Terence Bayler (24 January 1930 - 2 August 2016) was a New Zealand actor who portrayed the Bloody Baron in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.[1]
Personal life[]
Bayler, born in Whanganui to Amy and Harold Bayler, a stagehand, began his acting journey with a leading role in the New Zealand film Broken Barrier in 1952. Subsequently, he dedicated the majority of his six-decade-long acting career to England. Notably, he also graced the British screen with his presence in the 1981 New Zealand production Pictures and the BBC mini-series The Other Side of Paradise (1992), which was partially shot in Raratonga.[1]
Select filmography[]
Terence Bayler as the Bloody Baron as a portrait in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
| Year | Film | Roll | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Chemical Wedding | Professor Brent | |
| 2005 | Life Begins (TV series) | Jack Russell | 1 episode Break for Love |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | The Bloody Baron | |
| 1997 | Bodyguards (TV series) | Government Minister | 1 episode A Choice of Evils |
| 1995 | Dangerfield (TV series) | Howard | 1 episode The Call Girl |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day (film) | Trimmer | |
| Lipstick on Your Collar | General | 2 episodes Episode #1.6 Episode #1.5 | |
| 1992 | The Other Side of Paradise | Col. Fawcett | TV movie |
| 1991 | Ashenden | Military Chief | TV mini-series |
| 1990 | She-Wolf of London (TV series) | Sir Robert | 1 episode Can't Keep a Dead Man Down: Part 1 |
| Omnibus (TV series documentary) | Pissarro | 1 episode Van Gogh | |
| 1989 | London's Burning (TV series) | Mr Osbourne | 1 episode Episode #2.1 |
| 1987 | Pulaski: The TV Detective (TV series) | Priest | 1 episode And the Killer of Rose Amelia Bonner |
| Crystalstone | Policeman | ||
| 1986 | All at No 20 (TV series) | Mr Warren | 2 episodes Episode #1.4 Episode #1.2 |
| 1984 | Murder Not Proven? (TV series) | Craigie Aitchison KC | 1 episode A Big Romping Boy |
| 1981 | Pictures | John Rochfort | |
| Time Bandits | Lucien | ||
| 1980 | The Squad (TV series) | Commander Fenton | 2 episodes Diplomatic Incident Decoy |
| 1979 | Monty Python's Life of Brian | Mr Gregory | |
| 1978 | Law & Order (TV series) | Michael Messick QC | 1 episode A Brief's Tale |
| All You Need Is Cash | Leggy Mountbatten | TV movie | |
| 1976 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Cardinal | |
| The Snow Queen | Robber Captain | ||
| Centre Play (TV series) | Major Woods | 1 episode Commonwealth Season: New Zealand - Old Man March Is Dead | |
| 1975-1976 | Rutland Weekend Television (TV series) | Unknown | 4 episodes |
| 1975 | Upstairs, Downstairs (TV series) | Darrow Morton | 1 episode Joke Over |
| The Venturers (TV series) | Trevor Darcey | 1 episode The Leak | |
| 1974 | Special Branch (TV series) | Security Man | 1 episode Double Exposure |
| The Brothers (TV series) | Anthony Bromley | 1 episode The Hammond Account | |
| 1973 | The Regiment (TV series) | General Sir Herbert Kitchener | 1 episode Ambush |
| 1972 | Peer Gynt | Director of the Madhouse | TV movie |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series) | The Duke | 1 episode The Ripening Rubies |
| Macbeth | Macduff | ||
| 1970-1971 | Play for Today (TV series) | Duty Clerk / Stephen Calman | 2 episodes Traitor (1971) - Duty Clerk The Lie (1970) - Stephen Calman |
| 1969 | W. Somerset Maugham (TV series) | Jean-Pierre | 1 episode The Three Fat Women of Antibes |
| Mogul (TV series) | David Neville | 1 episode Let's All Drop Out Together | |
| 1966-1969 | Doctor Who (TV series) | Major Barrington / Yendom | 2 episodes The War Games: Episode One (1969) - Major Barrington The Return (1966) - Yendom |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination (TV series) | Nemeth | 1 episode Carmilla |
| 1963 | Moonstrike (TV series) | Bernard | 1 episode A Girl Friend |
| 1962 | ITV Television Playhouse | Sgt. Gregory | 1 episode For Heroes, Brandy |
| 1961 | You Can't Win (TV series) | Archie | 1 episode Professional Status |
| Hamlet (TV series) | Player King | 2 episodes The Dread Command: The Readiness Is All The Dread Command: The Play's the Thing | |
| 1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Stoker - HMS Achilles | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Broken Barrier | Tom |
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Terence Bayler on Wikipedia