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