Brian Glover was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire and used to be a
professional wrestler going by the name of "Leon Arras the Man From
Paris". He also provides one of the voices for the animated "Tetley
Tea" TV adverts. His stage work included seasons with the Royal
Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre.
Started his wrestling career as Erik Tanberg, the blond from Sweden, until he took up the name of an absentee wrestler and became Leon Arras, the man from Paris. He was the son of a wrestler, Charlie Glover, whose own ring name was the Red Devil.
He is interred at Brompton Cemetery in West Brompton, London, England.
Despite often playing thugs and dimwitted characters on film & television, Brian was in fact a seasoned actor who had also played roles in Shakespeare and Chaucer (amongst others) on stage.
The actor in question frequently fought in wrestling bouts in Barnsley
in the early 1960s. He was a schoolmaster before turning to acting.