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Ian Bannen (1928–1999)


Scottish character actor and occasional leading man who enlivened scores of fine films in Britain and America. His father was a lawyer in a small town in Lanarkshire. Bannen served in the army and attended Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire. His first acting role came in a 1947 Dublin production of "Armlet of Jade"... See full bio »

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Filmography

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Hide HideActor (106 titles)
2000 Taliesin Jones
Billy Evans
 
1999 To Walk with Lions
Terence Adamson
 
1998 Something to Believe In
Don Pozzi
 
1997 Original Sin (TV series)
Gabriel Dauntsey
Episode #1.3 (1997) … Gabriel Dauntsey
Episode #1.2 (1997) … Gabriel Dauntsey
Episode #1.1 (1997) … Gabriel Dauntsey
 
1993-1996 Doctor Finlay (TV series)
Dr. Alexander Cameron
 
1996 Dead Sea Reels (short)
Father Jim McKenzie
 
1995 Performance (TV series)
Provost
Measure for Measure (1995) … Provost
 
1995 The Politician's Wife (TV series)
Sir Donald Frazier
 
1994 A Pin for the Butterfly
Grandpa
 
1992 Damage
Edward Lloyd
 
1992 Great Performances (TV series)
Hubert Stout
Common Pursuit (1992) … Hubert Stout
 
1992 The Treaty (TV movie)
David Lloyd George
 
1991 Ashenden (TV mini-series)
R
 
1991 Screenplay (TV series)
Mattie Muldoon
Arise and Go Now (1991) … Mattie Muldoon
 
1991 Murder in Eden (TV mini-series)
Canon Loftus
 
1991 Uncle Vanya (TV movie)
Prof. Serebryakov
 
1990 Crossing the Line
Matt Mason
 
1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (TV movie)
Otto Rosen
 
1989 Circles in a Forest
MacDonald
 
1989 George's Island
Captain Waters
 
1989 Superstition 2
Father Matthew
 
1989 The Lady and the Highwayman (TV movie)
Christian Drysdale
 
1989 The Fifteen Streets (TV movie)
Peter Bracken
 
1988 The Courier
McGuigan
 
1988 The Gamble
Father of Francesco
 
1988 The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV series)
The Ghastly Passenger
On the Orient, North (1988) … The Ghastly Passenger
 
1988 Bookie (TV series)
Jack Cowan
Deep Water (1988) … Jack Cowan
Trial Run (1988) … Jack Cowan
 
1987 Tickets for the Titanic (TV series)
Inspector Crocker
The Way, the Truth, the Video (1987) … Inspector Crocker
 
1986 Defense of the Realm
Dennis Markham
 
1986 Attentato al Papa (TV mini-series)
 
1985 Lamb
Brother Benedict
 
1983 The Prodigal
Riley Wyndham
 
1983 The Hard Word (TV series)
David Wood
Out of the Clear Blue Sky (1983) … David Wood
 
1983 Hart to Hart (TV series)
Winston Davenport
Hunted Harts (1983) … Winston Davenport
 
1982 Gandhi
Senior Police Officer
 
1982 Cousin Phillis (TV movie)
Reverend Ebenezer Holman
 
1982 Night Crossing
Josef Keller
 
1981 Eye of the Needle
Inspector Godliman
 
1980 The Watcher in the Woods
John Keller
 
1979 Ring of Darkness
The Professor
 
1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV mini-series)
Jim Prideaux
Tinker Tailor (1979) … Jim Prideaux
 
1979 Spooner's Patch (TV series)
 
1978 The Inglorious Bastards
Col. Charles Thomas Buckner
 
1977 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Grey
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1977) … Grey
 
1977 Jesus of Nazareth (TV mini-series)
Amos
Part 2 (1977) … Amos
 
1977 Sweeney!
Baker
 
1976 Chicken (TV movie)
Keith Morse
 
1975 Thriller (TV series)
Doonan (3) / Frank Dean
Death in Deep Water (1975) … Doonan (3)
Won't Write Home Mom, I'm Dead (1975) … Frank Dean
 
1975 Bite the Bullet
Sir Harry Norfolk
 
1974 The Gathering Storm (TV movie)
Adolf Hitler
 
1974 The Driver's Seat
Bill
 
1974 The Voyage
Antonio Braggi
 
1974 From Beyond the Grave
Christopher Lowe (segment 2 "An Act of Kindness")
 
1973 Great Mysteries (TV series)
Gregory Dean
Battle of Wits (1973) … Gregory Dean
 
1973 The MacKintosh Man
Slade
 
1972 Doomwatch
Dr. Del Shaw
 
1972 The Offence
Kenneth Baxter
 
1971 Fright
Brian
 
1971 The Deserter
Cpt. Crawford
 
1971 Shadows of Fear (TV series)
Robert
White Walls and Olive Green Carpets (1971) … Robert
 
1970 Jane Eyre (TV movie)
St. John Rivers
 
1970 Too Late the Hero
Pvt. Jock Thornton
 
1969 Lock Up Your Daughters!
Ramble
 
1968 The Sex Game (TV series)
Return Match (1968)
 
1967 Johnny Belinda (TV movie)
Dr. Jack Richardson
 
1956-1967 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Bernard Thompson / Cdr. John Tarlton / Fred Curtis / …
The Floating Population (1967) … Bernard Thompson
The Blood Knot (1963)
The Big Client (1959) … Fred Curtis
Wolf Pack (1958) … Cdr. John Tarlton
Tears in the Wind (1956) … John
 
1966 Penelope
James B. Elcott
 
1965 Rotten to the Core
Lt. Percy Vine
 
1965 The Hill
Harris
 
1965 Mister Moses
Robert
 
1964 Psyche 59
Paul
 
1963 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Bernard
Comrades in Arms (1963) … Bernard
 
1963 Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV series)
Rab Cunningham
Alice, Where Art Thou? (1963) … Rab Cunningham
 
1963 The Human Jungle (TV series)
Mike Barclay
Over and Out (1963) … Mike Barclay
 
1962 Station Six-Sahara
Fletcher
 
1961 The World in My Pocket
Kitson
 
1960 Macbeth (II) (TV movie)
Macduff
 
1960 The Risk
Alan Andrews
 
1960 A French Mistress
Colin Crane The Headmaster's Son
 
1960 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Charlie Spencer
A Leap in the Dark (1960) … Charlie Spencer
 
1960 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Dick Swiveller
 
1959 Man in a Cocked Hat
Young King Loris
 
1959 Rendezvous (TV series)
Hugo Sistel
Two Per Cent Inspiration (1959) … Hugo Sistel
 
1958 Behind the Mask
Alan Crabtree
 
1958 She Didn't Say No!
Peter Howard
 
1957 The Birthday Present
Junior customs Officer
 
1957 Miracle in Soho
Filippo Gozzi
 
1957 Battle Hell
AB Bannister RN
 
1956 The Third Key
Workman, Hit and Run Victim.
 
1956 The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series)
Felipe
Majorca (1956) … Felipe
 
1956 The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)
Sir Walter Donnington
The May Queen (1956) … Sir Walter Donnington
 
1956 Private's Progress
Private Horrocks
 
1955 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Peter Makepeace
The Makepeace Story #3: Family Business (1955) … Peter Makepeace
 
1955 The Dark Avenger
French Knight (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (Memorial Tribute)
 
1999 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
Ian Bannen (1999) … Himself
 
1996 Playing Doctor (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 The Making of 'Gorky Park' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1966 Late Show London (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.9 (1966) … Himself
 
1961 Monitor (TV series documentary)
Hamlet / Himself - Interviewee
Hamlet, Price of Denmark (1961) … Himself - Interviewee / Hamlet
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2007 An Island's Legacy: Preparing for TT (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Ultimate Fights from the Movies (video documentary)
Matt Moss (Crossing the Line)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

His theatre credits include: various roles in "King Henry IV Part II" by William Shakespeare (1951, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, director Michael Redgrave ). See more »

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Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

He died in a car accident in 1999 while a passenger in a car driven by his wife, Marilyn. Coincidentally, Bannen originally met his wife back in 1976 when she parked her old van in his reserved parking space and was unable to get it started. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer