Creator / Owen Brenman

Owen Brenman, (17 December 1956), is a British actor best known for playing Nick Swainey in One Foot in the Grave.

During his education, he obtained a BA Honours in Drama at the University of Birmingham and later attended the Webber Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art.

He played Nick Swainey in the one scene of the first episode of One Foot in the Grave; Brenman returned to the series in Series 2, now regularly, and remained with the series until the final episode in 2000.

During his time on One Foot, he also starred in Woof! as Mr. Thomas and later on starred in Love Hurts (also written by One Foot writer David Renwick) as Lloyd Drewitt.

Alongside his roles on the stage, Brenman also played Dr. Heston Carter in Doctors in over 1,000 episodes in a period of ten years.

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Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:

Series

• Screen Two, episode "Honest, Decent and True" (1986) — Man
• 'Allo 'Allo!, 4 episodes:
  • "Prisoners of War" (1987) — Guard
  • "Ribbing the Bonk" (1988) — "London Calling"
  • "A Duck for Launch" (1988) — "Kingfisher"
  • "The Exploding Bedpan" (1988) — French Radio Voice
• The Bill, 2 episodes:
  • "The Assassins" (1988) — Solicitor
  • "With Intent" (1991) — Dighton
• One Foot in the Grave, 15 episodes:
  • 15 episodes (1990-2000) — Nick Swainey
  • "The Dawn of Man" (2000) — Skip Hoberman
• Jeeves and Wooster, episode "Bertie Is in Love (or, Golf Tournament)" (1990) — Reverend "Beefy" Bingham
• Birds of a Feather, episode "Sweet Smell of Success" (1990) — Snatcher
• EastEnders, 2 episodes:
  • 1 episode (1991) — Managing Director
  • 1 episode (1991) — Mr. Harper
• 2point4 Children, episode "Leader of the Pack" (1991) — Yuppy
• Mr. Bean, episode "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean" (1992) — Harrods Store Manager
• Woof!, 24 episodes (1993-95) — Mr. Thomas
• Cracker, episode "To Say I Love You: Part 3" (1993) — Haig
• If You See God, Tell Him, 1 episode (1993) — Wingrove
• Sharpe, episode "Sharpe's Waterloo" (1997) — Witherspoon
• Heartbeat, episode "What the Butler Saw" (1997) — Lester
• Drop the Dead Donkey, episode "A Bit of an Atmosphere" (1998) — Sally 1
• People Like Us, episode "The Solicitor" (1999) — Graham Broadbent
• Bernard's Watch, episode "The Right Time" (2000) — Mr. Binn
• My Family, episode "Loco Parentis" (2003) — Headmaster
• Doctors, 1,234 episodes:
  • "Doppelgänger" (2003) — Adam Cardwell
  • 1,227 episodes (2008-18) — Dr. Heston Carter
  • 2 episodes^{show list} "Austenland: Part One", "Austenland: Part Two" (2013) — Mr. Woodhouse
  • "A Christmas Carol" (2016) — Mr. Fezziwig
• CASUAL+Y, episode "Who Cares" (2004) — Brian Wallace
• Absolute Power, episode "The Trial" (2005) — Anthony Dawson
• Father Brown, episode "The Owl of Minerva" (2015) — Radio News Reader (Uncredited Role)

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