Person
Eric Allan
Acting · 1940–2026
Biography
Eric Allan was a British actor best known for appearing in several productions by Mike Leigh and for playing countryman Bert Fry on the Radio 4 soap The Archers from 1996 to 2021.
Known for
EastEnders
Older Prison Officer
Screen Two
Superintendent
Sherlock Holmes
Breckendridge
Heartbeat
Publican
Peak Practice
Bill Rawlings
Emmerdale
Frank Blakey
Bergerac
Peter Retford
Playhouse
Peter Mountjoy
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Vinty
The New Avengers
Penrose
Filmography
- 1998MosleyPhilip Snowden
- 1995I.D.Marie's Dad
- 1994The KnockDavid Archer
- 1993Peak PracticeBill Rawlings
- 1992HeartbeatPublican
- 1991Happy FeetMr Galt
- 1990House of CardsAdrian Shepherd
- 1988Reasonable ForceSuperintendent
- 1988Unreported IncidentLen
- 1988The Play on OneLen
- 1985Theatre NightOld Man
- 1985EastEndersOlder Prison Officer
- 1985Screen TwoSuperintendent
- 1984Sherlock HolmesBreckendridge
- 1984The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBreckendridge
- 1982Mike Leigh: Making PlaysSelf
- 1981BergeracPeter Retford
- 1981Sky LarkPoliceman
- 1981A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh PeterActon
- 1980Games Without FrontiersCecil
- 1980The DigPeter Mountjoy
- 1977One Day at a TimeGavin
- 1977True PatriotGestapo Man
- 1976The New AvengersPenrose
- 1976Nuts in MayQuarryman
- 1974PlayhousePeter Mountjoy
- 1973A Mug's Game?Martin
- 1972EmmerdaleFrank Blakey
- 1972New Scotland YardLee Collins
- 1971Bleak MomentsPeter
- 1970The McKenzie BreakLeutnant Hochbauer
- 1968Tell Me LiesEric
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreVinty
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