Bryan Marshall

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Bryan Marshall
Portrait of Bryan Marshall.png
Born(1938-05-19)19 May 1938
Battersea, London, England
Died25 June 2019(2019-06-25) (aged 81)
NationalityBritish
Alma mater Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Film and television actor

Bryan Marshall (19 May 1938 – 25 June 2019) was a British actor, with a number of major credits in film and television to his name, in both in Britain and Australia. [1]

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Early life

Marshall was born in Battersea, south London. [2] He was educated at the Salesian College, Battersea, and trained as an actor at RADA, graduating in 1963, [3] before appearing at the Bristol Old Vic and in repertory theatre and in the 1986 first national tour of The Sound of Music as Captain von Trapp.

Film

Marshall's best-remembered film role is that of Councillor Harris in The Long Good Friday (1980). His other film credits include Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966), Alfie (1966), The Witches (1966), The Viking Queen (1967), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), [4] Mosquito Squadron (1969), I Start Counting (1970), Man in the Wilderness (1971), Because of the Cats (1973), The Tamarind Seed (1974) and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). [5] His later film career included roles in Australian productions such as BMX Bandits (1983), Bliss (1985), The Man from Snowy River II (1988), The Punisher (1989) with Dolph Lundgren, Country Life (1994) and Selkie (2000).

Television

Marshall had several leading roles on television, notably Dobbin in the 1967 production of Vanity Fair , Gilbert Markham in the 1968 serial of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Wentworth in the 1971 adaptation of Persuasion . Other television credits include: Spindoe , Warship , United! , The Forsyte Saga , Dixon of Dock Green , Z-Cars , The Saint , The Avengers , [6] Rooms (1975), The Onedin Line , Out , The Professionals , Return of the Saint , Buccaneer , The Chinese Detective , Robin of Sherwood , Heartbeat , The Bill and Dalziel and Pascoe .

He also worked extensively in Australia, [7] with credits including Prisoner , [nb 1] Special Squad , Golden Pennies , Neighbours , Embassy , Home and Away , Stingers , Water Rats and All Saints .

In 1989, Marshall was the original host of Australia's Most Wanted , [8] an Australian version of the show America's Most Wanted which was focused on helping the police with unsolved crimes.

Death

Marshall died on 25 June 2019, at the age of 81. [9] [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1964House of GlassPrivate OliverTV movie
1966 Rasputin the Mad Monk Vasily (uncredited)Feature film
Alfie Perce (uncredited)Feature film
The Witches TomFeature film
1967 The Viking Queen Dominic (uncredited)Feature film
Quatermass and the Pit (aka Five Million Years to Earth)Captain PotterFeature film
1969 Mosquito Squadron Squadron Leader Neale RAF Feature film
1970 I Start Counting GeorgeFeature film
1971 Man in the Wilderness PottsFeature film
1973 Because of the Cats Inspector van der Valk Feature film
1974Twelfth NightOrsinoTV movie
The Tamarind Seed George MacLeodFeature film
1977 The Spy Who Loved Me Commander TalbotFeature film
1980 The Long Good Friday Councillor George HarrisFeature film
19814D Special AgentsRayFeature film
1982The Merry Wives of WindsorGeorge PageTV movie
East LynneOrway BechelTV movie
1983 BMX Bandits The BossFeature film
1984 The Great Gold Swindle Detective Sergeant HancockTV movie
1985 Bliss Adrian ClunesFeature film
Hot TargetClive Webber, husbandFeature film
1988 The Man from Snowy River II HawkerFeature film
VernonForrestShort film
1989 The Punisher Dino MorettiFeature film
1990 The Phantom Horseman Tremayne (voice)TV movie
1994 Country Life Mr. PettingerFeature film
1994 Cody: A Family Affair RocheTV movie
1996ChickenDwight SerrentoFeature film
1997Hard EdgeBossFeature film
2000 Selkie MalcolmFeature film
2000Ihaka: Blunt InstrumentMcGrailTV movie
2002Into the NightMarcusShort film
2007Boys Briefs 4 (aka Courts mais GAY: Tome 13)MarcusAnthology film, segment: "Into the Night"

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1963–1968 The Saint Moreno / Constable BurnsTV series, 2 episodes
1964TeletaleGuidoTV series, 1 episode
1964 No Hiding Place StewartTV series, 1 episode
1964 Gideon's Way BraithwaiteTV series, 1 episode
1964 R3 Chris MarksTV series, 1 episode
1964 Redcap Private JeddTV series, 1 episode
1964–1965 Dr. Finlay's Casebook Ian Hamilton / Jock BartonTV series, 2 episodes
1964–1968 Z-Cars Alf Spicer / Bank ClerkTV series, 2 episodes
1965–1966 United! Jack BirkettTV series, 51 episodes
1967 This Man Craig Roddy MackayTV series, 1 episode
1967 The Forsyte Saga Harold BladeTV series, 3 episodes
1967SanctuarySandyTV series, 1 episode
1967Sat'day While SundayJack MarshallTV series, 2 episodes
1967 The Informer BriggsTV series, 1 episode
1967 Vanity Fair Captain DobbinTV miniseries, 5 episodes
1968 Spindoe Detective Sergeant PeachTV series, 6 episodes
1968 Softly, Softly Jeff SimpsonTV series, 1 episode
1968 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Gilbert MarkhamTV miniseries, 4 episodes
1969 The Avengers Audrey PhillipsonTV series, episode: "Who Was That Man I Saw You With?"
1969 Strange Report Inspector PurcellTV series, 1 episode
1969–1972 ITV Playhouse Bill / Mark SegalTV series, 2 episodes
1970VilletteDr John Graham BrettonTV series, 5 episodes
1970 Special Branch SullivanTV series, 1 episode
1970 A Family at War StashekTV series, 1 episode
1971 Persuasion Captain Frederick Wentworth TV miniseries, 5 episodes
1971 The Onedin Line Michael AdamsTV series, 1 episode
1972 New Scotland Yard PC Derek TyrellTV series, 1 episode
1972The FrightenersAdrian WillsTV series, 1 episode
1972 Villains Arnold HeptonTV series, 2 episodes
1972 Play for Today Bill Huntley / Manuel StockerTV series, 2 episodes
1972 Dixon of Dock Green Geoffrey DaviesTV series, 1 episode
1973Country MattersTom RichardsTV series, 1 episode
1973MenaceManghamTV series, 1 episode
1973 Thriller Dr Brice NelsonTV series, 1 episode
1973My Good WomanColin PadgetTV series, 1 episode
1973 BBC Play of the Month Mr WorthyTV series, 1 episode
1974Hunters WalkBilly SilkTV series, 1 episode
1974 Softly Softly: Task Force RonaldTV series, 1 episode
1974 Late Night Theatre The FishermanTV series, 1 episode
19752nd HouseJohn Henry 'Babbacombe' LeeTV series, 1 episode
1975The Fight Against SlaveryWilliam KnibbeTV miniseries, 1 episode
1975Sam and the RiverAlan FlintTV series, 1 episode
1975 Churchill's People James IngsTV series, 1 episode
1976 Warship Commander Alan Douglas Glenn, AFCTV series, season 3, 1 episode
1974–1976RoomsClive LawsonTV series, 32 episodes
1977Piccadilly CircusStockerTV series, 1 episode
1977The Sunday DramaDave GaleTV series, 1 episode
1977 Crown Court Harold Phillips / Reverend Howard DaviesTV series, 6 episodes
1978 Horizon SmeatonTV series, 1 episode
1978 Out HallamTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1978 The Professionals PrestonTV series, season 2, episode: “Hunter/Hunted”
1978 Return of the Saint O'HaraTV series, 1 episode
1978 Premiere Mal LeytonTV series, 1 episode
1979The Mourning BroochRay CampionTV series, 3 episodes
1979 The Boy Merlin IefanTV series, 3 episodes
1979Murder at the WeddingWilliam AppleyardTV miniseries, 4 episodes
1980Airport ChaplainJim HallidayTV series, 1 episode
1980 Armchair Thriller Paul MarriottTV series, 4 episodes
1979-1980 Buccaneer Tony BlairTV series, 15 episodes
1982 Dick Turpin Barnaby HuskTV series, 2 episodes
1982 The Chinese Detective George BourneTV series, 1 episode
1983 Tales of the Unexpected Frank JesmondTV series, 1 episode
1983 A Country Practice Piet KooningTV series, 2 episodes
1984 Prisoner Dr Jonathon EdmondsTV series, 8 episodes
1985 Possession Oliver HearstTV series, 6 episodes
1985 The Fast Lane KingdomTV series, 1 episode
1985 Golden Pennies Luke GreenwoodTV miniseries, 8 episodes
1985 Special Squad CalvinTV series, episode 18: "The Chen Legacy"
1986 Robin of Sherwood Adam BellTV series, 1 episode
1987 Neighbours Gerard Singer TV series, 3 episodes
1987 Willing and Abel TV series, 1 episode
1987 Pulaski Billy GemsTV series, 1 episode
1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty ColonelTV miniseries, 1 episode
1988 True Believers Richard Casey TV miniseries, 7 episodes
1988 Act of Betrayal KennedyTV miniseries, 1 episode
1988 The Flying Doctors HawkinsTV series, 1 episode
1989 Mission: Impossible Gregor AntonioTV series, 1 episode
1989 Australia's Most Wanted PresenterTV series, 35 episodes
1989–1992 Tanamera – Lion of Singapore ChalfontTV miniseries, 7 episodes
1990 Come in Spinner ByronTV miniseries, 4 episodes
1990 Rafferty's Rules Brian DoyleTV series, 1 episode
1990–1991 Embassy Ambassador Duncan StewartTV series, 25 episodes
1993 Time Trax Randall QuinnTV series, 1 episode
1995 Blue Murder Task Force OfficerTV miniseries, 1 episode
1996 Water Rats Inspector Michael FarrellTV series, 4 episodes
1097 Big Sky HarryTV series, 1 episode
1997 The New Adventures of Robin Hood Bryce the WardenTV series, 1 episode
1997 Thief Takers DSI Don RobertsTV series, 2 episodes
1997 Halifax f.p. John Halifax, Jane's FatherTV series, 1 episode
1998 Heartbeat Josh RobertsTV series, 1 episode
1998; 2003 Home and Away Trevor Bardwell / John SimpsonTV series, 3 episodes
1999 The Knock Frankie JohnsonTV series, season 4, 3 episodes
1999 The Bill Max WeirTV series, 1 episode
2002 Dalziel and Pascoe Terry BrakespeareTV series, episode: "Sins of the Fathers"
2002–2004 All Saints Gerald Partridge / Miles GordonTV series
2004 Stingers Kepter VanderbijlTV series
2012 A Moody Christmas Cora's UncleTV miniseries, 1 episode

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
1963The Golden Rivet Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1963–1964 The Rivals Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1963–1964 The Physicists Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1963–1964 Semi-Detached Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1964The Golden RivetMalcolm Phoenix Theatre, London with Linnit and Dunfee Ltd and Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
1974–1975Paradise Lost The Old Vic, London
1976 Liza of Lambeth Jim Blakeston Shaftesbury Theatre, London
1978–1979 Love for Love Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1980Lancelot and Guinevere Lancelot The Old Vic, London
1980–1981 Aladdin Bristol Hippodrome
1981 Betrayal Jerry Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Theatre Royal, Brighton & other locations
1981The Gentle Trap Theatre Royal, Newcastle [11]
1982 Season’s Greetings Neville Greenwich Theatre, London and Apollo Theatre, London with Michael Codron
1983 Born Yesterday Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney with J. C. Williamson
1986 The Sound of Music Captain von Trapp Theatre Royal, Plymouth, Theatre Royal, Nottingham, New Theatre, Oxford, Grand Opera House, Belfast & other locations
1991 Australia Felix Michael Gavan Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company for Sydney Festival
1991 Run for Your Wife Glen Street Theatre, Sydney with Theatre of Comedy
1992It's Ralph Marian Street Theatre, Sydney
2001Men of Honour Ensemble Theatre, Sydney

[12] [13]

Notes

  1. ↑ Known in his native UK (and the United States) as Prisoner: Cell Block H; not to be confused with the 1967 UK series, The Prisoner .

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References

  1. ↑ Noble, Peter, ed. (1982). 1982–1983 Screen International Film And TV Year Book. London: King Publications.
  2. ↑ Bryan Marshall - Films, TV and people, BFI.]
  3. ↑ Course Name: Acting (RADA Diploma). Year of Graduation: 1963. RADA student & graduate profiles.
  4. ↑ 'Quatermass and the Pit (BFI Film Classics)’ by Kim Newman (BFI, 2014) p. 111 (Credits). ISBN   9781844577910.]
  5. ↑ Bryan Marshall filmography at Fandango
  6. ↑ Avengers episode "Who Was That Man I Saw You With?" (1969).
  7. ↑ 'Hanging around in the hood: the legacy of The Long Good Friday'. 20.o2.2000. The Guardian|Film.
  8. ↑ Australia's Most Wanted. tv.com.
  9. ↑ "Neighbours star dead at 81". news.com.au. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  10. ↑ Hayward, Anthony (4 July 2019). "Bryan Marshall obituary". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077.
  11. ↑ https://www.mediastorehouse.com.au/memory-lane-prints/mirror/0400to0499-00481/jill-gascoigne-bryan-marshall-who-appearing-21665625.html?srsltid=AfmBOophe6ksLVBerJrS6cehZYx5RdA3iTWfynzNGQTMJFkyBdyWoAS2
  12. ↑ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/229166
  13. ↑ https://theatricalia.com/person/ym5/bryan-marshall
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