---
name: "Brian Avery"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-avery-30050"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 July 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T04:57:05.462906+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brian Avery

Actor. Born 13 July 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 July 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1967–2000
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 86 (1), 2000s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Avery_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4963012, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043011/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30050

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Graduate*](https://film.one/film/the-graduate.md) (86)

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## Biography

Brian Avery is an American actor and producer. Born in Los Angeles on 13 July 1940, he attended Loyola High School, where he received the Bing Crosby Drama Medal, and Loyola University on scholarship, earning a B.A. in English with minors in philosophy and languages.

His professional career began on Broadway in the musical *A Time for Singing* (1966). He subsequently appeared in films such as *The Graduate* (1967) as Carl Smith, *Journey to Shiloh* (1968) and *Sleeper* (1973) as Herald Cohen, and in television series including *The Green Hornet* (1966) and *Murder, She Wrote* (1984). Avery has also worked as a producer on projects including *Kiss & Tell* (1997). Following the release of *The Graduate*, he was invited to join the Actors Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Traffic* (2000), Fi1m 82, as DEA Agent - Public Storage — [page](https://film.one/film/traffic.md)
- *The Graduate* (1967), Fi1m 86, as Carl Smith — [page](https://film.one/film/the-graduate.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Flashbacks of a Fool* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Already Dead* (2007), as Gunman
- *American Storage* (2006), Stunts
- *Where the Red Fern Grows* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Traffic* (2000), as DEA Agent - Public Storage — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/traffic.md)
- *Kiss & Tell* (1997), as Brian Humphries / Producer
- *Forced to Kill* (1994), as Warden Donaldson
- *Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter* (1994), as Zackery
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Male Reporter, MC
- *Tin Man* (1983), as Forbes
- *Hotel* (1982), series, as Mr. Brinkman
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Harris
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Freddie
- *Wonder Woman* (1975), series, as Denny Lake
- *The Fortune* (1975), as Airline Steward
- *Kolchak: The Night Stalker* (1974), series, as Record Producer
- *Sleeper* (1973), as Herald Cohen
- *Frankenstein* (1973), as Felix de Lacey
- *Frankenstein* (1973), series, as Felix de Lacey
- *Journey to Shiloh* (1968), as Carter Claiborne
- *The Graduate* (1967), as Carl Smith — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-graduate.md)
- *A Bell for Adano* (1967), as Lt. Livingstone
- *Ironside* (1967), series, as Sgt. Larry Carr
- *The Green Hornet* (1966), series, as Police Officer Jim Dixon
- *Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.* (1964), series, as Brian Jones
- *A Ticklish Affair* (1963), as Signalman (uncredited)
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Paul
- *The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse* (1962), as Gustav von Hartrott
- *The Blue Angel* (1959), as Ansbach, Student (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Brian Avery](https://film.one/media/person/329469/gallery-bbbdeee42ddf.jpg) Brian Avery — Image via TMDB
- ![Brian Avery](https://film.one/media/person/329469/gallery-3dd5192ce0ac.jpg) Brian Avery — Image via TMDB

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