Portrait of Bruce Purchase

Acting

Bruce Purchase

Career

Active from 1973 to 1987, busiest in 1979 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Henry IV Part 1
Henry IV Part 1
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Bruce Purchase Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.2, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.6, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

52
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title ยท average score 55
Another Life
Another Life (2001)
GoodWatch score 55

as Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett

1990s

6 titles ยท average score 66
Esther
Esther (1999)
GoodWatch score 71

as Hauptmann der Wache

Killer Net
Killer Net (1998)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Pathologist

The Sea Change
The Sea Change (1998)
GoodWatch score 65

as Oldberg

David
David (1997)
GoodWatch score 71

as Isai

Richard III
Richard III (1995)
GoodWatch score 82

as City Gentleman

Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Freddie As F.R.O.7. (1992)
GoodWatch score 50

as Additional voices (voice)

1980s

10 titles ยท average score 64
Lionheart
Lionheart (1987)
GoodWatch score 54

as Simon Nerra

Playing Away
Playing Away (1987)
GoodWatch score 59

as Fredrick

Anna of the Five Towns
Anna of the Five Towns (1985)

TV show ยท as Tom Kelly

The Tripods
The Tripods (1984)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Other Halves
Other Halves (1984)

as Irwin

Freud
Freud (1984)

TV show ยท as Professor Nothnagel

Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (1984)
GoodWatch score 71

as Jerzy Loparicz

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984)

as Moishe

Atlantis
Atlantis (1983)

as Goff

Doctor Who: Logopolis
Doctor Who: Logopolis (1981)

as The Captain (archive footage)

1970s

30 titles ยท average score 71
Henry IV Part 1
Henry IV Part 1 (1979)
GoodWatch score 75

as Henry Percy

Henry IV Part 2
Henry IV Part 2 (1979)

as Earl of Northumberland

All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
GoodWatch score 85

as Cook (uncredited)

Blake's 7
Blake's 7 (1978)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Gola

I, Claudius
I, Claudius (1976)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show ยท as Sabinus

The New Avengers
The New Avengers (1976)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Prof. Lopez

Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Leslie Delgado

Fall of Eagles
Fall of Eagles (1974)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Von Plehve

A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield (1973)

TV show ยท as Father

Macbeth
Macbeth (1971)
GoodWatch score 75

as Caithness

Play for Today
Play for Today (1970)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Goff / Jake

Doomwatch
Doomwatch (1970)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Norman Sylvester

1960s

4 titles ยท average score 70
Callan
Callan (1967)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Det. Sgt. Lynn

BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Taffy

Othello
Othello (1965)
GoodWatch score 67

as Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Captain

1950s

1 title ยท average score 84
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Cook