Bruce Alexander (actor)

Bruce John Alexander (born 28 May 1946) is a British actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Superintendent Norman Mullett in the ITV television series A Touch of Frost, in which he plays the superior of the main character Jack Frost, played by David Jason.

This article is about the English actor. For the American mystery writer, see Bruce Alexander Cook.

Bruce Alexander
Born
Bruce John Alexander

(1946-05-28) 28 May 1946
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Actor, RADA Teacher[1]
Years active1972–present
Known forSuperintendent Norman Mullett in A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)

Life and career

Alexander was born on 28 May 1946 in Watford, Hertfordshire, and has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He played Ferdinand in the 1989 production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi. In November 2016, he was in a "Read Not Dead" performance of Beaumont and Fletcher's The Coxcomb at the Sam Wanamaker theatre on Bankside.

In 1990, he appeared as a doctor in the first episode of the comedy Keeping Up Appearances (entitled "Daddy's Accident"), and has also featured in episodes of numerous TV series, including The Bill, Casualty, EastEnders, Midsomer Murders and Doc Martin. In 1997, Alexander had a small role in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies.

In 2013, he played the character of Peter Bachman in several episodes of the TV series Love and Marriage, uncluding "The Elephant in the Room", "Secrets & Lies", "Alarm!" and "Huge Weekend for the Paradise Family".

Alexander's radio credits include the role of Mike in Westway, the BBC World Service soap opera which ran from 1997 to 2005,[2] and the role of Doc de Salis in the BBC dramatisation of the John le Carré novel The Honourable Schoolboy.[3]

Alexander is the president of the Haddenham Museum in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire[4] and is also a patron of Thame Players Theatre in Thame, Oxfordshire, along with Sir Tim Rice.[5]

In 2019, Alexander appeared in the BBC soap opera Doctors as Ray Hopkins. In 2022, he appeared as recurring character Doug in Catherine Tate's six-part mockumentary sitcom Hard Cell, released on Netflix.[6][7]

Partial filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1980The Long Good FridayMac
1982Giro CityGNH Lawyer
1982Give Us This DaySDF man
1990FatherDet. Sgt Racine
1993CenturyInterrogator
1994Ladybird, LadybirdLawyer
1994NostradamusPaul
1997Tomorrow Never DiesCaptain (HMS Chester)
2000Between Two WomenMr. Butterworth, Headmaster
2005The Trial of the King KillersJohn Downes
2009A Short Stay in SwitzerlandDoctorTV film
2011All's Well that Ends Well
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1983The ProfessionalsDetective1 episode: The Ojuka Situation
1997Woof!Mr. Dobkin1 episode: Testing Times.
2006HeartbeatMr. Stevens1 episode: Keeping Secrets.
2019–2022 Gentleman Jack Mr. Parker 9 episodes
2022 Hard Cell Doug

References
  1. Bruce Alexander - RADA
  2. Drama > Coming Home > Biographies – BSLBT
  3. "The Complete Smiley – The Karla Trilogy, Book 2: The Honourable Schoolboy". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  4. Big weekend to mark Haddenham museum's birthday – Thame Today
  5. "The Players Theatre, Thame". Thame Players Theatre. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007.
  6. Ekong, Uduak-Abasi (12 April 2022). "'Hard Cell': Release Date, Cast, Trailer, and Everything You Need to Know". Collider. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. Kanter, Jake (30 July 2021). "'Hard Cell': Netflix Rounds Out Cast For Catherine Tate Prison Comedy Series". Deadline. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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