Eric Allan

Actor Mar 8 (died age 85) 1968–1998 (30 year career)

6.7 avg rating

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

Film

I.D.

Marie's Dad

Film

Nuts in May

Quarryman

Film

Bleak Moments

Peter

Film

The McKenzie Break

Leutnant Hochbauer

Film

Tell Me Lies

Eric

Film

Sherlock Holmes

Breckendridge

Film

House of Cards

Adrian Shepherd

Film

The New Avengers

Penrose

Filmography

Acting (29)

Movies (17)

Mosley

as Philip Snowden

I.D.

as Marie's Dad

Happy Feet

as Mr Galt

Reasonable Force

1988

as Superintendent

Unreported Incident

1988

as Len

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982

as Self

8.0

Sky Lark

1981

as Policeman

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

1981

as Acton

Games Without Frontiers

1980

as Cecil

The Dig

1980

as Peter Mountjoy

True Patriot

1977

as Gestapo Man

One Day at a Time

1977

as Gavin

Nuts in May

as Quarryman

A Mug's Game?

as Martin

Bleak Moments

as Peter

The McKenzie Break

as Leutnant Hochbauer

5.8

Tell Me Lies

1968

as Eric

6.3

Television (12)

The Knock

as David Archer

Peak Practice

as Bill Rawlings

Heartbeat

as Publican

House of Cards

as Adrian Shepherd

EastEnders

as Older Prison Officer

Screen Two

as Superintendent

Theatre Night

as Old Man

Sherlock Holmes

as Breckendridge

Bergerac

as Peter Retford

The New Avengers

as Penrose

Playhouse

as Peter Mountjoy

Emmerdale

as Frank Blakey