Michael Bryant
Known for Acting · 77 credits
- Born
- 1928-04-05
- Died
- 2002-04-25
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Michael Dennis Bryant
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (35)
Screen Two
1985
as Bryden Thomas
Playhouse
1974
as Sam McInstrey
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Mr. Burch
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Vershinin
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Millionaire
1955
as McGinnis
Theatre 625
1964
as Gerard / Alan Stevens / Stirling Moss
Telephone Time
1956
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Erik Petterson / Gen. Clarence Fitzallan / Stuart Lindsay / Duckworth / Boris J. Axelford / John Hardy
Centre Play
1973
as Arthur
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Anthony Berridge / Mike
ITV Play of the Week
1955
as Walter Luke
Performance
1991
as Fool
Harbor Command
1957
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Narrator (voice)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Ratchkowsky
Colditz
1972
as W / Cdr George Marsh
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as The Rev. Justin Somerton
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Britannus
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Advocate
Wives and Daughters
1999
as Dr Nichols
Private Affairs
1975
as Ernest Weekley
Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Herbert Dodd
Jesus of Nazareth
1956
as John bar Zebedee
Away from It All
1973
as Chris
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Mr. Davidson
Talking to a Stranger
1966
Stage 2
1971
as Daniel de Bosola
The Roads to Freedom
1970
as Mathieu Delarue
The Big M
1967
as Johnny Treherne
Three Comedies of Marriage
1975
as Nigel
Late Call
1975
as Howard Calvert
Movies (42)
Gandhi
1982
as Principal Secretary
Hamlet
1996
as Priest
A Night to Remember
1958
as Sixth Officer James Moody
Uranium Boom
1956
as Peterson
Heading Home
1991
as Derek Green
The Deadly Affair
1967
as Gaveston (in Edward II)
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Lenin
My Homeland
1976
as Reader
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
as Max Staefel
The Ruling Class
1972
as Dr. Herder
Mille Miglia
1968
as Stirling Moss
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
1970
as New Friend
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Doctor Caius
The Professional
1973
as Duckworth
The Miracle Maker
2000
as God/ The Doctor (voice)
Torture Garden
1967
as Colin Williams (segment 1 "Enoch")
Mrs. Weekley's Lover
2025
as Ernest Weekley
The Three Sisters
1970
as Vershinin
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995
as Self (segment "The deep") (archive footage)
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
1988
as Advocate
The Deep
2007
as John Ingram
The Stone Tape
1972
as Peter Brock
Anna Lee: Headcase
1993
as Commander Martin Brierly
Caravan to Vaccarès
1974
as Zuger
The Mind Benders
1963
as Dr. Danny Tate
The Ruffian on the Stair
1973
as Mike
The Explorer
1968
as Erik Petterson
The Daedalus Equations
1976
as Sam McInstrey
Passage Home
1955
as Stebbings
A Crack in the Ice
1985
as Gen. Kokoshkin
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
1974
as The Rev. Justin Somerton
The Greeks and Their Gifts
1972
as Stuart Lindsay
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974
Life for Ruth
1962
as John's Counsel
The Switch
1971
as Henry Martin
The Absence of War
1995
as Bryden Thomas
Easier in the Dark
1967
as The Man
Sakharov
1984
as Syshchikov
King Lear
1998
as Fool
Mr. Axelford's Angel
1974
as Mr Axelford
The Duchess of Malfi
1972
as Bosola
Is It Something I Said?
1974
as Arthur
About Michael Bryant
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… With 77 credits spanning from 1951 to 2025, Michael Bryant has appeared in 42 films and 35 TV shows.
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- Gandhi (1982) — as Principal Secretary
- Hamlet (1996) — as Priest
- A Night to Remember (1958) — as Sixth Officer James Moody
- Uranium Boom (1956) — as Peterson
- Heading Home (1991) — as Derek Green
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