John Bryans
Born: 1942-08-05
Died: 1989-03-02
Known For: Acting
Biography
John Bryans (died 2 March 1989) was a British actor, who appeared frequently on television. He is possibly best known for his recurring role as Bercol during the first two series of Blake's 7. He also appeared in the third series as the torturer Shrinker. He also appeared in the Doctor Who serial The Creature from the Pit. Other television credits include: Justice, Bel Ami, Danger Man, The Baron, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, The Champions, Softly, Softly, The First Lady, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Guardians, The Troubleshooters, Colditz, Rock Follies, The Gentle Touch, Wilde Alliance and Only Fools and Horses. His film roles included the estate agent in the horror anthology The House That Dripped Blood (1970), and Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972).
Filmography
1986
- Blake's 7: Duel as Senator Bercol
1983
- Dalgliesh as Chief Superintendent Mercer
1982
- Praying Mantis as Dubreuil
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Dr. Ford-Waterlow
- Broken Glass as George Harris
1980
- Cribb as Dr Partridge
1979
- Henry V as Duke of Bourbon
- Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit as Torvin
1978
- Blake's 7 as Senator Bercol
- Wilde Alliance as Lamb
- Quiet as a Nun as Sir Charles
1977
- Anna Karenina
- Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle as Barraclough
- Nipper as Magistrate
1974
- Churchill's People as Sir Wiliam Petty
- Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove? as Colonel Broom
1973
- Black and Blue as Martin Bormann
1972
- Crown Court
- Colditz as German Guard
- Villains as Milton Byers QC
- Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Wolsey
1971
- Justice as Arthur Bollington
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Prosecuting Counsel
- The Guardians
- Cousin Bette as Célestin Crevel
- The House That Dripped Blood as Stoker (segment "Framework Story")
- Bel Ami as Monsieur Walter
- Bel Ami as Monsieur Walter
1970
- Play for Today as Magistrate
- Menace as Area Manager
- The Prime Minister's Daughter as Scott-Bower
1968
- The Champions as Crolic
- The Expert as Parker
- Nana as Steiner
- Number Ten as Holden Britwell
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Holden Britwell
- The World of Wodehouse as Hotel Manager
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as Mr. Armitage
1966
- Softly, Softly
- Mystery and Imagination as Baines
- The Informer as Fortescue
- Dead Silence as Sydney Oliver
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Mgr. de la Trémouille
- A Passage to India as Mr Burton
- The Girl Who Loved Robots as Lederman
1964
- Theatre 625 as Mellish
- Redcap as Constantonis
- Martin Chuzzlewit
- Downfall as Artist
- The Verdict as Prendergast
1963
- Doctor Who as Torvin
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Scott-Bower