ACTOR
Eric Allan
1940–202633 credits since 1965
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ABOUT ERIC
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born8 March 1940
Died8 February 2026
Known forActing
On Cineora13 of 33 titles
Known for
The titles people know Eric from.
Career
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 13
- Average IMDb
- 6.9
- Highest rated
- Sherlock HolmesIMDb 8.7
- Working since
- 1965
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 1990s
7 titles · IMDb 7.3 on average
as Philip Snowden
Movieas Marie's Dad
as David Archer · 7 episodes
Seriesas Bill Rawlings · 1 episode
Seriesas Publican · 1 episode
as Mr Galt
Seriesas Adrian Shepherd · 1 episode
The 1980s
14 titles · IMDb 6.8 on averageReasonable Force
Not on Cineoraas Superintendent
as Len
as Len · 1 episode
as Reg Prosser · 10 episodes
as Old Man · 1 episode
Seriesas Older Prison Officer · 1 episode
as Superintendent · 1 episode
Seriesas Breckendridge · 1 episode
The 1970s
10 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average
as Gavin
as Gestapo Man
Seriesas Penrose · 1 episode
Movieas Quarryman
as Peter Mountjoy · 1 episode
as Martin
Seriesas Frank Blakey · 23 episodes
Movieas Peter
The 1960s
2 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average
Movieas Eric
as Vinty · 1 episode
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Eric’s titles.
