Born: 9-Oct-1937
Birthplace: Mexborough, Yorkshire, England

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Prince Vultan of the Hawk Men

Best recognized on the screen by his booming voice. When not acting, Blessed is an intrepid alpinist, having scaled such peaks as Mount Everest (attempted three times, has yet to succeed) and Kilimanjaro, as well as being the oldest person to have trekked to the North Pole.

Father: William Blessed (miner)
Mother: Hilda Wall
Wife: Hildegarde Neil Zimmermann (m. 1978, one daughter)
Daughter: Roselind

    High School: Bolton-on-Dearne Secondary Modern School

    TELEVISION
    Doctor Who King Yrcanos (1986)
    The Black Adder King Richard (1983)
    Boy Dominic William Woodcock (1974)
    The Further Adventures of the Musketeers Porthos (1967)
    Z Cars PC Fancy Smith (1962-65)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (10-Jun-2013) [VOICE]
    The Pirates! Band of Misfits (28-Mar-2012) · The Pirate King [VOICE]
    As You Like It (1-Sep-2006)
    Day of Wrath (29-Mar-2006) · Lord Francisco del Ruiz
    Alexander (5-Nov-2004)
    Tarzan (17-Jun-1999) [VOICE]
    Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (19-May-1999) [VOICE]
    Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (8-Nov-1998)
    The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (9-Nov-1997)
    Hamlet (25-Dec-1996)
    The Bruce (12-Apr-1996)
    Catherine the Great (1995)
    Chasing the Deer (16-Dec-1994)
    Much Ado About Nothing (7-May-1993) · Antonio
    Freddie as F.R.O.7 (14-Aug-1992) [VOICE]
    Back in the USSR (7-Feb-1992)
    Prisoner of Honor (2-Nov-1991)
    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (14-Jun-1991) · Lord Locksley
    Henry V (8-Nov-1989) · Exeter
    War and Remembrance (13-Nov-1988)
    The Last Days of Pompeii (6-May-1984)
    The Hound of the Baskervilles (3-Nov-1983)
    High Road to China (18-Mar-1983)
    Flash Gordon (5-Dec-1980) · Prince Vultan
    I, Claudius (20-Sep-1976)
    The Story of David (9-Apr-1976)
    Man of La Mancha (11-Dec-1972) · Pedro
    Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
    The Trojan Women (27-Sep-1971) · Tathybius
    The Last Valley (28-Jan-1971)
    Country Dance (22-Apr-1970)
    Cold Comfort Farm (22-Jun-1968)

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