John Bryans
Birthday
1942/08/05
Day of death
1989/03/02 (46 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
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Biography
John Bryans (died 2 March 1989) was a British actor, who appeared frequently on television. He is possibly best known for his recurring role as Bercol during the first two series of Blake's 7. He also appeared in the third series as the torturer Shrinker. He also appeared in the Doctor Who serial The Creature from the Pit. Other television credits include: Justice, Bel Ami, Danger Man, The Baron, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, The Champions, Softly, Softly, The First Lady, Randall and Hopkirk (D...Read more
Acting
(1965) The Girl Who Loved Robots
as Lederman
(1965) A Passage to India
as Mr Burton
(1966) Dead Silence
as Sydney Oliver
(1968) Number Ten
as Holden Britwell
(1970) The Prime Minister's Daughter
as Scott-Bower
(1972) Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Wolsey
(1979) Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
as Torvin
(1979) Henry V
as Duke of Bourbon
(1971) The House That Dripped Blood
as Stoker (segment "Framework Story")
(1982) Praying Mantis
as Dubreuil
(1977) Nipper
as Magistrate
(1974) Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
as Colonel Broom
(1982) The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Dr. Ford-Waterlow
(1982) Broken Glass
as George Harris
(1964) The Verdict
as Prendergast
(1978) Quiet as a Nun
as Sir Charles
(1971) Bel Ami
as Monsieur Walter
(1964) Downfall
as Artist
(1972) Colditz
as German Guard
(1966) Softly, Softly
as ---
(1963) Doctor Who
as Torvin
(1978) Blake's 7
as Senator Bercol
(1962) Z-Cars
as ---
(1972) Crown Court
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Mister Anthony
(1968) The Champions
as Crolic
(1978) Lillie
as ---
(1971) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Prosecuting Counsel
(1970) Play for Today
as Magistrate
(1971) The Guardians
as ---
(1970) Menace
as ---
(1966) Mystery and Imagination
as ---
(1968) The Expert
as Parker
(1977) Anna Karenina
as ---
(1964) Martin Chuzzlewit
as ---
(1971) Justice
as Arthur Bollington
(1971) Justice
as Clerk of Chambers
(1971) Justice
as Bill Corletti
(1971) Justice
as William Corletti
(1978) Blake's 7
as Shrinker
(1983) Dalgliesh
as Chief Superintendent Mercer
(1983) Dalgliesh
as Chief Inspector Mercer
(1971) Bel Ami
as Monsieur Walter
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Mgr. de la Trémouille
(1967) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
as Mr. Armitage
(1978) Wilde Alliance
as Lamb
(1971) Cousin Bette
as Célestin Crevel
(1973) Black and Blue
as Martin Bormann
(1967) The World of Wodehouse
as Hotel Manager
(1966) The Informer
as Fortescue
(1964) Theatre 625
as Mellish
(1977) Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
as Barraclough
(1974) Churchill's People
as Sir Wiliam Petty
(1968) Nana
as Steiner