Bryant Haliday
American actor and producer (1928–1996)
Bryant Haliday (April 7, 1928 – July 28, 1996) was an American actor, as well as producer, of film and stage, who was instrumental in providing a showcase for international film titles in the United States by co-founding Janus Films with his business partner Cyrus Harvey, Jr.2
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Born Apr 7, 1928, died Jul 28, 1996.1
Companies
- Janus FilmsFounder10
Early life and education
- Date not recordedHarvard Law School3
He entered Harvard to study law. Haliday was an actor and founding member of the Brattle Theatre Company (BTC) based at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts; the BTC was an American version of England's The Old Vic. Haliday produced and acted in many of the productions there. In 1948, he purchased the theatre. The BTC dissolved in 1952, and the theater became a movie house. In 1966, Haliday sold the theater to Bramont Trust. Cyrus Harvey, Jr. continued to manage it into the 1970s.
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Career
Occupation: actor.5
- Date not recordedFounded Janus Films4
By the mid–1970s, Haliday was semi-retired and living in France, where he spent the last few years of his life producing and appearing in French television and theatre roles. He died in Paris in 1996.
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Personal life
According to Cyrus Harvey Jr.'s wife Rebecca, Haliday was "gay and Catholic".
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Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataBryant Haliday on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBryant Haliday on Wikipedia
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- 10WikidataJanus Films, Founder
- 11Wikimedia CommonsBryant Haliday photo by Taylor Trescott, Public domain