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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[]

Bloody Baron

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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