Bruce Bould

Bruce Robert Bould (19 May 1949 – 15 May 2023) was an English actor best known for playing David Harris-Jones in the television sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin from 1976 to 1979.

Bould was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, to parents who were both actors, began his acting career aged 17 at the Birmingham Repertory, in a production of Crack in the Ice in September 1966. before joining the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art(RADA), as a student, graduating with a Diploma in acting in 1969.

Best known for playing David Harris-Jones in the television sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. His character was one of C.J.'s "yes" men, extremely shy, lacked confidence, with low self-esteem, whose catchphrase was a simple "Super!".

In 1972 he met and married actress Theresa Watson, who also starred in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, playing David's wife Prue in Series Three and Four.

Other television credits include Z-Cars, The Good Life, The New Avengers, To the Manor Born, Shelley, Howards' Way, Drop the Dead Donkey and As Time Goes By.

Bould was a regular on stage throughout the 70's, in plays such as Clever Soldiers, in 1974 at the Hampstead Theatre Club, and A Family And A Fortune, at the Theatre Royal, Bath in 1975 with Alec Guinness.

Boodle died on 15 May 2023, at the age of 73.