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Kenneth Haigh

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Kenneth Haigh is an English actor who made history originating the character of Jimmy Porter, the original "Angry Young Man", in John Osborne's 1956 play Look Back in Anger, a work that revolutionized the English theater. The following year, Haigh took the performance to Broadway, but movie star Richard Burton was cast in the 1959 movie adaptation... See full bio »

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2004 Mr. Blue (short)
Mr. Blue
 
2002 How We Used to Live: A Giant in Ancient Egypt (TV mini-series)
Burckhart
 
1996 The Ring (TV movie)
Dr. Kopek
 
1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series)
War Minister
– Paris, October 1916 (1993) … War Minister
 
1993 Maigret (TV series)
Victor Drouet
– Maigret's Boyhood Friend (1993) … Victor Drouet
 
1992 The Good Guys (TV series)
Max Weiner
– Find the Lady (1992) … Max Weiner
 
1992 The Blackheath Poisonings (TV series)
Sir Charles Russell
– Episode #1.3 (1992) … Sir Charles Russell
 
1991 Inspector Morse (TV series)
Freddie Galt
– Fat Chance (1991) … Freddie Galt
 
1991 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series)
McKenzie
– The Plymouth Express (1991) … McKenzie
 
1991 Shuttlecock
Dr. Quinn
 
1990 Theatre Night (TV series)
Ben Jonson
– Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death (1990) … Ben Jonson
 
1990 Lorna Doone (TV movie)
Judge Jeffreys
 
1989 Screenplay (TV series)
– The Act (1989)
 
1987 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
George Grosz
– Enemy of the State (1987) … George Grosz
 
1987 The Day After the Fair (TV movie)
Arthur
 
1986 A State of Emergency
 
1986 The Theban Plays by Sophocles (TV series)
Polynices
– Oedipus at Colonus (1986) … Polynices
 
1986 The Fourth Floor (TV movie)
George Payne
 
1985 Wild Geese II
Col. Reed-Henry
 
1984 The Testament of John (TV movie)
Robert
 
1983 Night Train to Murder
Cousin Milton/Cousin Homer
 
1981 Troilus & Cressida (TV movie)
Achilles
 
1981 Lady Killers (TV series)
George Joseph Smith
– My Perfect Husband (1981) … George Joseph Smith
 
1981 Maybury (TV series)
Frank Caley
– Trouble at Home (1981) … Frank Caley
– Not to Worry, Everything Is Under Control (1981) … Frank Caley
 
1979 Premiere (TV series)
David Austin
– Weekend (1979) … David Austin
 
1979 The Bitch
Arnold Rinstead
 
1978 A Walk in the Sun
George
 
1977 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV series)
– A Good Human Story (1977)
 
1977 Hazlitt in Love (TV movie)
William Hazlitt
 
1976 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (TV movie)
Archdeacon Claude Frollo
 
1976 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
– Dad (1976)
 
1976 Robin and Marian
Sir Ranulf
 
1975 Moll Flanders (TV movie)
Jemmy Earle
 
1974 Great Mysteries (TV series)
Jorge Vega
– Under Suspicion (1974) … Jorge Vega
 
1974 The Person Responsible (TV movie)
Michael Beasley
 
1973 Wessex Tales (TV series)
Barnet
– Fellow Townsmen (1973) … Barnet
 
1973 The Movie Quiz (TV series)
Syms-Team Member
– Episode dated 2 July 1973 (1973) … Syms-Team Member
 
1973 Man at the Top
Joe Lampton
 
1961-1972 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
David Enoch / Gustave
– The Creditors (1972) … Gustave
– Joker (1962)
– The Way of Love (1961) … David Enoch
 
1970-1972 Man at the Top (TV series)
Joe Lampton
– The Foreman's Job at Last (1972) … Joe Lampton
– Winners are Losers (1972) … Joe Lampton
– High Stakes (1972) … Joe Lampton
– Living Like a Lord (1972) … Joe Lampton
– Dont Rock the Boat (1972) … Joe Lampton
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1972 Eagle in a Cage
Napoleon Bonaparte
 
1971 The Search for the Nile (TV mini-series)
Sir Richard F. Burton
– Conquest and Death (1971) … Sir Richard F. Burton
– Find Livingstone (1971) … Sir Richard F. Burton
– The Great Debate (1971) … Sir Richard F. Burton
– The Secret Fountains (1971) … Sir Richard F. Burton
– Discovery and Betrayal (1971) … Sir Richard F. Burton
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1971 Journey to Murder
Dirk Brogan (Do Me a Favor - Kill Me!)
 
1969 Strange Report (TV series)
Blake
– Report 2641: Hostage - If You Won't Learn, Die! (1969) … Blake
 
1968 Journey to the Unknown (TV series)
Dirk Brogan
– Do Me a Favor and Kill Me (1968) … Dirk Brogan
 
1968 A Lovely Way to Die
Jonathan Fleming
 
1967 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Hauptmann
– The Stories of D.H. Lawrence: The Prussian Officer (1967) … Hauptmann
 
1965-1967 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Leitch / Narrator
– The Voices in the Park (1967) … Leitch
– And Did Those Feet? (1965) … Narrator (voice)
 
1960-1967 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Michael Paterson / Robert Mayo
– Nice to Have You Back (1967) … Michael Paterson
– Beyond the Horizon (1960) … Robert Mayo
 
1966 The Deadly Affair
Bill Appleby
 
1966 The Last Invasion (TV movie)
William
 
1966 Knock on Any Door (TV series)
Max Martin
– The Paris Trip (1966) … Max Martin
 
1964 Weekend at Dunkirk
Atkins
 
1964 A Hard Day's Night
Simon Marshall (uncredited)
 
1964 The Full Man (TV series documentary)
Pip
– The Novel: Landscape and Background (1964) … Pip
 
1963 Z Cars (TV series)
Milligan
– Running Milligan (1963) … Milligan
 
1963 Cleopatra
Brutus
 
1961 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Jerry / Owen
– A Walk on the Water (1961) … Owen
– The Zoo Story (1961) … Jerry
 
1961 Thriller (TV series)
Detective Insp. Harry Roberts
– Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook (1961) … Detective Insp. Harry Roberts
 
1960 Danger Man (TV series)
Juan
– Josetta (1960) … Juan
 
1960 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Joseph Schindler
– Twentieth Century Theatre: Musical Chairs (1960) … Joseph Schindler
 
1960 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Lt. William Terrance Decker
– The Last Flight (1960) … Lt. William Terrance Decker
 
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
John Bedford / Mr. Costain
– Specialty of the House (1959) … Mr. Costain
– Banquo's Chair (1959) … John Bedford
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Gunner / Martin Schramm / Maudsley
– Misalliance (1959) … Gunner
– Project Immortality (1959) … Martin Schramm
– The Second Man (1959) … Maudsley
 
1959 Ten Little Indians (TV movie)
Philip Lombard
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Devry
– Bellingham (1958) … Devry
 
1957-1958 Omnibus (TV series)
Boswell / Rodolfo in acted version of 'La Boheme'
– What Makes Opera Grand? (1958) … Rodolfo in acted version of 'La Boheme'
– Life of Samuel Johnson (1957) … Boswell
 
1957 High Flight
Anthony 'Tony' Winchester
 
1957 Saint Joan
Brother Martin Ladvenu
 
1957 Stryker of the Yard (TV series)
John Kendall
– The Case of the Bogus Count (1957)
– The Case of Two Brothers (1957) … John Kendall
 
1956 Teenage Bad Girl
Tony Ward Black
 
1955-1956 Rheingold Theatre (TV series)
Georgios / Pierre / Radio Operator Rennie
– Gabrielle (1956) … Pierre
– Dimitrios (1956) … Georgios
– Atlantic Night (1955) … Radio Operator Rennie
 
1955 The Vise (TV series)
Johnson
– Week-End Guest (1955) … Johnson
 
1954 Companions in Crime
John Kendall
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1973 Whodunnit? (TV series)
Himself / Panelist
– Missing on Voyage (1973) … Himself/Panelist
 
1966 A Whole Scene Going (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 Sunday Night (TV series documentary)
– Mr. Sludge, the Medium (1966)
 
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(1956) He acted in John Osborne's play, "Look Back in Anger," at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England with Alan Bates, Mary Ure, Helena Hughes, and John Welsh in the cast. Tony Richardson was director. See more »
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You need three things in the theatre - the play, the actors and the audience, and each must give something. See more »

Trivia:

Set the precedent for British "angry young man" roles when he originated the part of "Jimmy Porter" on stage in "Look Back in Anger" in 1957. Richard Burton played the character in the 1959 film, Look Back in Anger. See more »

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