Brian Glover

Brian Glover was an English character actor, writer and wrestler. Glover was a professional wrestler, teacher, and finally a film, television and stage actor. He once said, You play to your strengths in this game, and my strength is as a baldheaded, roughlooking Yorkshireman.

Glover was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, but grew up in Barnsley. His father was a wrestler, performing as the Red Devil. He attended Barnsley Grammar School and the University of Sheffield, where he supplemented his student grant with appearances as a professional wrestler, going under the ring name Leon Arras the Man From Paris. In 1954 he married and became a teacher at the same Barnsley school where he had been a pupil. He taught English and French from 1954 until 1970, some of it at Longcar Central School Barnsley where he met Barry Hines who was also teaching there. He managed to combine this with regular performances as Leon Arras, whose appearances included bouts on World of Sport, and in Paris, Milan, Zurich and Barcelona.

Source: Wikipedia