Edward Brayshaw


Edward John Brayshaw was an Australian actor who worked in Australia and England.

Australian career

He was a Melbourne-based actor in the 1950s and 1960s and often appeared on television and stage. He left Australia for England in May 1963.

British career

His television roles include the part of Rochefort in the 1966 serial The Three Musketeers and 1967's The Further Adventures of the Musketeers. He is perhaps most recognised for playing Harold Meaker in the children's series Rentaghost, throughout its eight-year run on BBC1.
He often appeared in TV adventure series, taking roles in several ITC series including The Saint, The Baron, The Champions and Return of the Saint, often in villainous roles. In The Champions, for example, he played a mob boss and again as a mob boss in the classic episode A Cellar Full of Silence in Department S. He appeared twice in Doctor Who: first as Léon Colbert in 1964's The Reign of Terror, and second as the War Chief, one of the main villains in the 1969 serial The War Games,. He appeared in the 1969 Avengers episode "Homicide and Old Lace", which had been re-edited from an unfinished story entitled "The Great Great Britain Crime". Later roles included The Bill and Bergerac.
Brayshaw also appeared in various television commercials, including a 1980s advert for the Nationwide Building Society.
Brayshaw died of throat cancer on 28 December 1990.

Filmography

Film

633 Squadron as PilotUnmasked Part 25 as Father

TV films

TV series

Festival as Le Comte de Soria Theatre 625 as S.S. Man Judith Paris as George Paris Doctor Who as Léon Colbert Danger Man as Vernon Brooks A Man Called Harry Brent as Harry BrentMystery and Imagination as Adrian Temple Quick Before They Catch Us as Quinn Armchair Theatre as Thornton Garfield The Three Musketeers as RochefortThe Baron as Shamir The Further Adventures of the Musketeers The Saint as Pietro Adam Adamant Lives! as Gladwin Softly, Softly as George Kent Virgin of the Secret Service as Yuente ITV Playhouse as Dr. Khobotov The Champions as Del Marco Doctor Who as the War Chief Department S as Victor Kent The Avengers Counterstrike as Chief of Control Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) as Paul Lang Moonbase 3 as Adam Blaney Black Arrow as Zac The Changes Rentaghost as Harold MeakerReturn of the Saint as Oscar West The Bill as Film Director

Theatre