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Lindsay Anderson(1923-1994)

  • Director
  • Actor
  • Writer
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Lindsay Anderson
Trailer for Chariots of Fire
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Chariots of Fire (1981)
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Lindsay started as a film critic in the late 1940's early 50's writing and editing The Review and contributing to The Times, Observer and The New Statesman. His long standing association with playwright David Storey began with This Sporting Life and continued with plays such as In Celebration, Home, The Changing Room and Early Days,
BornApril 17, 1923
DiedAugust 30, 1994(71)
BornApril 17, 1923
DiedAugust 30, 1994(71)
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
    • 3 wins & 8 nominations total

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John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson, and Ben Cross in Chariots of Fire (1981)
Lindsay Anderson and Lillian Gish in The Whales of August (1987)
Vanessa Redgrave, Lindsay Anderson, Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Martin, Yves Montand, and Luchino Visconti

Known for

If.... (1968)
If....
7.4
  • Director
  • 1968
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Chariots of Fire
7.1
  • Master of Caius
  • 1981
Britannia Hospital (1982)
Britannia Hospital
6.2
  • Director
  • 1982
This Sporting Life (1963)
This Sporting Life
7.5
  • Director
  • 1963

Credits

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Director

  • Is That All There Is? (1992)
    Is That All There Is?
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Richard Thomas, Ellen Greene, and James Whitmore in Glory! Glory! (1989)
    Glory! Glory!
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1989
  • The Whales of August (1987)
    The Whales of August
    • Director
    • 1987
  • Wham! in China: Foreign Skies (1986)
    Wham! in China: Foreign Skies
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Free Cinema
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1986
  • Wish You Were There
    • Director
    • 1985
  • George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley, and Wham! in Wham!: Freedom (1984)
    Wham!: Freedom
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1984
  • Britannia Hospital (1982)
    Britannia Hospital
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Look Back in Anger (1985)
    Look Back in Anger
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1985
  • Alan Bennett in The Old Crowd (1979)
    The Old Crowd
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1979
  • In Celebration (1975)
    In Celebration
    • Director
    • 1975
  • Malcolm McDowell in O Lucky Man! (1973)
    O Lucky Man!
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Play for Today (1970)
    Play for Today
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1972
  • If.... (1968)
    If....
    • Director
    • 1968
  • NET Playhouse (1964)
    NET Playhouse
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1968

Actor

  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    • Narrator (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 1989–1993
  • Is That All There Is? (1992)
    Is That All There Is?
    • Lindsay Anderson
    • 1992
  • Patsy Kensit, Bryan Brown, Dudley Moore, Bronson Pinchot, Richard Griffiths, Andreas Katsulas, Alison Steadman, and Penelope Wilton in Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
    Blame It on the Bellboy
    • Mr. Marshall (voice)
    • 1992
  • Prisoner of Honor (1991)
    Prisoner of Honor
    • War Minister
    • TV Movie
    • 1991
  • Chariots of Fire (1981)
    Chariots of Fire
    • Master of Caius
    • 1981
  • Malcolm McDowell in O Lucky Man! (1973)
    O Lucky Man!
    • Film Director (uncredited)
    • 1973
  • Hetty King: Performer
    • Narrator (voice)
    • Short
    • 1970
  • Jill Bennett in Inadmissible Evidence (1968)
    Inadmissible Evidence
    • Barrister
    • 1968
  • Omnibus (1967)
    Omnibus
    • Narrator (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 1968
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965)
    BBC Play of the Month
    • Holz
    • TV Series
    • 1968
  • Cecile Chevreau, Kurt Jung-Alsen, Ferdy Mayne, Garfield Morgan, Alfred Müller, John Rees, and Jennifer Wilson in The Survivor (1961)
    The Survivor
    • Narrator
    • TV Movie
    • 1961
  • The Pleasure Garden (1953)
    The Pleasure Garden
    • Michael-Angelico
    • Short
    • 1953
  • Trunk Conveyor
    • Narrator (voice)
    • Short
    • 1952
  • Three Installations (1952)
    Three Installations
    • Narrator (voice)
    • Short
    • 1952
  • Idlers That Work
    • Narrator (voice)
    • Short
    • 1949

Writer

  • Is That All There Is? (1992)
    Is That All There Is?
    • written by
    • 1992
  • Omnibus (1967)
    Omnibus
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • John Ford (1992)
    John Ford
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1992
  • Free Cinema
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1986
  • Søren Elung Jensen in En gal mands dagbog (1965)
    En gal mands dagbog
    • adaptation
    • TV Movie
    • 1965
  • Every Day Except Christmas (1957)
    Every Day Except Christmas
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 1957
  • A Hundred Thousand Children
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1955
  • Henry
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1955
  • Green and Pleasant Land
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1955
  • Foot and Mouth
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1955
  • The Children Upstairs
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1955
  • Thursday's Children (1954)
    Thursday's Children
    • written by
    • Short
    • 1954
  • O Dreamland (1953)
    O Dreamland
    • writer
    • Short
    • 1953

Videos3

Chariots of Fire
Trailer 1:31
Chariots of Fire
Chariots of Fire: 2012 UK Re-Release
Trailer 1:10
Chariots of Fire: 2012 UK Re-Release
Chariots of Fire: 2012 UK Re-Release
Featurette 2:08
Chariots of Fire: 2012 UK Re-Release

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Memorial Foundation
  • Born
    • April 17, 1923
    • Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
  • Died
    • August 30, 1994
    • Saint-Saud-Lacoussière, Dordogne, France(heart attack)
  • Other works
    Lindsay Anderson, ABOUT JOHN FORD (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981)
  • Publicity listings
    • 4 Print Biographies
    • 3 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Was offered the role of the Emperor in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), but had to decline because of post-production for his film Britannia Hospital (1982), which also featured Mark Hamill.
  • Quotes
    I suppose I'm the boy who stood on the burning deck whence all about he had fled. The trouble is I don't know whether the boy was a hero or a bloody idiot.

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