Joshua Bryant
Acting
Born July 2, 1940 · Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Died June 25, 2024
Also known as John Kirkpatric · Josh Bryant · Joseph Bryant
Biography
Joshua Bryant is an American actor, director, author, and speaker who is the founder of the Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival in Taos, New Mexico. 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 starring, guest-starring in several television shows. 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, Little House on the Prairie, M*A*S*H (three episodes), The Rockford Files (four episodes) and Barnaby Jones (four episodes). For four years, Bryant hosted the syndicated series, Game Warden Wildlife Journal.
Filmography31 titles

Wildfire

Columbo

Little House on the Prairie

M*A*S*H

The Rockford Files

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Mission: Impossible

Magnum, P.I.

Touched by an Angel

Kojak

Hawaii Five-O

L.A. Law

Matlock

Barnaby Jones

The Streets of San Francisco

Hart to Hart

Knots Landing

CHiPs

Ironside

Dallas

Mannix

Salem's Lot

Gunsmoke

Framed

The Love Boat

First Monday in October

St. Elsewhere

Cimarron Strip

The F.B.I.

Enter the Devil

Project Eliminator