Brian Glover

Brian Glover's first acting job came playing Mr Sugden, the comically overbearing sports teacher in Ken Loach's film Kes. Glover proved to be a skilled and flexible character actor. He played Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream and had a recurring role in the classic sitcom Porridge as dim witted prison inmate Cyril Heslop. He played Quilp in The Old Curiosity Shop, and lent his voice to a number of animated characters, including the "gaffer" of the "Tetley Tea Folk" in a long-running series of...See more

Brian Glover's first acting job came playing Mr Sugden, the comically overbearing sports teacher in Ken Loach's film Kes. Glover proved to be a skilled and flexible character actor. He played Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream and had a recurring role in the classic sitcom Porridge as dim witted prison inmate Cyril Heslop. He played Quilp in The Old Curiosity Shop, and lent his voice to a number of animated characters, including the "gaffer" of the "Tetley Tea Folk" in a long-running series of television advertisements for Tetley Tea. See less