John Bryans

John Bryans

Birthday: 1942-08-05

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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).

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The Girl Who Loved Robots
The Girl Who Loved Robots

Night club girl Victory Ducann is found murdered, the main suspect is an astronaut, but police are p...

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A Passage to India
A Passage to India

The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month stran...

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Dead Silence
Dead Silence

A Chief Inspector of Police is behaving rather erratically during a murder investigation....

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Number Ten
Number Ten

The Prime Minister heads a cabinet divided on the question of either using force against an African ...

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The Prime Minister's Daughter
The Prime Minister's Daughter

In a fictitious English parliament, various tactics are employed in the pursuit of power, even to th...

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Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a t...

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Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit

The Doctor and Romana follow a distress signal which leads to the jungle planet Chloris, whose ruthl...

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Henry V
Henry V

Insulted by the Dauphin, the newly-crowned King Henry V gathers his troops for war. But Henry must c...

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The House That Dripped Blood
The House That Dripped Blood

A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house....

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Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis

A middle-aged professor's young bride and his assistant plan to commit a double murder disguised as ...

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Nipper
Nipper

Teenager Jimmy's life begins to unravel after the death of his father. With his mother promiscuous a...

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Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?

Wallace Pidgeon, a schoolteacher, has a School Sports Day that goes drastically wrong and finds hims...

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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Jane Lapotaire and Joss Ackland star in this adaptation of Rudolph Besier's play. Elizabeth Barrett ...

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Broken Glass
Broken Glass

A private detective caring for his wife who is suffering from dementia investigates the disappearanc...

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The Verdict
The Verdict

A racketeer, deported back from America, faces murder charge and hatches jury rigging plot with acco...

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Quiet as a Nun
Quiet as a Nun

A reporter is asked to look into the mysterious death of a nun who died in a locked room at a conven...

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Bel Ami
Bel Ami

Set in the 19th-century in France Georges Duroy cynically exploits women and his position working as...

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Downfall
Downfall

Harold Crossley is a barrister and respected intellectual, but proves no match to his scheming young...

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