Eric Allan
- Acting
- March 8, 1940
- February 8, 2026
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
Filmography
- Mosley · Philip Snowden
- I.D. · Marie's Dad
- The Knock · David Archer
- Peak Practice · Bill Rawlings, Ken Larke
- Heartbeat · Publican, Clark
- Happy Feet · Mr Galt
- House of Cards · Adrian Shepherd
- Reasonable Force · Superintendent
- Unreported Incident · Len
- The Play on One · Len
- Hold the Back Page · Reg Prosser
- Theatre Night · Old Man
- EastEnders · Older Prison Officer
- Screen Two · Superintendent
- Sherlock Holmes · Breckendridge
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes · Breckendridge
- Mike Leigh: Making Plays · Self
- Bergerac · Peter Retford
- Sky Lark · Policeman
- A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter · Acton
- Games Without Frontiers · Cecil
- The Dig · Peter Mountjoy
- One Day at a Time · Gavin
- True Patriot · Gestapo Man
- The New Avengers · Penrose
- Nuts in May · Quarryman
- Playhouse · Peter Mountjoy, Cecil
- A Mug's Game? · Martin
- Emmerdale · Frank Blakey
- Bleak Moments · Peter
- New Scotland Yard · Lee Collins
- The McKenzie Break · Leutnant Hochbauer
- Tell Me Lies · Eric
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Vinty