Eric Allan (born 8 March 1940) is a British actor.

His first film role was in Peter Brook's 1968 film Tell Me Lies, based on the play US in which Allan had appeared the previous year.

Eric Allan

For 24 years from 1997 to 2021 he played the part of farm worker Bert Fry in the long running BBC Radio soap opera The Archers

Eric Allan

Selected filmography

Tell Me Lies (1968) The McKenzie Break (1970) Bleak Moments (1971) I.D. (1995)

Eric Allan

Selected television

Emmerdale (1972–1974) as Frank Blakey (regular role) Nuts in May (1976) as The Quarrayman (Play for Today Episode) Hold the Back Page (1985–1986) as Reg Bergerac as Peter Retford 1988 in Private Flight

Selected theatre

US (1966)

References

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1940 births

British male film actors

British male television actors

20th-century British male actors

Living people

Place of birth missing (living people)