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According to [[Trix]], '''Brian Blessed''' played [[Octavian|Augustus]] in ''[[I, Claudius]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') He also played [[Rassilon]] in a [[BBC]] version of [[The Remote|Remote]] media in [[Samantha Jones]]' subconscious. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'') | According to [[Trix]], '''Brian Blessed''' played [[Octavian|Augustus]] in ''[[I, Claudius]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') He also played [[Rassilon]] in a [[BBC]] version of [[The Remote|Remote]] media in [[Samantha Jones]]' subconscious. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'') | ||
Revision as of 01:41, 2 January 2014
According to Trix, Brian Blessed played Augustus in I, Claudius. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles) He also played Rassilon in a BBC version of Remote media in Samantha Jones' subconscious. (PROSE: Interference - Book One)
Behind the scenes
The real-world Brian Blessed (born 9 October 1936) once guest starred in Doctor Who: as King Yrcanos in Mindwarp.
A popular UK character actor known for his bombastic, larger-than-life demeanour both on film and in person, Blessed rose to stardom in the mid-1960s as a long-running cast member on the police drama Z-Cars. He played Porthos in a pair of TV series based upon The Three Musketeers. Other TV roles included Boy Dominic, Space: 1999 (playing the father of Maya, Catherine Schell's character), I, Claudius (with Derek Jacobi and George Baker) and the first season of Blackadder. His best-known film was the 1980 version of Flash Gordon, which also co-starred Timothy Dalton.
Away from the screen, Blessed is known for leading a life of adventure, including several widely publicised attempts to climb Mount Everest (he is reportedly the oldest man to reach as high up the mountain as he has); during preparation for one of his ascents, he met and befriended the Dalai Lama.
He is the father of Rosalind Blessed.
