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Acting

Ian Bannen

Career: Active from 1956 to 2002, busiest in 1991 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 34
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Defence of the Realm
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 62 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ian Bannen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.7, average 5.4
Pop Culture
1.1, average 2.2
Coming of Age
2.0, average 3.0
Situational Comedy
1.9, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 6
Character-Driven 6
Historical Drama 5
Political Intrigue 5
Atmospheric 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Social Commentary 4
Mystery 4
Psychological Drama 4
Bleak 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Melancholy Tone 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

101

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

3 titles · average score 54

62

as Billy

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

55

as Matt Moss (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)

Best

45

as Sir Matt Busby

1990s

21 titles · average score 64

To Walk with Lions

67

as Terence Adamson

Waking Ned

76

as Jackie O'Shea

Original Sin

71

TV show · as Gabriel Dauntsey

The Politician's Wife

71

TV show · as Sir Donald Frazier

A Pin for the Butterfly

as Grandpa

Doctor Finlay

74

TV show · as Dr. Alexander Cameron

The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story

as Melville

Damage

71

as Edward Lloyd

TV show

Murder in Eden

TV show · as Canon Loftus

Ghost Dad

23

as Sir Edith Moser

The Big Man

56

as Matt Mason

1980s

20 titles · average score 64

Circles in a Forest

as MacDonald

George's Island

64

as Captain Waters

The Fifteen Streets

66

as Peter Bracken

Witch Story

46

as Father Matthew

The Gamble

41

as Padre di Francesco / Father of Francesco

Lamb

66

as Brother Benedict

Defence of the Realm

82

as Dennis Markham

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Hubert Stout

Gorky Park

64

as Iamskoy

Gandhi

82

as Senior Police Officer Fields

Eye of the Needle

72

as Godliman

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

58

as Oliver Utterson

1970s

24 titles · average score 65

Bite the Bullet

56

as Sir Harry Norfolk

Death in Deep Water

as Doonan

Won't Write Home, Mom–I'm Dead

as Frank Dean

Identikit

64

as Bill

The Voyage

55

as Antonio Braggi

From Beyond the Grave

64

as Christopher Lowe

The Offence

70

as Kenneth Baxter

The MacKintosh Man

57

as Ronald Slade

Doomwatch

46

as Dr. Shaw

Fright

55

as Brian

Too Late the Hero

62

as Pvt. Jock Thornton

Jane Eyre

61

as St. John Rivers

1960s

18 titles · average score 64

Lock Up Your Daughters

55

as Ramble

The Sailor from Gibraltar

59

as Alan

Johnny Belinda

as Dr. Jack Richardson

Penelope

60

as James B. Elcott

The Hill

79

as Harris

Mister Moses

55

as Robert

The Flight of the Phoenix

80

as Crow

Psyche 59

57

as Paul

Station Six-Sahara

62

as Fletcher

An einem Freitag um halb zwölf

as Kitson

Suspect

65

as Alan Andrews

A French Mistress

61

as Colin Crane The Headmaster's Son

1950s

15 titles · average score 65

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

58

as Young King Loris

She Didn't Say No!

as Peter Howard

A Tale of Two Cities

69

as Gabelle

Behind the Mask

63

as Alan Crabtree

Miracle in Soho

57

as Filippo Gozzi

Private's Progress

69

as Private Horrocks

The Count of Monte Cristo

TV show

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Fred Curtis / Cdr. John Tarlton

The Long Arm

72

as The Young Workman - Stanley James

The Adventures of Robin Hood

46

TV show · as Sir Walter

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Hitler / Macduff

Pool of London

63

as Garage attendant (uncredited)