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Brian Croucher(I)

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Brian Croucher
Inspired by true events, 175 is a poignant love story that focuses on a few months prior to the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom in early 2013, starring Lizzy McInnerny (Paterson, The Crown, Peaky Blinders), Suzanna Hamilton (1984, Tess), and Francesca Zoutewelle (Mr Turner).

175 is written and directed by Kasra Karimi and is a Stranger Than Paradise Productions film.
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Brian Croucher was born on January 23rd 1942. He started work as an apprentice printer and did a stint as a redcoat at Butlin's holiday camp before applying to train as an actor at LAMDA. Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s he appeared at London's Royal Court Theatre in several plays by controversial writers and has also worked with the National Theatre as well as playing Fagin at the Marlowe Theatre,Canterbury,having had an early,uncredited role in the 1968 film version. On television he tested for the role of Blake in 'Blake's 7', but ended up playing Travis instead and also appeared in children's cult Sci-Fi serial 'The Jensen Code',though in the mid-1990s he was best known as Ted Hills in the soap 'Eastenders'. He has appeared in most of the populist police TV series,his build and voice frequently getting him cast as a heavy,a role he plays in the 2012 film 'Coolio'. Married to writer Christina Balit - whose plays he has directed for the stage - they have two children.
BornJanuary 23, 1942
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    Known for

    Tom Bell in Out (1978)
    Out
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Chris Cottle
    Blake's 7 (1978)
    Blake's 7
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Travis
    • Space Commander Travis
    EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
    4.8
    TV Series
    • Ted
    • Ted Hills
    I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)
    I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
    5.8
    • Al Shaw
    • 2003

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    Actor



    • There's a Robbery in Progress (2025)
      There's a Robbery in Progress
      Short
      • Copper (voice)
      • 2025
    • Suzanna Hamilton and Lizzy McInnerny in 175 (2024)
      175
      Short
      • Trevor
      • 2024
    • Frederick Szkoda and Imogen Archer in All Roads Lead to Home (2023)
      All Roads Lead to Home
      8.7
      • Bert
      • 2023
    • The Worlds of Blake's 7 (2021)
      The Worlds of Blake's 7
      Podcast Series
      • Travis (voice)
      • 2021–2022
    • Martin Clunes in Manhunt (2019)
      Manhunt
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Brian Royce
      • 2021
    • The Pebble and the Boy (2021)
      The Pebble and the Boy
      5.9
      • Danny
      • 2021
    • Last Chancers (2020)
      Last Chancers
      7.1
      • Poynter
      • 2020
    • Bryony Hannah, Helen George, and Jessica Raine in Call the Midwife (2012)
      Call the Midwife
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Mr. Prentice
      • 2020
    • Bleachers (2020)
      Bleachers
      TV Mini Series
      • Undertaker
      • 2020
    • 90 Minutes (2019)
      90 Minutes
      6.4
      • Jim
      • 2019
    • Crucible of the Vampire (2019)
      Crucible of the Vampire
      3.8
      • Ezekiel Fletcher
      • 2019
    • Claire De Boer in No Trail (2018)
      No Trail
      Music Video
      • The Past
      • 2018
    • James Nesbitt and Thekla Reuten in Lucky Man (2016)
      Lucky Man
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Morgan Copeland
      • 2018
    • Doctors (2000)
      Doctors
      4.5
      TV Series
      • Ray Jessop
      • Charlie Wright
      • 2005–2018
    • Richard Blackwood, Jack Ashton, and Amrita Acharia in Welcome to Curiosity (2018)
      Welcome to Curiosity
      4.2
      • Stubbs
      • 2018

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    • Vodka & Coke
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Rank (2009)
      Rank
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      • Director
      • 2009

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    • Height
      • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
    • Born
      • January 23, 1942
      • Surrey, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Christina Balit? - present (2 children)
    • Other works
      Provided a commentary on the episodes "Trial" and "Gambit" for the Blake's 7 Series Two DVD.
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      Was interviewed for the role of Blake in Blake's 7 (1978).

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