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Michael Bryant

Michael Bryant

Actor

Born April 5, 1928 in London, England, UK

Died April 25, 2002

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The Miracle Maker
Amazon Prime Video
Wives and Daughters
BritBox
Hamlet
HBO Max
Reilly: Ace of Spies
BritBox
Gandhi
Netflix
The Merry Wives of Windsor
BritBox
The South Bank Show
Now TV
The Ruling Class
HBO Max
Nicholas and Alexandra
Amazon Prime Video
The Deadly Affair
Netflix
BBC Play of the Month
BBC iPlayer
The Wednesday Play
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The Mind Benders
Netflix
A Night to Remember
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Michael Dennis Bryant (5 April 1928 – 25 April 2002) was a British stage and television actor.

Bryant attended Battersea Grammar School and after service in the Merchant Navy and Army, he attended drama school and appeared in many productions on the London stage. He made his film debut in 1955. His greatest role was Mathieu in BBC2's 1970 adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's Roads to Freedom trilogy. His guest star appearance as Wing Commander Marsh, who feigns insanity in the 'Tweedledum' episode of the BBC drama series, Colditz (1972), is still widely remembered.

Bryant was chosen by Orson Welles to play the lead role in The Deep, Welles's adaptation of the Charles Williams novel Dead Calm. The production frequently ran out of money, and following the death of actor Laurence Harvey in 1973, Welles stopped production and announced the movie - which had been completed except for one special effects shot of a ship exploding - would not be released. (The novel was finally adapted to film in 1989.)

In 1969 Bryant took his love of the stage on a strange trip into the realm of cult films, playing a clever male prostitute who outwits a delusional family of killers in the dark comedy Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly, an adaptation of a play by Maisie Mosco. Due to poor marketing and a lack of faith in the film by the distributor, the film quickly sank into obscurity even before it could develop a cult following.

One of Bryant's most memorable performances was in the classic BBC television play The Stone Tape (1972), in which he plays the leader of a team of scientists who investigate ghost sightings in a brooding gothic mansion.

Bryant also had a supporting role as a sadistic psychiatrist in the cult classic black comedy The Ruling Class, with Peter O'Toole and Alastair Sim. He also appeared in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982) as a British diplomat.

Having played Lenin in the film Nicholas and Alexandria, Bryant would later reprise the role in Robert Bolt's play State of Revolution (1977). He had previously co-starred in Bolt's unsuccessful Gentle Jack. The 1977 production of a Bolt play though was significant for featuring the first role he performed at the National Theatre where he was a constant presence for a quarter of a century. Bryant, described by Michael Billington as "rock-solid company man", had earlier performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1964, including the premiere production of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming (1965), in which he played Teddy, the returning academic.

In 1980, Michael Bryant won the London Drama Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor, and his other theatrical performances were equally well thought of. Bryant won Laurence Olivier Awards in 1988 and 1990 and was nominated twice more.

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Filmography

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Fifty Years on Stage Poster

Fifty Years on Stage Documentary2013

MR James: Ghost Writer Poster

MR James: Ghost Writer Documentary2013

The Deep Poster

The Deep Feature Film2007

The Miracle Maker Poster

The Miracle Maker Feature Film2000

Wives and Daughters Poster

Wives and Daughters Mini-Series1999

Hamlet Feature Film1996

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band Poster

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band Documentary1995

Anna Lee: Headcase Poster

Anna Lee: Headcase TV Movie1993

Bikini Summer II Poster

Bikini Summer II Feature Film1992

Performance Poster

Performance TV Series1991

Fascist Legacy TV Series1989

Animating Art Documentary1988

Ten Great Writers of the Modern World Poster

Ten Great Writers of the Modern World Mini-Series1988

Screen Two Poster

Screen Two TV Series1985

Summer Season Poster

Summer Season TV Series1985

All the World's a Stage Poster

All the World's a Stage Mini-Series1984

Sakharov Poster

Sakharov TV Movie1984

SOE TV Series1984

The Sonnets of William Shakespeare TV Series1984

Reilly: Ace of Spies Poster

Reilly: Ace of Spies Mini-Series1983

Shakespeare Lives! Poster

Shakespeare Lives! TV Series1983

Gandhi Feature Film1982

The Merry Wives of Windsor Poster

The Merry Wives of Windsor TV Movie1982

Spine Chillers Poster

Spine Chillers TV Series1980

The Double Dealer Poster

The Double Dealer TV Movie1980

The South Bank Show Poster

The South Bank Show TV Series1978

Caesar and Cleopatra Poster

Caesar and Cleopatra TV Movie1976

Can You Keep a Secret TV Movie1976

My Homeland Poster

My Homeland Documentary1976

Late Call Poster

Late Call Mini-Series1975

Three Comedies of Marriage TV Series1975

Willow Cabins TV Movie1975

Affairs of the Heart TV Series1974

BBC2 Playhouse Poster

BBC2 Playhouse TV Series1974

Caravan to Vaccares Poster

Caravan to Vaccares Feature Film1974

Fall of Eagles Poster

Fall of Eagles Mini-Series1974

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them Poster

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them TV Movie1974

The Treasure of Abbot Thomas Poster

The Treasure of Abbot Thomas TV Movie1974

Away from It All TV Series1973

Centre Play Poster

Centre Play TV Series1973

A Fortunate Man Poster

A Fortunate Man Short Film1972

Colditz TV Series1972

The Ruling Class Poster

The Ruling Class Feature Film1972

The Stone Tape Poster

The Stone Tape TV Movie1972

The Strauss Family Poster

The Strauss Family Mini-Series1972

...The Issue Should Be Avoided TV Movie1971

Nicholas and Alexandra Poster

Nicholas and Alexandra Feature Film1971

Stage 2 TV Series1971

Girly Feature Film1970

Out of This Spark: The Making of a Revolutionary TV Movie1970

The Roads to Freedom Poster

The Roads to Freedom Mini-Series1970

Goodbye, Mr. Chips Poster

Goodbye, Mr. Chips Feature Film1969

ITV Saturday Night Theatre Poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre TV Series1969

W. Somerset Maugham Poster

W. Somerset Maugham TV Series1969

ITV Playhouse Poster

ITV Playhouse TV Series1967

The Big M TV Series1967

The Deadly Affair Poster

The Deadly Affair Feature Film1967

The Paradise Makers TV Series1967

Torture Garden Poster

Torture Garden Feature Film1967

BBC Play of the Month Poster

BBC Play of the Month TV Series1965

Jackanory Poster

Jackanory TV Series1965

The Wednesday Play Poster

The Wednesday Play TV Series1964

Theatre 625 Poster

Theatre 625 TV Series1964

Thursday Theatre TV Series1964

Love Story Poster

Love Story TV Series1963

The Mind Benders Poster

The Mind Benders Feature Film1963

Walk in the Shadow Poster

Walk in the Shadow Feature Film1962

Drama 61-67 Poster

Drama 61-67 TV Series1961

Tempo TV Series1961

Macbeth TV Movie1960

The Terrible Choice TV Series1960

A Night to Remember Poster

A Night to Remember Feature Film1958

Sword of Freedom Poster

Sword of Freedom TV Series1957

Armchair Theatre Poster

Armchair Theatre TV Series1956

Jesus of Nazareth Poster

Jesus of Nazareth Mini-Series1956

Dixon of Dock Green Poster

Dixon of Dock Green TV Series1955

ITV Play of the Week Poster

ITV Play of the Week TV Series1955

ITV Television Playhouse Poster

ITV Television Playhouse TV Series1955

Passage Home Poster

Passage Home Feature Film1955

The Vise Poster

The Vise TV Series1954

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Poster

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre TV Series1950

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