Ian Bannen
Highest Rated: 100% The Inglorious Bastards (1978)
Lowest Rated: 6% Ghost Dad (1990)
Birthday: Jun 29, 1928
Birthplace: Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Scottish-born actor Ian Bannen began his career in Ireland in 1947 and first appeared on the London stage as Captain Rickman in "Prisoners of War" (1955). Closely identified in England with the plays of Eugene O'Neill, he portrayed Hickey in "The Iceman Cometh" (1957) and Jamie Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" (1958), later reprising the role of Jamie for 1983 productions of "A Moon for the Misbegotten" in London and NYC. Bannen made his feature debut in "Battle Hell" (1956), acquitted himself well in "The Risk/Suspect" (1960) and earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination as the cynical plane crash survivor in Robert Aldrich's "Flight of the Phoenix" (1965). His suave, dark good looks were fully utilized as Natalie Wood's stuffy husband in the lightweight "Penelope" (1967) and allowed him to be cast against type as a child molester in Sidney Lumet's taut "The Offense" (1973). As he aged into character roles, Bannen found success in a variety of roles from a unscrupulous religious in the underrated "Lamb" (1985) to the cantankerous grandfather in John Boorman's autobiographical "Hope and Glory" (1987). In addition, he made an indelible impression as The Leper in Mel Gibson's "Braveheart" (1995). The Ealingesque comedy "Waking Ned Devine" (1998) also provided a fine showcase for David Kelly and him as two brothers who concoct an impersonation scam after discovering that their old friend Ned Devine has died clutching the winning ticket to the Irish Lottery.
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Ian Bannen
Filmography
Movies
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Best | Sir Matt Busby (Character) | - | 2000 |
56% | No Score Yet | Taliesin Jones | Billy Evans (Character) | $77.4K | 2000 |
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To Walk With Lions | Terence Adamson (Character) | - | 1999 |
84% |
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Waking Ned Devine | Jackie O'Shea (Character) | $24.8M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Something to Believe In | Don Pozzi (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Treaty | David Lloyd George (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Original Sin | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Pin for the Butterfly | Grandpa (Character) | - | 1994 |
81% |
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Damage | Edward Lloyd (Character) | $7.5M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sound and the Silence | Melville (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Speaking of the Devil | Luzifer (Character) | - | 1991 |
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception | Otto Rosen (Character) | - | 1990 |
6% |
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Ghost Dad | Sir Edith Moser (Character) | $20.9M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Circles in a Forest | MacDonald (Character) | - | 1990 |
43% |
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Crossing the Line | Matt Mason (Character) | $5.2K | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | George's Island | Captain Waters (Character) | $1.7K | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gamble | Father of Francesco (Character) | - | 1988 |
96% |
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Hope and Glory | Grandfather George (Character) | $9.4M | 1987 |
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Lamb | Brother Benedict (Character) | - | 1985 |
100% |
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Defence of the Realm | Dennis Markham (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Prodigal | Riley Wyndham (Character) | - | 1983 |
78% |
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Gorky Park | Iamskoy (Character) | - | 1983 |
80% |
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Night Crossing | Josef Keller (Character) | - | 1981 |
52% |
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The Watcher in the Woods | John Keller (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Oliver Utterson (Character) | - | 1980 |
100% |
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The Inglorious Bastards | Col. Charles Thomas Buckner (Character) | - | 1978 |
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Sweeney! | Baker (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death in Deep Water | Doonan (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Won't Write Home Mom... I'm Dead | Frank Dean (Character) | - | 1975 |
73% |
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Bite the Bullet | Norfolk (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Terror From Within | Frank Dean (Character) | - | 1975 |
60% |
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The Driver's Seat | Bill (Character) | - | 1974 |
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The Gathering Storm | Adolf Hitler (Character) | - | 1974 |
58% |
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The Mackintosh Man | Slade (Character) | - | 1973 |
71% |
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The Offence | Kenneth Baxter (Character) | - | 1973 |
60% |
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From Beyond the Grave | Christopher Lowe (Character) | - | 1973 |
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The Voyage | Antonio Braggi (Character) | - | 1973 |
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Doomwatch | Dr. Shaw (Character) | - | 1972 |
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Fright | Brian (Character) | - | 1971 |
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Jane Eyre | St. John Rivers (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deserter | Cpt. Crawford (Character) | - | 1971 |
57% |
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Too Late the Hero | Pvt. Jock Thornton (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lock Up Your Daughters! | Ramble (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sailor From Gibraltar | Alan (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Belinda | Dr. Jack Richardson (Character) | - | 1967 |
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Penelope | James B. Elcott (Character) | - | 1966 |
75% |
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The Hill | Harris (Character) | - | 1965 |
83% |
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The Flight of the Phoenix | Crow (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rotten to the Core | Unknown (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mister Moses | Robert (Character) | - | 1965 |
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Psyche '59 | Paul (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Station Six-Sahara | Fletcher (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The World in My Pocket | Kitson (Character) | - | 1962 |
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Macbeth | Macduff (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A French Mistress | Colin Crane (Character) | - | 1960 |
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Man in a Cocked Hat | Young King Loris (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carlton-Browne of the F.O. | Young King Loris (Character) | - | 1959 |
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A Tale of Two Cities | Gabelle (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Behind the Mask | Alan Crabtree (Character) | - | 1958 |
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Battle Hell | AB Bannister RN (Character) | - | 1956 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | The Ghastly Passenger (Character) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |