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Michael Bryant

Michael Bryant

Oyuncu · 1928 – 2002 · London, England, UK

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bryant (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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  • Dizi5.2

    BBC Play of the Month

    1965 · 8 votes

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    Screen Two

    1985 · 7 votes

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    The Wednesday Play

    1964 · 5 votes

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    Theatre 625

    1964 · 5 votes

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    Playhouse

    1974 · 1 votes

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    ITV Playhouse

    1967 · 3 votes

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    Performance

    1991 · 2 votes

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    The Millionaire

    1955 · 4 votes

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    ITV Play of the Week

    1955 · 5 votes

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    Telephone Time

    1956 · 4 votes

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    Centre Play

    1973 · 1 votes

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    Reilly: Ace of Spies

    1983 · 25 votes

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    Fall of Eagles

    1974 · 10 votes

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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    1951 · 8 votes

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    Colditz

    1972 · 14 votes

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    Buffalo Bill, Jr.

    Buffalo Bill Jr.

    1955 · 2 votes

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    Affairs of the Heart

    1974 · 1 votes

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    Gandhi

    1982 · 2.6K votes

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    A Night to Remember

    Unutulmaz Gece

    1958 · 304 votes

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    Hamlet

    1996 · 528 votes

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    The Miracle Maker

    2000 · 52 votes

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    Nicholas and Alexandra

    1971 · 82 votes

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    The Deadly Affair

    1967 · 96 votes

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    Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    Elveda Bay Chips

    1969 · 54 votes

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    The Ruling Class

    1972 · 102 votes

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    Torture Garden

    1967 · 86 votes

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    Heading Home

    1991 · 5 votes

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    The Deep

    2007 · 1 votes

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    The Mind Benders

    1963 · 30 votes

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    Uranium Boom

    1956 · 3 votes

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    Life for Ruth

    1962 · 12 votes

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    Mr. Axelford's Angel

    1974 · 3 votes

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    The Absence of War

    1995 · 2 votes