ACTOR

Bernard Bresslaw

Best known as Little Heap in Carry On Cowboy.

8 Appearances

3 Series

5 Films

8.0 Top rated

Personal details

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

25 Februari 1934

Died

11 Juni 1993

Place of birth

Stepney, London, England, UK

Biography

A RADA scholar who was spotted by Laurence Olivier, Bernard Bresslaw got professional security from the "Carry On" films but was typecast (as TV's The Army Game (1957) had done earlier). He was beginning to extend himself through stage work when, in 1993, just before a performance in "The Taming Of The Shrew" in Regent's Park, London, he had a heart attack and died at the age of 59.