Joshua Bryant

Joshua Bryant (born Joseph Bryant; July 2, 1940 – June 25, 2024) was an American actor, director, author, and speaker who was the founder of the Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival in Taos, New Mexico.

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.

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).

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

Personal life and death In June 2018, 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.

Bryant died in Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire, France on June 25, 2024, at the age of 83. He was survived by his wife, Melinda Mullins.

Filmography Film + Year Title Role Notes 1970 The Curious Female Dr. Tower 1972 Enter the Devil Glenn 1973 A Scream in the Streets Officer Ed Haskell 1975 Framed Andrew Ney 1981 First Monday in October Bill Russell 1986 The Education of Allison Tate Richard Tate 1991 Project Eliminator Dr. Markson

Television Year Title Role Notes 1968 Cimarron Strip Lieutenant Episode: "Fool's Gold" 1968 The Outcasts Lieutenant Episode: "The Night Riders" 1969 Gunsmoke Young Episode: "Twisted Heritage" 1970 Here Come the Brides Eben Episode: "The Last Winter" 1970 Dan August Lester Mzarek Episode: "In the Eyes of God" 1970 Mission: Impossible Stefan Episode: "Decoy" 1970, 1974 Mannix Ed Pryor / Paul Russell 2 episodes 1971 The Bill Cosby Show Mr. Thomas Episode: "The Barber Shop" 1971 Black Noon Towhead Television film 1971 Night Gallery Eliot Blackman Episode: "Pickman's Model" 1971 Monty Nash Brother Zachary Episode: "Brother Zachary" 1971–1973 Ironside Various roles 3 episodes 1971–1976 Cannon 1972 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Anton Styrokowski (Sandy) Episode: "Baby Sit-Com" 1972 Love, American Style Harold / Lester Episode: "Love and the Sensuous Twin" 1972 Search Air Reservationist Episode: "Moonrock" 1972 Emergency! Mr. Bodine Episode: "Women" 1973 Ghost Story The Doctor Episode: "Death's Head" 1973 The F.B.I. Carney Episode: "Memory of a Legend" 1973 Me Rick Television film 1973 Roll Out Sgt. Briggs Episode: "No Wages: All Fear" 1974 The Morning After Dr. Emmett Television film 1974 Kojak Simon Hecht Episode: "The Only Way Out" 1974 The Streets of San Francisco Dr. Benjamin Blakely Episode: "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore" 1974 Trapped Beneath the Sea Sam Wallants Television film 1974, 1976 Columbo Wayne Taylor / Dr. MacMurray 2 episodes 1974–1979 The Rockford Files Various roles 4 episodes 1974–1980 Barnaby Jones 1975 The Night That Panicked America Howard Koch Television film 1975 Matt Helm Bub Stuart Episode: "Murder on the Run" 1976 Petrocelli Paul Andrews Episode: "Any Number Can Die" 1976 City of Angels Duncan Episode: "The Parting Shot" 1976 Spencer's Pilots Bill Kelly Episode: "The Crop Duster" 1976 The Blue Knight Sgt. Rainey 2 episodes 1976, 1981 Insight Jim / Walter 1977 Switch Stafford Hayes Episode: "The Snitch" 1977 Man from Atlantis Dr. Doug Berkley Episode: "Man from Atlantis" 1977 Starsky & Hutch Jerry Tabor Episode: "Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road" 1977 Future Cop Andrew Episode: "The Kansas City Kid" 1977 The Feather and Father Gang Washington Episode: "The Judas Bug" 1977 Rafferty Robert Cardler Episode: "The Epidemic" 1977 Visions Dr. Rosen Episode: "The Dancing Bear" 1977 The Love Boat Jack Plymouth Episode: "Lost and Found/The Understudy/Married Singles" 1977 Hunter Pohlman Episode: "U.F.M. 13" 1977, 1978 Little House on the Prairie Adam Simms 2 episodes 1978 Hawaii Five-O Joe Boyd Episode: "When Does a War End?" 1978 Killing Stone Harold Rizzi Television film 1978 Maneaters Are Loose! Tom Purcell 1978 Dallas Peter Larson Episode: "Election" 1978, 1980 CHiPs Arthur Holmes / Benson 2 episodes 1979 Married: The First Year Michael Huffman Episode: "The Married Machine" 1979 Salem's Lot Ted Petrie 2 episodes 1979 M*A*S*H Jack Scully 3 episodes 1979, 1984 Hart to Hart Dan Wilmott / Paul Villon 2 episodes 1981 Eight Is Enough Walt Liebowitz Episode: "Goals" 1981 Behind the Screen Gerry Holmby Episode: "Pilot" 1982 Bret Maverick Busted Bill Sharples Episode: "Dateline: Sweetwater" 1982 Knots Landing Larry Wilson 2 episodes 1982 The Fall Guy Director Episode: "Three for the Road" 1982 To Climb a Mountain John Novak Television film 1982 Magnum, P.I. Keeler Episode: "Foiled Again" 1982 Wait Until Dark Mike Talman Television film 1983 The Powers of Matthew Star Martin Ragland Episode: "36 Hours" 1983 Secrets of a Mother and Daughter Barry Television film 1983 The A-Team Jim Baker Episode: "The White Ballot" 1984 Riptide Dr. Robert Atkins Episode: "The Hardcase" 1984 Gone Are the Dayes Fred Cooper Television film 1985 Crazy Like a Fox Colonel Glendon Episode: "The Geronimo Machine" 1985 Wildside Pike Episode: "Delinquency of a Miner" 1986 St. Elsewhere Dr. Bond Stevens Episode: "Out on a Limb" 1986 News at Eleven Martin Kent Television film 1986 The Deliberate Stranger Prosecutor Miniseries 1986 Matlock Dave Edwards Episode: "The Seduction" 1986 The Magical World of Disney Sam the Vet Episode: "The Thanksgiving Promise" 1987 Starman Wayne Geffner 2 episodes 1987 J.J. Starbuck Billy Episode: "First You've Got to Go to the Picnic" 1987 The Law & Harry McGraw Metzger Episode: "Yankee Boodle Dandy" 1989 Highway to Heaven Caz Episode: "Summer Camp" 1989 L.A. Law Dr. Gregory Stark Episode: "Lie Down and Deliver" 1992 Lucky Luke Mr. Farley Episode: "Chi è Mr. Josephs?" 2001 Touched by an Angel Harry Episode: "Thief of Hearts" 2005 Into the West Gen. Wm. Sherman Episode: "Hell on Wheels" 2006 The Lost Room Art O'Dougherty Episode: "The Comb and the Box" 2008 Wildfire Dr. Ronald 2 episodes