century. Described by Michael Billington as a "rock-solid company man", he had earlier performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1964, including the premiere production of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming (1965), in which he played Teddy, the returning academic. In 1980, Bryant won the London Drama Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor, and his other theatrical performances were equally well-thought-of. He won Laurence Olivier Awards in 1988 and 1990 and was nominated twice more. Filmography References External links 1928 births 2002 deaths English male film actors English male stage actors 20th-century English male actors People educated at Battersea Grammar School Male actors from London Laurence Olivier Award winners Commanders of the Order of the British Empire