbury Tales, and led him to a number of
roles in TV plays, shown as part of the Play for
Today series. He also took a role in the Doctor
Who story Attack of the Cybermen in 1985.

"You play to your strengths in this game. My
strength is as a bald-headed, rough-looking
Yorkshireman" Brian Glover once said

He was married to Tara Glover. Latterly a sufferer
from a brain tumor, Brian Glover died in a London
hospital in 1997.

==External links==
* http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323093/ Brian
Glover's biography on IMDb
* http://ayup.co.uk/gods/gods0-3.html Biography