John Bryans
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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).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Birthday: August 05, 1942
Age: 82 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 02, 1989
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The Girl Who Loved Robots
Overview: 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 off to the Moon.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-20
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A Passage to India
Overview: 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, and directed by Waris Hussein.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-16
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Dead Silence
Overview: A Chief Inspector of Police is behaving rather erratically during a murder investigation.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-09-10
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Number Ten
Overview: 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 Nations.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-07
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The Prime Minister's Daughter
Overview: 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 family.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-13
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Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Overview: 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 over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-13
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Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
Overview: The Doctor and Romana follow a distress signal which leads to the jungle planet Chloris, whose ruthless ruler Lady Adrasta harbors a deadly creature in a pit.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-17
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Henry V
Overview: The life of King Henry the Fifth.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-23
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The House That Dripped Blood
Overview: A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-22
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Praying Mantis
Overview: 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 one of their intended victims has become a fellow conspirator.
Genres: Romance Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Nipper
Overview: 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 get along with, he begins to fall into a cycle of petty crime and self harm.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-15
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Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
Overview: Wallace Pidgeon, a schoolteacher, has a School Sports Day that goes drastically wrong and finds himself torn between the contradictory demands of his headmaster, his pupils, his young bride and her father.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-28
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Overview: 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 poet Robert Browning bursts into her life.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-30
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Broken Glass
Overview: A private detective caring for his wife who is suffering from dementia investigates the disappearance of a young girl. Soon, however, he begins digging up the girl's dark family secrets.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-11
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The Verdict
Overview: A racketeer, deported back from America, faces murder charge and hatches jury rigging plot with accomplice. Cross and double-cross follow.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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