Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson CBE was an English presenter and entertainer whose career spanned more than 70 years. Forsyth came to national attention from the mid-1950s through the ITV series Sunday Night at the London Palladium.

KNOWN FOR

Magnum, P.I.
1986
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
2010
Have I Got News for You
2003
Loose Women
2003
Wogan
1982
GMTV
2010
Strictly Come Dancing
2004
Parkinson
2004
An Audience with...
1984
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
TFI Friday
1998
Going Live!
1990

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
72
Writing
1
2025
Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Strictly Come Dancing: 20 Fabulous Years
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Strictly Len Goodman
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong
as Self - Presenter
2016
The Interviews
2014
The Fight for Saturday Night
as Self
2014
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
as Self
2014
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
as Self - Guest
2014
Perspectives
2010
A Concert for Heroes
as Self
2010
GMTV
as Self
2010
A Comedy Roast
2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2010
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
2010
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter
2009
Kathy Kirby: My Story By The Golden Girl of Pop
as Self
2009
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
as Self
2008
Happy Birthday Brucie!
as Self - Performer
2008
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Special Guest
2007
Bruce's Generation Game - Now And Then
2007
Legends
as Self
2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments
as Self
2006
Alma Cogan: Her Fabulous Story
as Self (Archive Footage)
2006
The Story of Light Entertainment
as Self
2004
Strictly Come Dancing
as Self - Presenter
2004
Didn't They Do Well
2004
Room 101
as Self
2004
Parkinson
as Self
2003
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters
2003
Loose Women
as Self
2003
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Host
2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
2001
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self
2000
House!
as Himself
1998
TFI Friday
1997
An Audience with Bruce Forsyth
1997
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
1994
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
as Self - Audience Member
1993
An Evening with Lee Evans
as Himself
1992
Fiddley Foodle Bird
as Narrator (voice)
1992
Bruce's Guest Night
1991
Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice
as Self
1990
An Audience with Jackie Mason
1990
Takeover Bid
1990
Going Live!
as Self
1988
Bruce and Ronnie
as Self
1988
You Bet!
1987
Wogan
as Self - Host
1986
Magnum, P.I.
as Lottery Host
1986
Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak
1986
Wedden, dat..?
as Self
1986
Slinger's Day
as Cecil Slinger
1984
An Audience with Joan Rivers
1984
The Price Is Right
1984
An Audience with...
as Self
1983
Anna Pavlova
as impresario Butt
1982
The Cannon & Ball Show
as Self
1982
Wogan
as Self
1980
Sammy and Bruce
as Self
1980
Play Your Cards Right
1978
Bruce Forsyth's Big Night
1977
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
The Mating Season
as Bruce Gillespie
1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Swinburne
1971
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
as Clayton (segment "Avarice")
1971
The Generation Game
1969
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
as Uncle Limelight
1968
Star!
as Arthur Lawrence
1966
Mystery and Imagination
as Sir Simon de Canterville
1959
The Bruce Forsyth Show
Good Game, Good Game!