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Bruce Purchase
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Bruce Purchase

1938 – 2008 · Thames, New Zealand · Active 1951–2007

Bruce Purchase is an actor known for his role in The Quatermass Conclusion (1979), a significant entry in the British science fiction landscape. His performance contributes to the film's exploration of existential themes and societal collapse, reflecting the anxieties of the late 1970s. Although details about his career are sparse, his involvement in this cult classic positions him within the rich tapestry of genre cinema that SassyFlix celebrates.

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The Quatermass Conclusion

The Quatermass Conclusion

1979 ★ 4.2
as Tommy Roach

Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the hippie youth movement of the late nineteen-sixties, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large numbers of young people are joining a cult, the “Planet People”, and gathering at ancient sites, believing they will be transported to a better life on another planet.

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Filmography

55 credits
2000s 2 credits
2007
Movie
2001
Another Life as Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett
Movie ★ 5.7
1990s 6 credits
1999
Esther as Hauptmann der Wache
Movie ★ 6.8
1998
The Sea Change as Oldberg
Movie ★ 8.0
1998
Killer Net as Pathologist
TV ★ 5.4
1997
David as Isai
Movie ★ 6.6
1995
Richard III as City Gentleman
Movie ★ 6.8
1992
Freddie As F.R.O.7. as Additional voices (voice)
Movie ★ 5.3
1980s 9 credits
1987
Lionheart as Simon Nerra
Movie ★ 5.6
1987
Playing Away as Fredrick
Movie ★ 6.0
1984
Pope John Paul II as Jerzy Loparicz
Movie ★ 7.5
1984
Movie ★ 7.7
1984
Movie ★ 6.2
1984
TV ★ 7.2
1984
Freud as Professor Nothnagel
TV ★ 5.0
1983
Atlantis as Goff
Movie
1981
Doctor Who: Logopolis as The Captain (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.0
1970s 31 credits
1979
Movie ★ 4.2
1979
Movie ★ 6.7
1979
Movie ★ 6.7
1979
Henry IV Part 2 as Earl of Northumberland
Movie ★ 8.5
1979
Movie
1979
Henry IV Part 1 as Henry Percy
Movie ★ 7.3
1979
Kidnapped as Cumberland
TV ★ 7.1
1979
Quatermass as Tommy Roach
TV ★ 6.8
1978
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet as The Pirate Captain
Movie ★ 7.0
1978
Blake's 7 as Gola
TV ★ 7.3
1978
A Horseman Riding By as Parson Augustus Bull
TV ★ 7.0
1977
Exiles as Ernest Hemingway
Movie ★ 9.0
1977
TV ★ 7.0
1977
Supernatural as Herr Steekebeck
TV ★ 7.2
1976
Movie ★ 6.2
1976
The New Avengers as Prof. Lopez
TV ★ 7.1
1976
Clayhanger as Big James
TV ★ 6.0
1976
I, Claudius as Sabinus
TV ★ 7.9
1975
The Secret Agent as Mr. Michaelis
Movie ★ 10.0
1975
Looking for Clancy as Basil Rudering
TV
1975
Rumpole of the Bailey as Leslie Delgado
TV ★ 7.0
1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles as Colonel Meinertzhagen (uncredited)
Movie ★ 4.6
1974
Fall of Eagles as Von Plehve
TV ★ 7.0
1973
Movie ★ 6.7
1973
Movie ★ 6.3
1973
TV ★ 6.0
1971
Movie ★ 6.7
1971
Macbeth as Caithness
Movie ★ 7.1
1970
Doomwatch as Norman Sylvester
TV ★ 6.4
1970
TV ★ 6.6
1970
TV ★ 6.6
1960s 6 credits
1967
TV ★ 7.0
1967
Callan as Det. Sgt. Lynn
TV ★ 7.0
1965
Othello as Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots
Movie ★ 6.4
1965
TV ★ 5.3
1963
TV ★ 7.9
1963
Doctor Who as Captain
TV ★ 7.9
1950s 1 credit
1951
TV ★ 8.8