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Bernard Joseph Archard (20 August 1916 – 1 May 2008) was an English actor who made many film and television appearances. He was also a pupil at the Chelsea secondary school Sloane Grammar.
For four seasons (24 episodes), Archard played the role of the real life Lt.Col. Oreste Pinto, who used psychology and guile to unmask foreign spies entering Britain during the Second World War. With the part came recognition and a steady stream of work.
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- This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
- Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. George Bernard Shaw. Ignorance, Knowledge, Hunting.
- Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. George Bernard Shaw. Funny, Motivational, Humorous.
- The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum. George Bernard Shaw. Lunatic Asylums, Used, Planets.
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A familiar face on British television over five decades, Archard’s breakthrough came in Spycatcher (1959-61). He subsequently appeared in Danger Man (1961), Z Cars (1965), The Avengers (1968) Doctor Who (1966, 1975) and Emmerdale (1992), while films include Village Of The Damned (1960) and The List Of Adrian Messenger (1963).
Disillusioned with the experience of regular unemployment as an actor in Britain, in 1959 Bernard Archard booked a seat on the next boat to Canada, with plans to make a new start.
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Nov 9, 2016 · Bernard Archard “Guardian” obituary: The actor Bernard Archard, who has died aged 91, established a forbidding presence as Lt Col Oreste Pinto, a character based on a real-life wartime counter-espionage interrogator, in the BBC television series Spycatcher (1959-61).
