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Ian Charleson was a Scottish stage and film actor. He is best known internationally for his starring role as Olympic athlete and missionary Eric Liddell, in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire. He is also well known for his portrayal of Rev. Charlie Andrews in the 1982 Oscar-winning film Gandhi.
Born
Thursday, 11 August 1949
Died
Saturday, 06 January 1990
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Hamlet | Fortinbras | 2023 |
Fifty Years on Stage | Brick | 2013 |
20 to 1 | Eric Liddell | 2005 |
Troubles | Major Brendan Archer | 1988 |
Codename: Kyril | Kyril | 1988 |
Opera | Marco | 1987 |
Car Trouble | Gerald | 1986 |
A Royal Night of One Hundred Stars | Self | 1985 |
The Sun Also Rises | Mike Campbell | 1984 |
Oxbridge Blues | Victor Geary | 1984 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Hamlet | Fortinbras | 2023 |
Fifty Years on Stage | Brick | 2013 |
20 to 1 | Eric Liddell | 2005 |
Troubles | Major Brendan Archer | 1988 |
Codename: Kyril | Kyril | 1988 |
Opera | Marco | 1987 |
Car Trouble | Gerald | 1986 |
A Royal Night of One Hundred Stars | Self | 1985 |
The Sun Also Rises | Mike Campbell | 1984 |
Oxbridge Blues | Victor Geary | 1984 |
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Jeffson Brown | 1984 |
Master of the Game | Jamie McGregor / Jamie MacGregor | 1984 |
Louisiane | Clarence Dandridge | 1984 |
Carols from Christ Church | Self - Narrator | 1983 |
Reilly: Ace of Spies | Lockhart | 1983 |
Ascendancy | Lt. Ryder | 1983 |
Gandhi | Charlie Andrews / Reverend Charlie Andrews | 1982 |
Antony & Cleopatra | Octavius Caesar | 1981 |
Chariots of Fire | Eric Liddell | 1981 |
All's Well That Ends Well | Bertram | 1981 |
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | Fortinbras | 1980 |
Jubilee | Angel | 1978 |
The South Bank Show | Self / Sky Masterson | 1978 |
Intimate Strangers | Tom Anson | 1974 |
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Gad | 1972 |
Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Guillaume Desmarest | 1969 |
ITV Playhouse | Ian Arthur | 1967 |