Joshua Bryant

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Joshua Bryant
Born
Joseph Bryant

(1940-07-02) July 2, 1940 (age 84)
Other namesJosh Bryant
Occupation(s)Actor, director, author, speaker
Years active1968–present
Spouse
(m. 2005)

Joshua Bryant (born July 2, 1940) is an American actor, director, author, and speaker who is the founder of the Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival in Taos, New Mexico. [1]

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Early life and education

Bryant was born in Norfolk, Virginia. After attending the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and serving for three years in the Signal Corps, he began a career in the theater that eventually led to his guest-starring in several television shows. [2]

Career

Bryant's movie credits have included acting roles in films and television movies, such as The Curious Female (1970), Black Noon (1971), Enter the Devil (1972), A Scream in the Streets (1973), The Morning After (1974), Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974), Framed (1975), The Night That Panicked America (1975), Maneaters Are Loose! (1978), Salem's Lot (1979), First Monday in October (1981), Gone Are the Dayes (1984), The Education of Allison Tate (1986), and Project Eliminator (1991) He was also active in television, including guest roles on Columbo , Kojak , Little House on the Prairie , M*A*S*H (three episodes), The Rockford Files (four episodes), The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Barnaby Jones (four episodes). [3]

For four years, Bryant hosted the syndicated series, Game Warden Wildlife Journal. [4]

Personal life

In June 2018, Joshua Bryant told Le Populaire du Centre newspaper that he had decided to leave the United States with his wife, Melinda Mullins, if the Bush administration invaded Iraq. In response to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Bryant and his wife organized or sold all their property and relocated to the Limousin region of France. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1970The Curious FemaleDr. Tower
1972Enter the DevilGlenn
1973 A Scream in the Streets Officer Ed Haskell
1975 Framed Andrew Ney
1981 First Monday in October Bill Russell
1986The Education of Allison TateRichard Tate
1991Project EliminatorDr. Markson

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1968 Cimarron Strip LieutenantEpisode: "Fool's Gold"
1968 The Outcasts LieutenantEpisode: "The Night Riders"
 1969 Gunsmoke YoungEpisode: "Twisted Heritage"
1970 Here Come the Brides EbenEpisode: "The Last Winter"
1970 Dan August Lester MzarekEpisode: "In the Eyes of God"
1970 Mission: Impossible StefanEpisode: "Decoy"
1970, 1974 Mannix Ed Pryor / Paul Russell2 episodes
1971 The Bill Cosby Show Mr. ThomasEpisode: "The Barber Shop"
1971 Black Noon TowheadTelevision film
1971 Night Gallery Eliot BlackmanEpisode: "Pickman's Model"
1971 Monty Nash Brother ZacharyEpisode: "Brother Zachary"
1971–1973 Ironside Various roles3 episodes
1971–1976 Cannon
1972 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Anton Styrokowski (Sandy)Episode: "Baby Sit-Com"
 1972 Love, American Style Harold / LesterEpisode: "Love and the Sensuous Twin"
1972 Search Air ReservationistEpisode: "Moonrock"
1972 Emergency! Mr. BodineEpisode: "Women"
1973 Ghost Story The DoctorEpisode: "Death's Head"
1973 The F.B.I. CarneyEpisode: "Memory of a Legend"
1973MeRickTelevision film
1973 Roll Out Sgt. BriggsEpisode: "No Wages: All Fear"
1974 The Morning After Dr. EmmettTelevision film
1974 Kojak Simon HechtEpisode: "The Only Way Out"
1974 The Streets of San Francisco Dr. Benjamin BlakelyEpisode: "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore"
1974 Trapped Beneath the Sea Sam WallantsTelevision film
 1974, 1976 Columbo Wayne Taylor / Dr. MacMurray2 episodes
1974–1979 The Rockford Files Various roles4 episodes
1974–1980 Barnaby Jones
1975 The Night That Panicked America Howard Koch Television film
1975 Matt Helm Bub StuartEpisode: "Murder on the Run"
1976 Petrocelli Paul AndrewsEpisode: "Any Number Can Die"
1976 City of Angels DuncanEpisode: "The Parting Shot"
1976 Spencer's Pilots Bill KellyEpisode: "The Crop Duster"
1976 The Blue Knight Sgt. Rainey2 episodes
1976, 1981 Insight Jim / Walter
1977 Switch Stafford HayesEpisode: "The Snitch"
1977 Man from Atlantis Dr. Doug BerkleyEpisode: "Man from Atlantis"
1977 Starsky & Hutch Jerry TaborEpisode: "Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road"
1977 Future Cop AndrewEpisode: "The Kansas City Kid"
1977 The Feather and Father Gang WashingtonEpisode: "The Judas Bug"
1977 Rafferty Robert CardlerEpisode: "The Epidemic"
1977 Visions Dr. RosenEpisode: "The Dancing Bear"
1977 The Love Boat Jack PlymouthEpisode: "Lost and Found/The Understudy/Married Singles"
1977 Hunter PohlmanEpisode: "U.F.M. 13"
1977, 1978 Little House on the Prairie Adam Simms2 episodes
1978 Hawaii Five-O Joe BoydEpisode: "When Does a War End?"
1978Killing StoneHarold RizziTelevision film
1978Maneaters Are Loose!Tom Purcell
1978 Dallas Peter LarsonEpisode: "Election"
1978, 1980 CHiPs Arthur Holmes / Benson2 episodes
1979Married: The First YearMichael HuffmanEpisode: "The Married Machine"
1979 Salem's Lot Ted Petrie2 episodes
1979 M*A*S*H Jack Scully3 episodes
1979, 1984 Hart to Hart  Dan Wilmott / Paul Villon2 episodes
1981 Eight Is Enough Walt LiebowitzEpisode: "Goals"
1981 Behind the Screen Gerry HolmbyEpisode: "Pilot"
1982 Bret Maverick Busted Bill SharplesEpisode: "Dateline: Sweetwater"
1982 Knots Landing Larry Wilson2 episodes
1982 The Fall Guy DirectorEpisode: "Three for the Road"
1982To Climb a MountainJohn NovakTelevision film
1982 Magnum, P.I. KeelerEpisode: "Foiled Again"
1982Wait Until DarkMike TalmanTelevision film
1983 The Powers of Matthew Star Martin RaglandEpisode: "36 Hours"
1983Secrets of a Mother and DaughterBarryTelevision film
1983 The A-Team Jim BakerEpisode: "The White Ballot"
1984 Riptide Dr. Robert AtkinsEpisode: "The Hardcase"
1984 Gone Are the Dayes Fred CooperTelevision film
1985 Crazy Like a Fox Colonel GlendonEpisode: "The Geronimo Machine"
1985 Wildside PikeEpisode: "Delinquency of a Miner"
1986 St. Elsewhere Dr. Bond StevensEpisode: "Out on a Limb"
1986News at ElevenMartin KentTelevision film
1986 The Deliberate Stranger ProsecutorMiniseries
1986 Matlock Dave EdwardsEpisode: "The Seduction"
1986 The Magical World of Disney Sam the VetEpisode: "The Thanksgiving Promise"
1987 Starman Wayne Geffner2 episodes
1987 J.J. Starbuck BillyEpisode: "First You've Got to Go to the Picnic"
1987 The Law & Harry McGraw MetzgerEpisode: "Yankee Boodle Dandy"
1989 Highway to Heaven CazEpisode: "Summer Camp"
1989 L.A. Law Dr. Gregory StarkEpisode: "Lie Down and Deliver"
1992 Lucky Luke Mr. FarleyEpisode: "Chi è Mr. Josephs?"
2001 Touched by an Angel HarryEpisode: "Thief of Hearts"
2005 Into the West Gen. Wm. Sherman Episode: "Hell on Wheels"
2006 The Lost Room Art O'DoughertyEpisode: "The Comb and the Box"
2008 Wildfire Dr. Ronald2 episodes

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References

  1. Romancito, Rick (March 13, 2008). "The End ; Taos Talking Pictures Founder Josh Bryant Has a Final Word". Taos News. The Santa Fe New Mexican.
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  3. Solomonson, Ed; O’Neill, Mark. TV's M*A*S*H: The Ultimate Guide Book. BearManor Media.
  4. "Game Show". Indianapolis Monthly. Emmis Communications. July 1999. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  5. Mingau, Muriel (June 9, 2018). "Pourquoi Joshua Bryant, acteur d'Hollywood et Melinda Mullins, actrice newyorkaise, ont choisi la Haute-Vienne" [Why Hollywood actor Joshua Bryant and New York actress Melinda Mullins chose Haute-Vienne]. Le Populaire du Centre (in French). Retrieved February 27, 2022. En 2003, nous ... avons affirmé : si le gouvernement Bush envahit l'Irak, nous quitterons les Etats-Unis. Evidemment, nous ne pensions que cela n'arriverait pas. ... Il nous a fallu quatre ans pour nous organiser, vendre ce que nous avions.[In 2003, we ... said: If the Bush administration invades Iraq, we will leave the United States. Obviously, we didn't think that would happen. But on March 20, 2003, war on Iraq was declared. ... It took us four years to get organized, to sell what we had.]