Background
He was born Emmett A. Bryant in 1940 in Norfolk, Virginia.
He was born Emmett A. Bryant in 1940 in Norfolk, Virginia.
After attending the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London (RADA) and serving for three years in the United States Army Signal Corps he began a career in the theater that eventually led to his starring, guest-starring and appearing in many dozens of television shows, including Magnum Philippine Islands, Touched by an Angel, Highway to Heaven, Matlock, Columbo, Little House on the Prairie, Love American Style, Eight is Enough, Barnaby Jones, CHiPs and Knots Landing, as well as films such as Enter the Devil (1972), A Scream in the Streets (1973), Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974), Framed (1975), The Night That Panicked America (1975), Salem"s Lot (1979), First Monday in October (1981) and The Education of Allison Tate (1986). He may be best-remembered as "Sergeant Scully" on M*A*South*H.
Foreign four years he hosted the syndicated series, Game Warden Wildlife Journal.