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Ian Bannen 1928 - 1999

M. Marilyn Salisbury
His first theatre performance was in 1947 at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, "Armlet of Jade".
Joined The Shakespeare Theatre Memorial Company in 1951.
He won an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor in his performance as "Crow" in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965).
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts gave him the Lifetime Achievement Award.
He was awarded the 1981 London Critics Circle Awards (Drama Theatre Awards) for Best Supporting Actor of 1980 for his performance in "Translations".

Year Theatre Play Character TV Character Film Character
1947 Gate Theatre, Dublin Armlet of Jade Emperor's Son .. ..... .. ..
1951 - 1954 Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company Henry V ..... .. ..... .. ..
1951 Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company Macbeth ..... .. ..... Pool of London Garage Pump Attendant
1954 Arts Theatre, Cambridge Robinson Customer/The Mayor .. ..... .. ..
1954 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Othello .... .. ..... .. ..
1954 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Troilus and Cressida .... .. ..... .. ..
1954 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre The Taming of the Shrew .... .. ..... .. ..
1954 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Romeo and Juliet .... .. ..... .. ..
1954 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre A Midsummer Night's Dream .... .. ..... .. ..
1955 Irving Theatre, London Prisoners of War Captain Rickman .. ..... .. ..
1956 Comedy Theatre A View From The Bridge Marco The Adventures of Robin Hood - The May Queen Sir Walter Donnington Private's Progress Pvt. Horrocks
1956 Q Theatre Point of Departure ..... Armchair Theatre - Tears in the Wind John The Long Arm Workman, Hit and Run Victim
1956 King's Theatre, Glasgow Who Goes There? ..... The Count of Monte Cristo - Majorca Philepe .. ..
1957 Royal Court Theatre Waiting For Lester Abbs Lester Abbs .. ..... The Birthday Present ..
1957 .. .. ..... .. ..... Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst AB Bannister RN
1957 .. .. ..... .. ..... Miracle in Soho Filippo Gozzi
1958 Arts Theatre/Winter Garden The Iceman Cometh Hickey .. ..... Behind the Mask Alan Crabtree
1958 Edinburgh Festival, Lyceum/Globe Theatre Long Day's Journey Into Night Jamie .. ..... She Didn't Say No! Peter Howard
1958 .. .. ..... .. ..... A Tale of Two Cities Gabelle
1959 Royal Court Theatre Sergeant Musgrave's Dance Sergeant Musgrave Rendezvous - Two Per Cent Inspiration ..... Carlton-Browne of the F.O. Young King Loris
1959 .. .. ..... Armchair Theatre - The Big Client ..... .. ..
1960 Piccadilly Theatre Toys In the Attic Julian Berniers Hallmark Hall of Fame - Macbeth II Macduff Suspect Alan Andrews
1960 .. .. ..... Macbeth Macduff A French Mistress Colin Crane The Headmaster's Son
1961 RSC Hamlet Hamlet .. ..... An einem Freitag um halb zwölf Kitson
1961 RSC As You Like It Orlando .. ..... .. ..
1961 RSC Romeo and Juliet Mercutio .. ..... .. ..
1961 RSC Othello Iago .. ..... .. ..
1962 Aldwych Theatre As You Like It Orlando .. ..... Station Six-Sahara Fletcher
1962 Dublin and Venice Festivals A Touch of the Poet Cornelius Melody .. ..... .. ..
1963 New Arts Theatre The Blood Knot Morris Pieterson The Human Jungle - Over and Out Mike Barclay .. ..
1964 Royal Court Theatre Julius Caesar Brutus .. ..... Psyche '59 Paul
1965 Tour The Devil's Disciple Dick Dudgeon .. ..... Mister Moses Robert
1965 .. .. ..... .. ..... Rotten to the Core Lt. Vine
1965 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Hill Sgt. Charlie Harris
1965 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Flight of the Phoenix 'Ratbags' Crow
1966 .. .. ..... .. ..... Penelope James B. Elcott
1967 .. .. ..... Armchair Theatre - The Floating Population Bernard Thompson The Sailor from Gibraltar Alan
1967 .. .. ..... .. ..... Johnny Belinda Dr. Jack Richardson
1969 .. .. ..... .. ..... Lock Up Your Daughters! Ramble
1970 .. .. ..... .. ..... Too Late the Hero Pvt. Jock Thornton
1970 .. .. ..... .. ..... Jane Eyre St. John Rivers
1971 .. .. ..... Shadows of Fear - White Walls and Olive Green Carpets Robert Fright Brian
1971 .. .. ..... .... ..... The Deserter Cpt. Crawford
1972 Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford The Brass Hat Brig Brown .. ..... Doomwatch Dr. Del Shaw
1972 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Offence Kenneth Baxter
1973 .. .. ..... Great Mysteries - Battle of Wits Gregory Dean The MacKintosh Man Slade
1973 .. .. ..... .. ..... From Beyond the Grave Christopher Lowe
1974 Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh The Iceman Cometh ..... The Gathering Storm Adolf Hitler Il Viaggio Antonio Braggi
1974 .. .. ..... .. ..... Identikit Bill
1975 .. .. ..... Thriller - Death in Deep Water/- Won't Write Home Mom, I'm Dead Doonan/Frank Dean Bite the Bullet Sir Harry Norfolk
1977 Duke of York Theatre Hedda Gabler ..... .. ..... Quel maledetto treno blindato Col. Buckner
1977 .. .. ..... Jesus of Nazareth Amos Sweeney! Charles Baker, MP
1979 .. .. ..... Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Jim Prideaux Un Ombra nell'ombra The Professor
1979 .. .. ..... Spooner's Patch ..... .. ..
1980 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Watcher in the Woods John Keller
1981 .. .. ..... Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Utterson Night Crossing Josef Keller
1981 .. .. ..... .. ..... Eye of the Needle Godliman
1982 .. .. ..... Cousin Phillis Reverend Ebenezer Holman Gandhi Senior Police Officer Fields
1983 Riverside Studios A Moon for the Misbegotten ..... The Hard Word David Wood Gorky Park Iamskoy
1983 .. .. ..... Hart to Hart - Hunted Harts Winston Davenport The Prodigal Riley Wyndham
1985 .. .. ..... .. ..... Defence of the Realm Dennis Markham
1986 .. .. ..... Attentato al Papa ..... Lamb Brother Benedict
1987 .. .. ..... Tickets for the Titanic - The Way, the Truth, the Video Inspector Crocker Hope and Glory Grandfather George
1987 .. .. ..... Bookie ..... .... ..
1988 .. .. ..... The Ray Bradbury Theatre - On the Orient, North The Ghastly Passenger La Partita ..
1988 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Courier McGuigan
1989 .. .. ..... The Fifteen Streets Peter Bracken George's Island Captain Waters
1989 .. .. ..... The Lady and the Highwayman Christian Drysdale Streghe Padre Matthew
1990 .. .. ..... Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception Otto Rosen Circles in a Forest ..
1990 .. .. ..... .. ..... Ghost Dad Sir Edith Moser
1990 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Big Man Matt Mason
1991 .. .. ..... The Treaty David Lloyd George Un Piede in paradiso Luzifer
1991 .. .. ..... Uncle Vanya Prof. Serebryakov .. ..
1991 .. .. ..... Ashenden R .. ..
1991 .. .. ..... Murder in Eden Canon Loftus .. ..
1992 .. .. ..... The Sound and the Silence Melville Damage Edward Lloyd
1992 .. .. ..... Common Pursuit Hubert Stout .. ..
1993 - 1996 .. .. ..... Doctor Finlay Dr. Alexander Cameron .. ..
1994 .. .. ..... Measure for Measure Provost A Pin for the Butterfly Grandpa
1995 .. .. ..... The Politician's Wife Sir Donald Frazier Braveheart The Leper, Robert Bruce Sr.
1996 .. .. ..... Tartan Shorts: Dead sea reels ..... .... ....
1997 .. .. ..... Original Sin Gabriel Dauntsey .. ..
1998 .. .. ..... .. ..... Something to Believe In Don Pozzi
1998 .. .. ..... .. ..... Waking Ned Jackie O'Shea
1999 .. .. ..... This Is Your Life Himself To Walk with Lions Terence Adamson
2000 .. .. ..... .. ..... Best Sir Matt Busby
2000 .. .. ..... The 72nd Annual Academy Awards Himself (Memorial Tribute) The Testimony of Taliesin Jones Billy Evans
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