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Ian Bannen

Ian Bannen

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Ian Bannen (29 June 1928 – 3 November 1999) was a Scottish character actor and occasional leading man.

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Movies Starring Ian Bannen (78)

Ultimate Fights from the Movies (2002)

In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix takes you into the history of action movies from Hollywood to Hong Kong cinema that spans a 20-year period. This one features action scenes from 16 action-p ...

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Taliesin Jones (2002)

Not quite a religious film, not quite a coming-of-age story, not quite a kiddie flick, and not quite a supernatural horror movie, Taliesin Jones's identity crisis nonetheless reveals a sweet examination of one child and his thoughts on God. ...

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To Walk with Lions (1999)

Drama based loosely on the final years of Kenya game warden and lion-raiser George Adamson's life. An unofficial sequel to 'Born Free' (1966) and 'Living Free' (1972), which also dramatized the life of Adamson, this film picks up the life of George on the ...

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Waking Ned (1998)

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money. ...

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Something to Believe In (1998)

Reports of a weeping Madonna in Italy reach Las Vegas, where blackjack dealer Maggie has just learnt she has only weeks to live. With a massive leap of faith she convinces herself that seeing the Madonna with her own eyes could lead to her salvation, and t ...

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Braveheart (1995)

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rul ...

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A Pin for the Butterfly (1995)

Communism seen through the eyes of a young girl who watches her beloved uncle struggle with the oppressive government . ...

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Measure for Measure (1994)

Modern dress adaptation of Shakespeare's play. ...

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The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story (1993)

True story of Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone, inspired by his mother. ...

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Damage (1992)

The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover. ...

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Common Pursuit (1992)

Common Pursuit is a play by Simon Gray which follows the lives of six characters who first meet as undergraduates at Cambridge University when they are involved in setting up a literary magazine called The Common Pursuit. ...

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The Treaty (1991)

How the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael Collins, and the British government was concluded after high-stakes negotiations in 1921. ...

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Uncle Vanya (1991)

Vanya is a bitter, sarcastic man, obsessed with his wasted years and what might have been. He has spent his life toiling for the benefit of the scholar, Serabryakov, who has turned out to be a charlatan. To make matters worse, Vanya has fallen in love with ...

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Arise and Go Now (1991)

Exploding poets, randy bishops and bungling IRA hoodlums are causing havoc in a small town in Northern Ireland. ...

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Speaking of the Devil (1991)

Bull Webster is a taxi driver with some work problems on his hands: the Spider Corporation, a giant financial holding company, has decided to buy out his taxi co-operative in order to make it go bankrupt and purchase its land at a low cost. ...

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The Big Man (1990)

An unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet. ...

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Ghost Dad (1990)

Elliot Hopper, a widower with three children, is working on a business deal to get his family out of financial straits when he is suddenly killed in a taxi accident. With the aid of a paranormal researcher, Elliott attempts to complete the deal from the be ...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)

Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer. ...

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George's Island (1989)

After telling his class about the ghost of Captain Kidd and his buried treasure on George's Island, George is placed in a foster home. George and another foster child, Bonnie, flee to the island on Halloween but when they're followed by adults Captain Kidd ...

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Circles in a Forest (1989)

Saul Barnard grew up in a family of woodcutters. The woodcutters are scared of the elephants in the forest, but there's one elephant that never seems to threaten Saul. Tired of being exploited by wood buyers, Saul takes a stand and his father chases him aw ...

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Witch Story (1989)

A young girl and her brother take some friends on trip to check out a house the pair has just inherited. What they don't know is that the house is haunted by demons and the ghost of a woman who was burned at the stake as a witch, and who now plans to take ...

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The Fifteen Streets (1989)

In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the teacher of his highly intelligent younger sister Kathy and daughter of a rich family. Their love is doome ...

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The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)

Set in old England, Hugh Grant ("Four Weddings & a Funeral", "Notting Hill") plays a highwayman who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. But during one of his robberies, he falls in love with an aristocratic lady, Emma Samms ("Star Quest", "Deliriou ...

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The Gamble (1988)

When Francesco returns home with the assumption that his father's wealth will be there to keep him content, he discovers that his father has lost everything to a German countess while gambling. ...

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The Courier (1988)

When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular delivery, he does some digging only to discover that the messenger company is a front for a drug ring. A reformed drug user himself, he sets out to crack the lethal ...

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Hope and Glory (1987)

A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II. ...

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Lamb (1986)

Michael Lamb is a Father questioning his calling, in a Reform School in Ireland. When young epileptic runaway Eoin is sent to the school, the two recognise kindred spirits and escape to London together. With the police on their tail and the money running o ...

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Defence of the Realm (1986)

A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force base. Has there been a Government cover-up? Mullen teams up with Vernon Bay ...

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Gorky Park (1983)

Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a conspiracy involving ...

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The Prodigal (1983)

They were a family torn apart by redemption...kept apart by pride...but brought together by a miracle. ...

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Gandhi (1982)

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive ...

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Night Crossing (1982)

Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story. ...

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Eye of the Needle (1981)

Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off ...

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1980)

Adaptation of the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson ...

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The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar eclipse. ...

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Ring of Darkness (1979)

Once a Satanist who surrendered her soul and body to the devil himself, Carlotta Rhodes begins to regret her tryst with Lucifer when her teenage daughter, Daria, starts showing the evil influence of dear old Dad. Convinced that she can stop the devil's pow ...

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The Inglorious Bastards (1978)

Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for the Frenc ...

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It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1977)

A rock star is kidnapped at the end of a concert.The record company ask the question is he worth more dead than alive? ...

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Sweeney! (1977)

When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the heart of the government, and finds himself fitted up, suspended and u ...

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Death in Deep Water (1975)

A former hitman hides out in a remote fishing village but his secret soon begins to surface. ...

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Bite the Bullet (1975)

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Cl ...

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Won't Write Home, Mom–I'm Dead (1975)

A woman hears her fiancee's ghostly voice telling her to find him. ...

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The Gathering Storm (1974)

Winston Churchill's life in the years leading up to World War II. ...

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Identikit (1974)

Lise, a mentally disturbed spinster, experiences a series of bizarre encounters while in Rome as she searches for someone who will murder her. ...

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The Voyage (1974)

The charming Adriana gets sick after her husband's death. Her brother-in-law takes her on a journey to meet a doctor, while love overwhelms them. ...

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From Beyond the Grave (1974)

Four customers purchase (or take) items from Temptations Limited, an antiques shop whose motto is "Offers You Cannot Resist". A nasty fate awaits all of them—particularly those who cheat the shop's Proprietor. ...

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The MacKintosh Man (1973)

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang... ...

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The Offence (1973)

A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester. ...

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Doomwatch (1972)

The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent. ...

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Fright (1971)

Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have Amanda's nerves on edge. The real terror begins, howeve ...

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The Deserter (1970)

A young cavalry officer finds his woman tortured by the Apaches and blames the Army for not properly protecting the outpost, so becomes a deserter and an avenger, stalking and killing Indians without warning. ...

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Jane Eyre (1970)

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in frien ...

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Too Late the Hero (1970)

A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heroes' ...

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Lock Up Your Daughters (1969)

Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down. ...

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Johnny Belinda (1967)

In post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf and mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scandal to swirl. ...

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The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)

Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching for a sailor she had known many years before. Alan and Anna begin the search on board a yacht bound for Greece, but they don't find the sailor. ...

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Penelope (1966)

When Penelope gets married to banker James Elcott, she finds him too preoccupied with work to pay much attention to her, so she robs his bank in disguise. After she confesses to her psychiatrist, Greg Mannix, he offers to return the money for her, as he is ...

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The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they ...

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Rotten to the Core (1965)

Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is ...

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The Hill (1965)

North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the t ...

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Mister Moses (1965)

A con man on the run in Africa aids a minister's daughter by helping lead a local tribe to their new homeland. ...

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Psyche 59 (1964)

An industrialist's wife tries to remember the shocking sight that made her blind. ...

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Macbeth (1964)

Hallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars and the same director as its first version, but a different supporting cast. ...

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Station Six-Sahara (1963)

A beautiful blonde joins a small group of men running an oil station in the Sahara Desert and starts the emotions soaring. ...

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On Friday at Eleven (1961)

An enigmatic woman recruits a gang of specialised criminals to rob a US Army payroll armoured truck bound for Marseilles. However, things don't go exactly as planned. ...

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Suspect (1960)

A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a t ...

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A French Mistress (1960)

The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out to be a Mistress! Madelin Leforge's (the French Mistress) effect on the boys is swift and amazing. Suddenly everyone wants extra French Lessons just to glimpse ...

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Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)

Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton ...

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Behind the Mask (1958)

A newly qualified surgeon takes the blame for his drug addict colleague after the death their patient through neglect. ...

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She Didn't Say No! (1958)

Bridget Monaghan, a single mother who has had six children by different fathers, shocks the conservative inhabitants of an Irish village. ...

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A Tale of Two Cities (1958)

British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned family retainer, he becomes entangled in the snares of t ...

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The Birthday Present (1957)

Returning from a business trip, toy salesman Simon Scott is caught attempting to smuggle a wristwatch bought for his wife's birthday through Customs. He is arrested and, due to a bungled defence by his solicitor, obliged to serve a three-month prison sente ...

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Miracle in Soho (1957)

In London's colourful but seedy Soho, Michael Morgan is working mending the road. He is unhappy, with little hope of finding happiness. Then he meets Julia Gozzi, a barmaid, and "The Miracle" happens. ...

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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his ...

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The Long Arm (1956)

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. ...

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Private's Progress (1956)

Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends wily Private Percival Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work in the confus ...

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Pool of London (1951)

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London. ...

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