Shane Briant
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Shane Briant | |
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Born | London, England | 17 August 1946
Died | 26 May 2021 | (aged 74)
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse | Wendy Lycett |
Shane Briant (17 August 1946 – 26 May 2021)
Stage and screen
Briant was nominated for the 'Best Newcomer' award by the London theatre critics when he played one of the leads in Children of the Wolf, with Sheelagh Cullen and
Since the early 1980s, much of Briant's acting work has been in
Writing and art
Briant had seven novels published in Australia and one in the United States. In Australia, The Webber Agenda (1994), The Chasen Catalyst (1995), Hitkids (1999), Bite of the Lotus (2001) and Graphic (2005) Worst Nightmares and The Dreamhealer, and in the United States Worst Nightmares. His American released novel, Worst Nightmares was published in hardback by Vanguard Press in 2009; a mass market edition was published in 2010. Shane finished the sequel on 3 March 2011, The Dreamhealer. His latest novel, Live Feed, an indictment of the electronic media couched within the framework of a thriller, was released on Amazon.com and Createspace.com in July 2015. He had written an autobiography titled Always the Bad Guy which is only available online at Amazon.
The first short film he wrote, A Message from Fallujah won the "Best of the Fest" award at the 2005
He had an exhibition of his art work at the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1971 | Von Richthofen and Brown | German Pilot | |
1972 | Straight On till Morning | Peter Clive | |
1972 | Demons of the Mind | Emil | |
1973 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Dorian Gray | TV movie |
1973 | The Mackintosh Man | Cox | |
1974 | Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter |
Paul Durward | |
1974 | Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | Simon | |
1975 | The Naked Civil Servant | Norma | TV movie |
1980 | Hawk the Slayer | Drogo | |
1981 | Lady Chatterley's Lover | Sir Clifford Chatterley | Film |
1984 | Run Chrissie Run! | Terrier | Film |
1984 | Constance | Simon Malyon | Film |
1985 | Shaker Run | Paul Thoreau | |
1986 | Comrades | Lieutenant Mann | Film |
1987 | Cassandra | Stephen | Film |
1987 | The Lighthorsemen | Reichert | Film |
1987 | Nancy Wake | Gestapo Major | TV miniseries |
1988 | Grievous Bodily Harm | Stephen Enderby | Film |
1988 | Barracuda | TV movie | |
1989 | Out of the Body | Paul Mitz | Film |
1989 | Outback | Allenby | Film |
1991 | Till There Was You | Rex | Film |
1995 | Tunnel Vision | Inspector Bosey | Film |
2003 | Subterano | Cunningham | |
2003 | Liquid Bridge | Carl Sinclair | |
2008 | The Children of Huang Shi | Roger Appsley | Feature film |
2013 | Serangoon Road |
Major Lawrence Miller | TV series, 7 episodes |
2013 | The Lovers | Governor Hornby | Film |
2015 | Gallipoli |
Sir Frederick Stopford | TV miniseries |
2019 | Sherlock Holmes vs. Frankenstein | Simon Helder |
References
- ^ Shane Briant dead: Hammer Horror legend dies at 74 from 'long and terrible illness'
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (28 June 2020). "Ten random Australian connections with Hammer Films". Filmink.
- ^ "Bram Stoker Horror Film Festival - Shane Briant discusses his upcoming movie project Singularity directed by Roland Joffé". The Black Box Club. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "Shane Briant - Watch for Singularity at Cannes". AM FM Magazine. Christine. 30 November 2011. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
External links
- Shane Briant at IMDb