Bruce Allpress

Bruce Robert Allpress (25 August 1930 – 23 April 2020) was a New Zealand actor.

Bruce Allpress
As Aldor at Helm's Deep, 2000
Born
Bruce Robert Allpress

(1930-08-25)25 August 1930
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died23 April 2020(2020-04-23) (aged 89)
Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationActor

Biography

Allpress grew up in Dunedin, the second son of William and Gladys Allpress.[1][2] He began performing in the 1960s in a vaudeville minstrel show called the Cheeseman Singer Series.[1] He began working in television drama with a role in the series Hunter's Gold, then spent several years as a regular character on the late 1970s soap opera Close to Home.[3]

He appeared in many television dramas and also presented on television and radio productions. In the mid-1980s, he was a regular on The Billy T. James Show, as well as featuring alongside Tommy Lee Jones in the pirate adventure film Nate and Hayes. His most known role is Aldor, archer of Rohan that accidentally shot the first Uruk-hai from their army in the film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

Allpress died on 23 April 2020, aged 89, six months after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[4]

Awards

In 1981 and 1983, Allpress was awarded the Feltex Television Award for Best Actor in the series Jocko.[3]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1981Beyond Reasonable DoubtDetectivez Sam Keith
1981Bad BloodInspector Calwell
1982The ScarecrowUncle Athol
1983Nate and HayesMr. Blake
1985Came a Hot FridayDon's Dad
1985Should I Be Good?Neville Oswald
1990The Shrimp on the BarbieMr. Ridley
1993The PianoBlind Piano Tuner
2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersAldor
2006OzzieCharlie Foster
2007The Water Horse: Legend of the DeepJock McGowan
2008 Power Rangers Jungle Fury Master Phant
2011Rest for the WickedMr. Maxwell

References
  1. "Bruce Allpress". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. "Bruce Allpress death notice". New Zealand Herald. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. "Kiwi actor Bruce Allpress who starred in Close to Home dies aged 89". NZ Herald. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. "'Icon' Kiwi actor Bruce Allpress who 'fought to the end' dies aged 89". Stuff. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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