Eric Allan

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

Eric Allan
Born	(1940-03-08) 8 March 1940 (age 85)
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor

His first film role was in Peter Brook's 1968 film Tell Me Lies,^[1] based on the play US in which Allan had appeared the previous year.

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^[2]

Selected filmography

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

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 (1988) as Peter Retford in "Private Flight"

Selected theatre

• US (1966)