Owen Brenman
English actor best known for his role as next-door neighbor Nick Swainey in the multi-award-winning BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave, which ran for ten years (1990–2000) and was written by David Renwick. He subsequently played Heston Carter in the BBC drama series Doctors from 2008 to 2018.
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Acting Credits
Acting
TV
Mr. Bean
as Store Manager
1990
TV
'Allo 'Allo!
as London Calling (voice)
1984
TV
'Allo 'Allo!
as Guard
1984
TV
Father Brown
as Lord St John Sprockett
2013
TV
Jeeves and Wooster
as Rev. Beefy Bingham
1990
TV
Cracker
as Haig
1993
TV
One Foot in the Grave
as Nick Swainey
1990
TV
The Bill
1984
TV
The Bill
as Solicitor
1984
TV
Doctors
as Heston Carter
2000
Movie
The Jigsaw Man
as Policeman
1983
TV
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Captain Pargiter
2022
TV
Heartbeat
as Lester
1992
Movie
Sharpe's Waterloo
as Witherspoon
1997
Movie
The Martins
as Teacher
2001
TV
People Like Us
as Graham Broadbent
1999
Movie
One of the Hollywood Ten
as Dalton Trumbo
2002
Movie
An Affair in Mind
as Estate Agent
1988
TV
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
1988
TV
The Upper Hand
as Nigel Brighton
1990
TV
If You See God, Tell Him
as Wingrove
1993
Movie
One Foot in the Grave: Starbound
as Mr Swainey
1996
Movie
One Foot in the Grave: Endgame
as Mr Swainey
1997
Movie
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Nick Swainey (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016