Sean Bury

Sean Bury (born 15 August 1954 in Brighton, Sussex, England) is a British television and film actor, best known for his lead role as Paul Harrison in Lewis Gilbert's 1971 film Friends and the 1974 sequel Paul and Michelle.

Career At the age of nine he won a music scholarship to Winchester Cathedral Choir School, where he was a boarder and a chorister from 1963-67. He then received a music scholarship to Brighton College, which he attended from 1967-68, and attended Corona Stage School in London thereafter. He was fortunate enough to take over the role of one of the boys in the West End production of Alan Bennett's Forty Years On. Other stage performances include "Poor Horace" at the Theatre Royal in Bristol (1970), "Quetzalcoatl" at The Roundhouse in Chalk Farm (1972), and the Hampstead Theatre Club production of Stephen Poliakoff's Clever Soldiers (1974).

Filmography Films 1968: if.... .... Jute: Juniors 1971: Friends .... Paul Harrison 1971: The Abominable Dr. Phibes .... Lem Vesalius 1973: Story of a Love Story .... Stephen 1974: Paul and Michelle .... Paul Harrison 1977: The Spy Who Loved Me .... AB UC2 Fraser (HMS Ranger Crewman) (final film role)

Television 1964: Beware of the Dog .... David (6 episodes) Children's Film Foundation 1969: ITV Playhouse (End of Story) .... Toby (1 episode) 1970: The Misfit (On Being British) .... Simon (1 episode) 1971: ITV Saturday Night Theatre (Fly on the Wall) .... Bob Blissett (3 episodes) 1971: Tom Brown's Schooldays .... Denning (3 episodes) 1971: Sunday Night Theatre (First Sight) .... Peter 1972: The Onedin Line (Bloody Week) .... Jean-Paul (1 episode)