Owen Brenman
Biography
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.
Movie Appearances
Honest Decent & True
as Ad Man
1986
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
as Therapist
2014
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Nick Swainey (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
The Martins
as Teacher
2001
An Affair in Mind
as Estate Agent
1988
One of the Hollywood Ten
as Dalton Trumbo
2002
The Jigsaw Man
as Policeman
1983
One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black Coat
as Mr Swainey
1991
One Foot in the Grave: Starbound
as Mr Swainey
1996
One Foot in the Grave: Endgame
as Mr Swainey
1997
Time Trouble
as Russian Embassy Official
1985
The Robbie Coltrane Special
as Self
1989
TV Appearances
Jeeves and Wooster
as Rev. Beefy Bingham
1990
The Bill
1984
'Allo 'Allo!
as London Calling (voice)
1984
Heartbeat
as Lester
1992
Mr. Bean
as Store Manager
1990
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
1988
Doctors
as Heston Carter
2000
One Foot in the Grave
as Nick Swainey
1990
Health and Efficiency
1993
Cracker
as Haig
1993
'Allo 'Allo!
as Guard
1984
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Captain Pargiter
2022