# 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 in 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, 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, at the age of 81.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1964 | House of Glass | Private Oliver | TV movie |
| 1966 | Rasputin the Mad Monk | Vasily (uncredited) | Feature film |
| 1966 | Alfie | Perce (uncredited) | Feature film |
| 1966 | The Witches | Tom | Feature film |
| 1967 | The Viking Queen | Dominic (uncredited) | Feature film |
| 1967 | Quatermass and the Pit (aka Five Million Years to Earth) | Captain Potter | Feature film |
| 1969 | Mosquito Squadron | Squadron Leader Neale RAF | Feature film |
| 1970 | I Start Counting | George | Feature film |
| 1971 | Man in the Wilderness | Potts | Feature film |
| 1973 | Because of the Cats | Inspector van der Valk | Feature film |
| 1974 | Twelfth Night | Orsino | TV movie |
| 1974 | The Tamarind Seed | George MacLeod | Feature film |
| 1977 | The Spy Who Loved Me | Commander Talbot | Feature film |
| 1980 | The Long Good Friday | Councillor George Harris | Feature film |
| 1981 | 4D Special Agents | Ray | Feature film |
| 1982 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | George Page | TV movie |
| 1982 | East Lynne | Orway Bechel | TV movie |
| 1983 | BMX Bandits | The Boss | Feature film |
| 1984 | The Great Gold Swindle | Detective Sergeant Hancock | TV movie |
| 1985 | Bliss | Adrian Clunes | Feature film |
| 1985 | Hot Target | Clive Webber, husband | Feature film |
| 1988 | The Man from Snowy River II | Hawker | Feature film |
| 1988 | Vernon | Forrest | Short film |
| 1989 | The Punisher | Dino Moretti | Feature film |
| 1990 | The Phantom Horseman | Tremayne (voice) | TV movie |
| 1994 | Country Life | Mr. Pettinger | Feature film |
| 1994 | Cody: A Family Affair | Roche | TV movie |
| 1996 | Chicken | Dwight Serrento | Feature film |
| 1997 | Hard Edge | Boss | Feature film |
| 2000 | Selkie | Malcolm | Feature film |
| 2000 | Ihaka: Blunt Instrument | McGrail | TV movie |
| 2002 | Into the Night | Marcus | Short film |
| 2007 | Boys Briefs 4 (aka Courts mais GAY: Tome 13) | Marcus | Anthology film, segment: "Into the Night" |

### 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 Antonio | 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 |