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Ian Bannen (1928–1999)

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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 »

Born:

in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

Died:

(age 71) in Knockies Straight, Loch Ness, Scotland, UK
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2000 Taliesin Jones
Billy Evans
 
2000 Best
Sir Matt Busby
 
1999 To Walk with Lions
Terence Adamson
 
1998 Waking Ned Devine
Jackie O'Shea
 
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
– Snowblind (1996) … Dr. Alexander Cameron
– Still Waters (1996) … Dr. Alexander Cameron
– The Life of Men (1996) … Dr. Alexander Cameron
– Mercury (1996) … Dr. Alexander Cameron
– A Simple Operation (1996) … Dr. Alexander Cameron
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1996 Dead Sea Reels (short)
Father Jim McKenzie
 
1995 The Politician's Wife (TV series)
Sir Donald Frazier
– Body Politic (1995) … Sir Donald Frazier
– Echo Chamber (1995) … Sir Donald Frazier
– Stand by Him (1995) … Sir Donald Frazier
 
1995 Braveheart
The Leper
 
1991-1994 Performance (TV series)
Prof. Serebryakov / Provost
– Measure for Measure (1994) … Provost
– Uncle Vanya (1991) … Prof. Serebryakov
 
1994 A Pin for the Butterfly
Grandpa
 
1992 Damage
Edward Lloyd
 
1992 Alexander Graham Bell: The Sound and the Silence (TV movie)
Melville
 
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 Speaking of the Devil
Luzifer
 
1990 Crossing the Line
Matt Mason
 
1990 Ghost Dad
Sir Edith Moser
 
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 Hope and Glory
Grandfather George
 
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 Gorky Park
Iamskoy
 
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 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (TV movie)
Oliver Utterson
 
1980 The Watcher in the Woods
John Keller
 
1979 Ring of Darkness
The Professor
 
1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV mini-series)
Jim Prideaux
– Flushing Out the Mole (1979) … Jim Prideaux
– Smiley Sets a Trap (1979) … Jim Prideaux
– Tinker Tailor (1979) … Jim Prideaux
– Return to the Circus (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
– Part 1 (1977) … Amos
 
1977 Sweeney!
Charles 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. 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
 
1967 The Sailor from Gibraltar
Alan
 
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 The Flight of the Phoenix
Crow
 
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/III Macbeth (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
– The Small Servant (1960) … 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
 
1958 A Tale of Two Cities
Gabelle
 
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 (5 titles)
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 (3 titles)
2007 An Island's Legacy: Preparing for TT (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Ultimate Fights from the Movies (video documentary)
Matt Moss (Crossing the Line)
 
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (Memorial Tribute)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1974) He starred in Eugene O'Neill's play, "The Iceman Cometh," at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland with J.G. Devlin, Jan Grant, Oscar James, Leonard Maguire, James Cairncross, Henry Woolf, Niall Tobin, and directed by Bill Bryden. See more »

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Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Considered giving up acting to become a monk. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer