Ian Bannen. Ian Bannen (29 June 1928 – 3 November 1999) was a Scottish character actor and occasional leading man. Early life[edit] Bannen was born in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, the son of Clare (née Galloway) and John James Bannen, a lawyer.[1] Bannen served in the British Army after attending St Aloysius' College, Glasgow and Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire. His first acting role came in a 1947 Dublin stage production of Armlet of Jade.
He became a successful figure on the London stage, making a name for himself in the plays of both Shakespeare and Eugene O'Neill. He was an original member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared on Broadway as well. Career[edit] Acclaim[edit] In 1996, he was honoured with the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award.[2] Death[edit] Bannen suffered massive injuries in a car accident and died in 1999 at Knockies Straight, near Loch Ness. Legacy[edit] Bannen was posthumously given the 2000 Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award. Partial filmography[edit] References[edit] Bannen, Ian (1928-1999) Biography. Ian Bannen (born in Airdrie, Scotland on 29 June 1928) made an easy transformation from handsome young leading man to character player of screen and TV (e.g., curmudgeonly Dr Cameron in Dr Finlay, 1993-95).
He made his stage debut at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in 1947, and was much praised for his London performance as Jamie in Long Day's Journey into Night (1958). He entered films in 1956, starring for the Boultings as the young prince in Carlton-Browne of the FO (d. Jeffrey Dell, 1958), the romantic lead in A French Mistress (d.
Roy Boulting, 1960), and an embittered Korean war veteran in Suspect (d. John Boulting, 1960). Notable character roles included the irascible grandfather in Hope and Glory (d. Brian McFarlane, Encyclopedia of British Film. Ian Bannen Biography (1928-) Obituary: Ian Bannen - Arts & Entertainment. Born in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, in 1928, the only son of a lawyer, he was educated at Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire. A lover of films as a boy - he later confessed he would sneak out of school to watch Jean Gabin movies - he served as a corporal in the Army before making his stage debut at the Gate Theatre in Dublin in 1947 as the Emperor's son in the play Armlet of Jade.
In 1951 he joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company at Stratford-upon-Avon and remained with them for four seasons which included in 1953 a year's tour of Australia and New Zealand. In 1958 he made the first of several appearances in the works of Eugene O'Neill with a highly praised portrayal of Hickey in The Iceman Cometh. Kenneth Tynan called Bannen "perfect" as "the manic salesman, driving his friends to destruction with the enthusiasm of a revivalist" in this fondly recalled production directed by Peter Wood.
Tom Vallance. Ian Bannen. Yangtse Incident (film) It was based upon the book written by Lawrence Earl. The film was known in the US by the alternative titles Battle Hell, Escape of the Amethyst, Their Greatest Glory and Yangtze Incident. Non-English language titles include the direct German translation of Yangtse-Zwischenfall, and Commando sur le Yang-Tse in France. In Belgium it was known as Feu sur le Yangtse (French) and Vuur op de Yangtse (Flemish/Dutch), both meaning "Fire on the Yangtse". The film was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Plot[edit] On 19 April 1949, the Royal Navy frigate HMS Amethyst sails up the Yangtze River on her way to Nanking, the Chinese capital, to deliver supplies to the British Embassy. Cast[edit] Production[edit] Reception[edit] The film was the 15th most popular movie at the British box office in 1957.[4] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Battle Hell (1957. The Hill (film) The Hill is a 1965 film directed by Sidney Lumet, set in a British army prison in North Africa in World War II.
It stars Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Ossie Davis, Ian Hendry,[1] Alfred Lynch, Roy Kinnear and Michael Redgrave. The arrival of five new prisoners slowly leads to a clash with the camp authorities. One new NCO guard who has also just arrived employs excessive punishments, which include forcing the five newcomers to repeatedly climb a man-made hill in the centre of the camp. When one dies a power struggle erupts between brutal Staff Sergeant Williams (Ian Hendry), humane Staff Sergeant Harris (Ian Bannen), Regimental Sergeant Major Wilson (Harry Andrews), and the camp's Medical Officer (Michael Redgrave) as they struggle to run the camp in conflicting styles. Staff Sergeant Williams is new to the prison, and his ambition is matched only by his cruel treatment of the prisoners; he seeks to use their suffering as means for promotion.
The Hill (1965. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film) Though the film was a failure at the box office, it has since gained a cult following. Meanwhile, Dorfmann has been working on a radical idea: He believes they can build a new aircraft from the wreckage. The C-82 has twin booms extending rearwards from each engine and connected by the horizontal stabilizer. Dorfmann's plan is to attach the outer panel of the right wing to the left engine, left boom and left wing outer panel, discarding the center fuselage and both inner wing panels of the aircraft. Harris and Moran believe he is either joking or deluded, and the animosity between Towns the veteran pilot and Dorfmann the aircraft designer increases.
Although Towns is resistant, Renaud points out that activity, and any hope will keep the men's morale up and so Towns agrees with the plan. Final plans are made for the Phoenix's flight. Towns and Moran learn that Dorfmann designs model aircraft instead of full-sized aircraft. Just as the water runs out, the Phoenix is completed. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965. Doomwatch (film) The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent. An outsider visits a remote isolated village that has seemingly shunned the modern life. Doctor Del Shaw, an investigator from the British ecological watchdog group nicknamed Doomwatch, is sent to the island of Balfe, to file a report on the effects of a recent oil tanker spill.
He becomes fascinated with the mysterious behavioural disorders of the locals who display rudeness and random aggression and a strange genetic prevalence of thick lips and sloping brows. Investigation shows that the villagers have been suffering over a prolonged period from hormonal disorders, which are being caused by leaking drums of growth stimulants that have been dumped offshore.
Doomwatch (1972. Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries) Jesus of Nazareth (Italian: Gesù di Nazareth) is a 1977 British-Italian television miniseries co-written (with Anthony Burgess and Suso Cecchi d'Amico) and directed by Franco Zeffirelli which dramatizes the birth, life, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus. It stars Robert Powell as Jesus. The miniseries features an all star cast of famous American and European actors, including seven Oscar winners (Plummer (subsequent winner), Bancroft, Steiger, Olivier, Borgnine, Ustinov and Quinn). Extra-biblical traditions were used in the writing of the screenplay and some characters (such as Zerah) and situations were invented for the film for brevity or dramatic purposes. Notably, Jesus of Nazareth depicts Judas Iscariot as a well-intentioned man initially, but later as a dupe of Zerah who betrays Jesus largely as a result of Zerah's false platitudes and pretexts. "Starring" Robert Powell as Jesus "Guest Stars" "and" Olivia Hussey as Mary, the mother of Jesus "Also Starring" "With"
Jesus of Nazareth (TV mini-series 1977– Gandhi (film) Gandhi is a 1982 epic biographical film which dramatises the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the leader of India's non-violent, non-cooperative independence movement against the United Kingdom's rule of the country during the 20th century. Gandhi was a collaboration of British and Indian production companies[3] and was written by John Briley and produced and directed by Richard Attenborough.
It stars Ben Kingsley in the titular role. The film covers Gandhi's life from a defining moment in 1893, as he is thrown off a South African train for being in a whites-only compartment, and concludes with his assassination and funeral in 1948. Although a practising Hindu, Gandhi's embracing of other faiths, particularly Christianity and Islam, is also depicted. Gandhi was released in India on 30 November 1982, in the United Kingdom on 3 December 1982, and in the United States on 6 December 1982. The early life of Gandhi is not depicted in the film. 55th Academy Awards. Gandhi (1982. Gorky Park (film) The main stars of the film are William Hurt as Arkady Renko, Lee Marvin as Jack Osborne, Joanna Pacuła as Irina Asanova, Rikki Fulton as Major Pribluda, Brian Dennehy as William Kirwill, Ian McDiarmid as Professor Andreev, Michael Elphick as Pasha and Ian Bannen as Prosecutor Iamskoy.
James Horner wrote the score. Ralf Bode was cinematographer. Pacuła was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, and Elphick was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film also featured Alexei Sayle as a black marketeer. During his investigation, Renko crosses paths with William Kirwill (Brian Dennehy), a New York detective who is in the Soviet Union investigating the disappearance of his brother James. At a weekend getaway at the dacha of Chief Prosecutor Iamskoy (Ian Bannen), Renko also makes the acquaintance of American sable importer Jack Osborne (Lee Marvin) and his girlfriend Irina Asanova (Joanna Pacuła). Renko confronts her with Prof. Gorky Park (1983. Hope and Glory (film) Hope and Glory is a 1987 British comedy-drama-war film, written, produced and directed by John Boorman, and based on his own experiences of growing up in the Blitz in London during World War II.[1][2] The title is derived from the traditional British patriotic song "Land of Hope and Glory".
The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures. Beginning just before the start of the Second World War, the film tells the story of the Rowan family: Bill, his sisters Sue and Dawn, and his parents Grace and Clive, living in a suburb of London. After the war starts, Clive joins the army, leaving Grace alone to watch over the children. Seen through the eyes of 10-year-old Bill, the "fireworks" provided by the Blitz every night are as exciting as they are terrifying. His family do not see things in quite the same way as the bombs continue to drop, but their will to survive brings them closer together. The film was favourably reviewed by critic Pauline Kael in her film reviews collection Hooked.
Hope and Glory (1987. Braveheart. Braveheart (1995. Waking Ned. Plot[edit] Elsewhere in the village, Maggie O'Toole (Susan Lynch) continues to spurn the romantic interests of her old flame, "Pig" Finn (James Nesbitt), a local pig farmer. Finn is convinced they belong together, as he thinks he is the father of her son Maurice, but she cannot abide him due to his ever present odour of pigs. Finn has a rival in Pat Mulligan, also hoping to marry Maggie. Jackie and Michael call the National Lottery to make the claim, and that same day the claim inspector, Mr Kelly arrives, sees Jackie on the beach and asks him for directions to Ned's cottage. Michael follows them to the cottage and breaks in so he can answer the door, and pretend to be Ned. After discovering that the lottery winnings are far greater than anticipated (totaling nearly IR£7 million), Jackie and Michael are forced to involve the entire village in fooling Mr.
Production[edit] Reception[edit] References[edit] Further reading[edit] External links[edit] Waking Ned Devine (1998. Braveheart.