Bruce Lidington

Career overview

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Name: Bruce Lidington.
Profession: British actor.
Birth: January 30, 1950, in Harrow, London, England, UK.
Death: August 5, 1996 (age 46).
Known for/Credits:
Sword of the Valiant (1984) / Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
The Devil's Crown (1978).
By the Sword Divided (1983).
Jesus of Nazareth.
Solomon & Sheba.
A Song At Twilight.
Mussolini: The Untold Story.
The Case of Marcel Duchamp.
Love with a Perfect Stranger.
Moses.
In Love and War.
Guinevere.
The Man Who Cried.
Bergerac.
Z Cars.
Van der Valk.
Barlow at Large.
Crossroads.
Other info: Involved with Liberal Democrats and National Chair of the charity Families Need... (since 1995).
Paragraph 1: Introduction and biographical context.
Bruce Lidington was a British actor born on January 30, 1950, in Harrow, London, England. His career included various film and television credits before his death on August 5, 1996.
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Lidington was known for his work in productions such as Sword of the Valiant (1984), also known as Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Devil's Crown (1978), and By the Sword Divided (1983). His film and television credits include Jesus of Nazareth, Solomon & Sheba, A Song At Twilight, Mussolini: The Untold Story, The Case of Marcel Duchamp, Love with a Perfect Stranger, and Moses. Additional credits listed include In Love and War, Guinevere, The Man Who Cried, Bergerac, Z Cars, Van der Valk, Barlow at Large, and Crossroads.
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Beyond his acting, Lidington was involved with the Liberal Democrats and served as the National Chair of the charity Families Need since 1995.
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Bruce Lidington was a British actor born on January 30, 1950, in Harrow, London, England. Throughout his career, he appeared in a variety of film and television productions. He was known for his roles in Sword of the Valiant (1984), also titled Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Devil's Crown (1978), and By the Sword Divided (1983).

His body of work includes several notable titles such as Jesus of Nazareth, Solomon & Sheba, A Song At Twilight, Mussolini: The Untold Story, The Case of Marcel Duchamp, Love with a Perfect Stranger, and Moses. Lidington's television and film credits also encompass