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,[1] and began his acting career aged 17 at the Birmingham Repertory[2] in a production of Crack in the Ice in September 1966.
's "yes" men, extremely shy, lacked confidence, with low self-esteem, whose catchphrase was a simple "Super!
"[1][2] 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.
[1] Other television credits include Z-Cars,[5] The Good Life,[5] The New Avengers,[5] To the Manor Born,[5] Shelley, Howards' Way, Drop the Dead Donkey and As Time Goes By.