Michael Bryant
Known for Acting · 73 credits
- Born
- 1928-04-05
- Died
- 2002-04-25
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
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 (31)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Vershinin
Screen Two
1985
as Bryden Thomas
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Mr. Burch
Playhouse
1974
as Sam McInstrey
Theatre 625
1964
as Gerard / Alan Stevens / Stirling Moss
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Erik Petterson / Gen. Clarence Fitzallan / Stuart Lindsay / Duckworth / Boris J. Axelford / John Hardy
The Millionaire
1955
as McGinnis
Telephone Time
1956
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Anthony Berridge / Mike
Performance
1991
as Fool
ITV Play of the Week
1955
as Walter Luke
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Narrator (voice)
Centre Play
1973
as Arthur
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as The Rev. Justin Somerton
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Ratchkowsky
Colditz
1972
as W / Cdr George Marsh
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Advocate
Harbor Command
1957
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Britannus
Wives and Daughters
1999
as Dr Nichols
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Mr. Davidson
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
The Roads to Freedom
1970
as Mathieu Delarue
Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Herbert Dodd
Talking to a Stranger
1966
The Big M
1967
as Johnny Treherne
Jesus of Nazareth
1956
as John bar Zebedee
Late Call
1975
as Howard Calvert
Movies (42)
Gandhi
1982
as Principal Secretary
Hamlet
1996
as Priest
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Lenin
A Night to Remember
1958
as Sixth Officer James Moody
The Miracle Maker
2000
as God/ The Doctor (voice)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
as Max Staefel
The Deadly Affair
1967
as Gaveston (in Edward II)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Doctor Caius
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
1970
as New Friend
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
1988
as Advocate
The Ruling Class
1972
as Dr. Herder
Torture Garden
1967
as Colin Williams (segment 1 "Enoch")
Uranium Boom
1956
as Peterson
Sakharov
1984
as Syshchikov
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974
Heading Home
1991
as Derek Green
Life for Ruth
1962
as John's Counsel
Anna Lee: Headcase
1993
as Commander Martin Brierly
The Mind Benders
1963
as Dr. Danny Tate
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995
as Self (segment "The deep") (archive footage)
The Deep
2007
as John Ingram
The Three Sisters
1970
as Vershinin
The Absence of War
1995
as Bryden Thomas
Passage Home
1955
as Stebbings
Caravan to Vaccarès
1974
as Zuger
Mille Miglia
1968
as Stirling Moss
King Lear
1998
as Fool
The Stone Tape
1972
as Peter Brock
The Greeks and Their Gifts
1972
as Stuart Lindsay
The Professional
1973
as Duckworth
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
1974
as The Rev. Justin Somerton
Mr. Axelford's Angel
1974
as Mr Axelford
The Daedalus Equations
1976
as Sam McInstrey
The Explorer
1968
as Erik Petterson
My Homeland
1976
as Reader
The Switch
1971
as Henry Martin
Is It Something I Said?
1974
as Arthur
Easier in the Dark
1967
as The Man
A Crack in the Ice
1985
as Gen. Kokoshkin
The Duchess of Malfi
1972
as Bosola
Mrs. Weekley's Lover
2025
as Ernest Weekley
The Ruffian on the Stair
1973
as Mike
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 73 credits spanning from 1951 to 2025, Michael Bryant has appeared in 42 films and 31 TV shows.
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- Gandhi (1982) — as Principal Secretary
- Hamlet (1996) — as Priest
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) — as Lenin
- A Night to Remember (1958) — as Sixth Officer James Moody
- The Miracle Maker (2000) — as God/ The Doctor (voice)
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