Eric Allan

Biography

Eric Allan was a British actor born on March 8, 1940, in Tidworth, England. He began his career with roles in Peter Brook's film Tell Me Lies (1968) and the play US (1966), before returning to Britain at 18 to pursue acting. Allan is also notable for playing farm worker Bert Fry in the long-running BBC Radio soap opera The Archers from 1997 to 2021, a role he held for 24 years until his death in 2026.