
Michael Bryant
Born
April 5, 1928
Died
April 25, 2002 (74 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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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.
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The Curse Of Denton Rose
Self
2020

The Deep
John Ingram
2007

The Miracle Maker
God/ The Doctor (voice)
2000

King Lear
Fool
1998

Hamlet
Priest
1996

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
Self (segment "The deep") (archive footage)
1995
Anna Lee: Headcase
Commander Martin Brierly
1993

Performance
Fool · (1 episode)
1991

Heading Home
Derek Green
1991

Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
Advocate
1988

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Advocate · (1 episode)
1988

Sakharov
Syshchikov
1984

Reilly: Ace of Spies
Narrator (voice) · (12 episodes)
1983

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Doctor Caius
1982

Gandhi
Principal Secretary
1982

A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton
Mike
1982

The BBC Television Shakespeare
Doctor Caius · (1 episode)
1978
Short Back and Sides
John Hardy
1977

My Homeland
Reader
1976

The Daedalus Equations
Sam McInstrey
1976

Late Call
Howard Calvert · (4 episodes)
1975

The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
The Rev. Justin Somerton
1974

Caravan to Vaccarès
Zuger
1974

Is It Something I Said?
Arthur
1974

Mr. Axelford's Angel
Mr Axelford
1974

Fall of Eagles
Ratchkowsky · (1 episode)
1974

Playhouse
Sam McInstrey · (1 episode)
1974
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974
The Professional
Duckworth
1973

The Stone Tape
Peter Brock
1972

Colditz
W / Cdr George Marsh · (1 episode)
1972

The Duchess of Malfi
Bosola
1972

The Ruling Class
Dr. Herder
1972
The Greeks and Their Gifts
Stuart Lindsay
1972

A Ghost Story for Christmas
The Rev. Justin Somerton · (1 episode)
1971

Nicholas and Alexandra
Lenin
1971
The Switch
Henry Martin
1971

The Roads to Freedom
Mathieu Delarue · (13 episodes)
1970

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
New Friend
1970

The Three Sisters
Vershinin
1970

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Max Staefel
1969
The Explorer
Erik Petterson
1968
Mille Miglia
Stirling Moss
1968

Torture Garden
Colin Williams (segment 1 "Enoch")
1967
The Big M
Johnny Treherne · (6 episodes)
1967
Easier in the Dark
The Man
1967

The Deadly Affair
Gaveston (in Edward II)
1967

Talking to a Stranger
(4 episodes)
1966

BBC Play of the Month
Vershinin · (1 episode)
1965

The Mind Benders
Dr. Danny Tate
1963

Life for Ruth
John's Counsel
1962

A Night to Remember
Sixth Officer James Moody
1958

Harbor Command
(1 episode)
1957

Telephone Time
(1 episode)
1956

Uranium Boom
Peterson
1956

ITV Play of the Week
Walter Luke · (1 episode)
1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
(1 episode)
1955

Passage Home
Stebbings
1955

Buffalo Bill Jr.
(2 episodes)
1955

The Millionaire
McGinnis · (1 episode)
1955

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Britannus · (1 episode)
1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
(1 episode)
1951