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Terence Bayler

Actor

After starring in feature Broken Barrier — the only New Zealand feature made in the 1950s — Terence Bayler departed for England, to continue a six-decade long acting career that encompassed Monty Python, William Shakespeare and Harry Potter. Born in Wanganui on 24 January 1930, Bayler passed away in England on 2 August 2016.

A studio spokesman said the fight had been most realistic. At first the studio nurse had not been able to tell the difference between the actor's real blood and Polanski's prop blood, his own special mixture which includes instant coffee. 1971 Evening Post article on Terence Bayler's injuries, during a swordfight on Roman Polanski's The Tragedy of MacBeth