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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

2005as Dr. Ronald

Columbo

1971as Dr. MacMurray

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Adam Simms

M*A*S*H

1972as Sergeant Jerry Scully

The Rockford Files

1974as Deputy Chief Gorman

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970as Anton Styrokowski (Sandy)

Mission: Impossible

1966as Stefan

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Keeler

Touched by an Angel

1994as Harry

Kojak

1973as Simon Hecht

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Joe Boyd

L.A. Law

1986as Gregory Stark

Matlock

1986as Dave Edwards

Barnaby Jones

1973as Dan Parker

The Streets of San Francisco

1972as Dr. Benjamin Blakely

Hart to Hart

1979as Paul Villon

Knots Landing

1979as Larry Wilson

CHiPs

1977as Benson

Ironside

1967as Reuben Colter

Dallas

1978as Peter Larson

Mannix

1967as Paul Russell

Salem's Lot

as Ted Petrie

Gunsmoke

1955as Young

Framed

1975as Andrew Ney

The Love Boat

1977as Jack Plymouth

First Monday in October

1981as Bill Russell

St. Elsewhere

1982as Bond Stevens

Cimarron Strip

1967as Lieutenant

The F.B.I.

1965as Carney

Enter the Devil

1972as Glenn

Project Eliminator

1991as Dr. Markson