Bernard Kay: Acting credits

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Bernard Kay was born on 23 February 1928 in Bolton, and was 48 years old at the time that Mad Dog was filmed in January 1977.

In a long and hugely varied acting career, Bernard Kay has appeared in classic genre TV shows as Dr Who, Space 1999, The Champions, The Professionals and Due South, in addition to appearing in numerous film and TV mini-series. Bernard Kay continued to act on both stage and screen into his seventies and eighties. He died on 29 December 2014 at the age of 86.

A guide to just a few of those screen appearances appears below.

Film appearances

Year	Title	Role
2000	Steal This Movie	John Hoffman
1979	Dirty Money	Commissaire
1977	Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger	Zabid
1977	The Sweeney!	DCI Matthews
1967	They Came from Beyond Space	Richard Arden
1965	Dr Zhivago	Bolshevik
1958	Carry on Sergeant	injured recruit

Bernard Kay as Detective Sergeant Jim Gordon in the Tales of the Unexpected episode 'Pattern of Guilt' from 1982

Bernard Kay (centre right) as DCI Matthews in the 1977 Sweeney! film

Bernard Kay
(with John Thaw and Dennis Waterman) in the Sweeney! film — in which Morris Perry (right) also appeared

TV appearances

Year	Title	Role
2002	Foyle's War: 'The White Feather'	Robert Woolton
2002	Casualty: 'It's a Boy Thing'	Kevin Elkins
2000	Doctors: 'Bulldog Breed'	Bernard Thornwell
1990	The Kremlin Farewell	Stalin
1988	A Very British Coup	Inspector Page
1978	The Professionals: 'When the Heat Cools Off'	Harry Scott
1977	Target: 'Shipment'	Forensic Officer
1977	Survivors: Mad Dog	Sanders
1976	Space 1999: 'New Adam, New Eve'	Mutant
1975	The Sweeney: 'Trap'	Thomas
1971	Budgie: 'Brains'	Drummond
1971	Dr Who: 'Colony In Space'	Caldwell
1966	The Baron: 'And Suddenly You're Dead'	Kruger
1965	Dr Who: 'The Crusades'	Saladin
1964	Dr Who: 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth'	Carl Tyler
1962	The Avengers: 'Bullseye'	Karl

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18 February 2015