Terence Bayler (born 24 January 1930) is a New Zealand actor. He played the Bloody Baron in the Harry Potter movies. He also has a small role as Mr. Gregory in Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979), and plays Lucien in Python member Terry Gilliam's third directorial effort, Time Bandits (1981). He made a notable appearance as Macduff in Roman Polanski's 1971 film of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Bayler was born in Wanganui, the son of Amy (née Allomes) an...
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Terence Bayler (born 24 January 1930) is a New Zealand actor. He played the Bloody Baron in the Harry Potter movies. He also has a small role as Mr. Gregory in Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979), and plays Lucien in Python member Terry Gilliam's third directorial effort, Time Bandits (1981). He made a notable appearance as Macduff in Roman Polanski's 1971 film of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Bayler was born in Wanganui, the son of Amy (née Allomes) and Harold Bayler, a stagehand. His first film appearance was in the New Zealand film Broken Barrier (1952).
His associations with Monty Python date from 1975 when he appeared in both series of Eric Idle's BBC TV series Rutland Weekend Television. This led to his appearance as Leggy Mountbatten, manager of fictional Beatles-parody band The Rutles, in the American-made TV movie All You Need Is Cash in 1978. Idle also cast him in his play, "Pass The Butler"
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