John Bryans
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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2855 |
| Birthday | 1942-08-05 |
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1965
The Girl Who Loved Robots
8/1
Night club girl Victory Ducann is found murdered, the main suspect is an astronaut, but police are prevented from approaching him as he is due to fly...
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The Girl Who Loved Robots
1965
A Passage to India
8/1
The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard, an...
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A Passage to India
1966
Dead Silence
0/0
A Chief Inspector of Police is behaving rather erratically during a murder investigation.
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Dead Silence
1968
Number Ten
7/1
The Prime Minister heads a cabinet divided on the question of either using force against an African state, or referring the matter to the United Natio...
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Number Ten
1970
The Prime Minister's Daughter
0/0
In a fictitious English parliament, various tactics are employed in the pursuit of power, even to the extent of bismerching member's of a politician's...
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The Prime Minister's Daughter
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
5.8/21
Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back ov...
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Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1979
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
6/3
The Doctor and Romana follow a distress signal which leads to the jungle planet Chloris, whose ruthless ruler Lady Adrasta harbors a deadly creature i...
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Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
1979
Henry V
6.2/5
Insulted by the Dauphin, the newly-crowned King Henry V gathers his troops for war. But Henry must convince his men that he has left his wild days beh...
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Henry V
1971
The House That Dripped Blood
6.395/181
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.
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The House That Dripped Blood
1982
Praying Mantis
6/3
A middle-aged professor's young bride and his assistant plan to commit a double murder disguised as a "Crime Passionel", but discover too late that on...
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Praying Mantis
1977
Nipper
9/1
Teenager Jimmy's life begins to unravel after the death of his father. With his mother promiscuous and his new stepfather and stepbrother difficult to...
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Nipper
1974
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
0/0
Wallace Pidgeon, a schoolteacher, has a School Sports Day that goes drastically wrong and finds himself torn between the contradictory demands of his...
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Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
1982
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
8/1
Jane Lapotaire and Joss Ackland star in this adaptation of Rudolph Besier's play. Elizabeth Barrett is kept a virtual prisoner by her father. Then the...
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1982
Broken Glass
0/0
A private detective caring for his wife who is suffering from dementia investigates the disappearance of a young girl. Soon, however, he begins diggin...
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Broken Glass
1964
The Verdict
7/3
A racketeer, deported back from America, faces murder charge and hatches jury rigging plot with accomplice. Cross and double-cross follow.
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The Verdict
1978
Quiet as a Nun
8/1
A reporter is asked to look into the mysterious death of a nun who died in a locked room at a convent. She had recently inherited a fortune. The repor...
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Quiet as a Nun
1971
Bel Ami
0/0
Set in the 19th-century in France Georges Duroy cynically exploits women and his position working as a journalist to try and gain power.
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Bel Ami
1964
Downfall
6.5/4
Harold Crossley is a barrister and respected intellectual, but proves no match to his scheming young wife
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Downfall
1986
Blake's 7: Duel
0/0
Supreme Commander Servalan assigns the task to the deadly Travis-his orders simply to seek, locate and destroy Blake's 7! Travis and his Mutoid crew c...
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