Brian Glover was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire and used to be a professional wrestler going by the name of “Leon Arras the Man From Paris””. He also provides one of the voices for the animated “”Tetley Tea”” TV adverts. His stage work included seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre.”
Brian Glover
Movies
1942 A Love Story
Circa British rule over India in the year 1942 where Indians are either revolutionaries or supporters of the British. In the midst there is wealthy Narendra Singh alias Naren whose romance with a poor yet beautiful girl, Rajeshwari Pathak alias Rajjo brew changes over the entire scenario but unfortunately there…
Fun Facts
The actor in question frequently fought in wrestling bouts in Barnsley in the early 1960s. He was a schoolmaster before turning to acting.
Started his wrestling career as Erik Tanberg, the blond from Sweden, until he took up the name of an absentee wrestler and became Leon Arras, the man from Paris. He was the son of a wrestler, Charlie Glover, whose own ring name was the Red Devil.
He is interred at Brompton Cemetery in West Brompton, London, England.
Submitted a script for Doctor Who (1963) in the 1980s. The same decade, he played Griffiths in Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen: Part One (1985).
Considered for Dr. Armstrong, Lamson and the Fatherly Guard in Lifeforce (1985).
Quotes
You play to your strengths in this game, and my strength is as a bald- headed, rough-looking Yorkshireman.