Person Open DS/UK/5063 Blessed; Brian (9 October 1936); OBE; English actor Blessed Brian 9 October 1936 English actor Male (cisgender) Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (born)

British Actor White No known disability No known religious affiliation Heterosexual Brian Blessed OBE is an English actor. He is known for portraying PC "Fancy" Smith in Z-Cars, Augustus in the 1976 BBC television production of I, Claudius, King Richard IV in the first series of Blackadder, Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon, Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy in the 1981 original London production of Cats at the New London Theatre, Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter in Henry V, Boss Nass in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and the voice of Clayton in Disney's Tarzan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Blessed (2023) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHeharper 3/26/2013 RAHAKirkbride 7/21/2023 575ebd3b-45f4-4e8a-bb83-e7b7157e4909