Farewell to actor and novelist Shane Briant, who - like so many - got his start in films from Roger Corman (VON RICHTOFEN AND BROWN) and quickly carved out a place for himself as a Hammer leading man, contributing performances of real substance and merit to such films as CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER, DEMONS OF THE MIND, STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING, and especially Terence Fisher's final feature FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL. It was probably inevitable, given his youthful good looks and comfort in dandyish roles, that he would eventually essay the role of Oscar Wilde’s antihero in THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY, which he did for producer Dan Curtis in a TV production. We here in America didn’t get a chance to see much of the busy subsequent career he enjoyed in British television (his IMDb page lists 91 roles!), and when the work at home began thinning out, he relocated to Australia and became an author of well-received thrillers like THE WEBBER AGENDA, BITE OF THE LOTUS, and WORST NIGHTMARES, his first to be published here in America. In 2011, he published ALWAYS THE BAD GUY, an autobiography. It can be said with absolute certainty that he served with distinction in some films never to be forgotten. He was 74.
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