Bryan Marshall

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 Britain and Australia.

Early life Marshall was born in Battersea, south London. He was educated at the Salesian College, Battersea, and trained as an actor at RADA, graduating in 1963, 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), 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). 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, Mission: Impossible, Z-Cars, The Saint, The Avengers, 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, with credits including Prisoner, 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, 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, aged 81.

Filmography

Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1963–1968 The Saint Moreno / Constable Burns TV series, 2 episodes 1964 Teletale Guido TV series, 1 episode 1964 No Hiding Place Stewart TV series, 1 episode 1964 Gideon's Way Braithwaite TV series, 1 episode 1964 R3 Chris Marks TV series, 1 episode 1964 Redcap Private Jedd TV series, 1 episode 1964–1965 Dr. Finlay's Casebook Ian Hamilton / Jock Barton TV series, 2 episodes 1964–1968 Z-Cars Alf Spicer / Bank Clerk TV series, 2 episodes 1965–1966 United! Jack Birkett TV series, 51 episodes 1967 This Man Craig Roddy Mackay TV series, 1 episode 1967 The Forsyte Saga Harold Blade TV series, 3 episodes 1967 Sanctuary Sandy TV series, 1 episode 1967 Sat'day While Sunday Jack Marshall TV series, 2 episodes 1967 The Informer Briggs TV series, 1 episode 1967 Vanity Fair Captain Dobbin TV miniseries, 5 episodes 1968 Spindoe Detective Sergeant Peach TV series, 6 episodes 1968 Softly, Softly Jeff Simpson TV series, 1 episode 1968 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Gilbert Markham TV miniseries, 4 episodes 1969 The Avengers Audrey Phillipson TV series, episode: "Who Was That Man I Saw You With?" 1969 Strange Report Inspector Purcell TV series, 1 episode 1969–1972 ITV Playhouse Bill / Mark Segal TV series, 2 episodes 1970 Villette Dr John Graham Bretton TV series, 5 episodes 1970 Special Branch Sullivan TV series, 1 episode 1970 A Family at War Stashek TV series, 1 episode 1971 Persuasion Captain Frederick Wentworth TV miniseries, 5 episodes 1971 The Onedin Line Michael Adams TV series, 1 episode 1972 New Scotland Yard PC Derek Tyrell TV series, 1 episode 1972 The Frighteners Adrian Wills TV series, 1 episode 1972 Villains Arnold Hepton TV series, 2 episodes 1972 Play for Today Bill Huntley / Manuel Stocker TV series, 2 episodes 1972 Dixon of Dock Green Geoffrey Davies TV series, 1 episode 1973 Country Matters Tom Richards TV series, 1 episode 1973 Menace Mangham TV series, 1 episode 1973 Thriller Dr Brice Nelson TV series, 1 episode 1973 My Good Woman Colin Padget TV series, 1 episode 1973 BBC Play of the Month Mr Worthy TV series, 1 episode 1974 Hunters Walk Billy Silk TV series, 1 episode 1974 Softly Softly: Task Force Ronald TV series, 1 episode 1974 Late Night Theatre The Fisherman TV series, 1 episode 1975 2nd House John Henry 'Babbacombe' Lee TV series, 1 episode 1975 The Fight Against Slavery William Knibbe TV miniseries, 1 episode 1975 Sam and the River Alan Flint TV series, 1 episode 1975 Churchill's People James Ings TV series, 1 episode 1976 Warship Commander Alan Douglas Glenn, AFC TV series, season 3, 1 episode 1974–1976 Rooms Clive Lawson TV series, 32 episodes 1977 Piccadilly Circus Stocker TV series, 1 episode 1977 The Sunday Drama Dave Gale TV series, 1 episode 1977 Crown Court Harold Phillips / Reverend Howard Davies TV series, 6 episodes 1978 Horizon Smeaton TV series, 1 episode 1978 Out Hallam TV miniseries, 3 episodes 1978 The Professionals Preston TV series, season 2, episode: “Hunter/Hunted” 1978 Return of the Saint O'Hara TV series, 1 episode 1978 Premiere Mal Leyton TV series, 1 episode 1979 The Mourning Brooch Ray Campion TV series, 3 episodes 1979 The Boy Merlin Iefan TV series, 3 episodes 1979 Murder at the Wedding William Appleyard TV miniseries, 4 episodes 1980 Airport Chaplain Jim Halliday TV series, 1 episode 1980 Armchair Thriller Paul Marriott TV series, 4 episodes 1979-1980 Buccaneer Tony Blair TV series, 15 episodes 1982 Dick Turpin Barnaby Husk TV series, 2 episodes 1982 The Chinese Detective George Bourne TV series, 1 episode 1983 Tales of the Unexpected Frank Jesmond TV series, 1 episode 1983 A Country Practice Piet Kooning TV series, 2 episodes 1984 Prisoner Dr Jonathon Edmonds TV series, 8 episodes 1985 Possession Oliver Hearst TV series, 6 episodes 1985 The Fast Lane Kingdom TV series, 1 episode 1985 Golden Pennies Luke Greenwood TV miniseries, 8 episodes 1985 Special Squad Calvin TV series, episode 18: "The Chen Legacy" 1986 Robin of Sherwood Adam Bell TV series, 1 episode 1987 Neighbours Gerard Singer TV series, 3 episodes 1987 Willing and Abel TV series, 1 episode 1987 Pulaski Billy Gems TV series, 1 episode 1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty Colonel TV miniseries, 1 episode 1988 True Believers Richard Casey TV miniseries, 7 episodes 1988 Act of Betrayal Kennedy TV miniseries, 1 episode 1988 The Flying Doctors Hawkins TV series, 1 episode 1989 Mission: Impossible Gregor Antonov TV series, 1 episode 1989 Australia's Most Wanted Presenter TV series, 35 episodes 1989–1992 Tanamera – Lion of Singapore Chalfont TV miniseries, 7 episodes 1990 Come in Spinner Byron TV miniseries, 4 episodes 1990 Rafferty's Rules Brian Doyle TV series, 1 episode 1990–1991 Embassy Ambassador Duncan Stewart TV series, 25 episodes 1993 Time Trax Randall Quinn TV series, 1 episode 1995 Blue Murder Task Force Officer TV miniseries, 1 episode 1996 Water Rats Inspector Michael Farrell TV series, 4 episodes 1097 Big Sky Harry TV series, 1 episode 1997 The New Adventures of Robin Hood Bryce the Warden TV series, 1 episode 1997 Thief Takers DSI Don Roberts TV series, 2 episodes 1997 Halifax f.p. John Halifax, Jane's Father TV series, 1 episode 1998 Heartbeat Josh Roberts TV series, 1 episode 1998; 2003 Home and Away Trevor Bardwell / John Simpson TV series, 3 episodes 1999 The Knock Frankie Johnson TV series, season 4, 3 episodes 1999 The Bill Max Weir TV series, 1 episode 2002 Dalziel and Pascoe Terry Brakespeare TV series, episode: "Sins of the Fathers" 2002–2004 All Saints Gerald Partridge / Miles Gordon TV series 2004 Stingers Kepter Vanderbijl TV series 2012 A Moody Christmas Cora's Uncle TV miniseries, 1 episode

Theatre Year Title Role Notes 1963 The 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 1964 The Golden Rivet Malcolm Phoenix Theatre, London with Linnit and Dunfee Ltd and Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd 1974–1975 Paradise Lost The Old Vic, London 1976 Liza of Lambeth Jim Blakeston Shaftesbury Theatre, London 1978–1979 Love for Love Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal 1980 Lancelot and Guinevere Lancelot The Old Vic, London 1980–1981 Aladdin Bristol Hippodrome 1981 Betrayal Jerry Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Theatre Royal, Brighton & other locations 1981 The Gentle Trap Theatre Royal, Newcastle 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 1992 It's Ralph Marian Street Theatre, Sydney 2001 Men of Honour Ensemble Theatre, Sydney