He also acted in films, but was most prevalent on television, playing many lead and character parts including a five-year recurring role as Dr. Carl Spalding on The Virginian.

[4] In October 1940, he registered for the draft, giving his parents' home in Milwaukee as his address while indicating he was a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

[8] His enlistment papers noted he was married, had completed three years of college, his civil occupation was "Actor", but recorded a much lower height, 5'10" (177.8 cm), and weight, 156 pounds (70.7 kg).

The unit to which Bryant was assigned was commanded by Major Maurice Evans, one of the foremost interpreters of Shakespeare on the pre-war American stage.

[10] The production was performed for both military and civilian audiences in Hawaii during October and November 1944 then taken on tour to bases throughout the Central Pacific region for the remainder of the war.

Hamlet" was so successful that following the war's end Michael Todd decided to mount a Broadway revival, with Maurice Evans reprising the title role.

[13] Bryant, on terminal leave from the Army, flew from Hawaii to New York in November 1945 to audition and was given the part of Francisco.

The 1950 US Census records him as living in a rooming house in Los Angeles, working part-time as a bus boy in a restaurant.

[18] Bryant was cast as a psychopathic killer in another original production, Nightshade, at the Pasadena Playhouse in March 1953, for which he received high praise from the Los Angeles Times critic.

[21] With 1954 the focal point of Bryant's performances swung permanently to television, while his film career remained negligible, a string of uncredited bit parts.

[26] The following year he had his second lead film role, albeit for an independent Christian-themed production with a limited distribution, I'll Give My Life.

[34][35] He had other television work during these years, appearing on Dr. Kildare, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., My Three Sons, Run for Your Life, Dragnet 1967, and The Mod Squad among others.

However, he continued to act in stage productions in the Southern California area,[36] and had completed a run in Very Nearly a Pinter[37] just two months before his death from cancer on July 13, 1989.

[38][39] While studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, Bryant met a model named Janet Remick, who was from Massachusetts.