Ian Bannen

Ian Bannen

June 29, 1928 · 98 years old

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

Known For

30 titles
1
Waking Ned Devine

Waking Ned Devine

1998 · 1h 31m · Movie

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

7.3
2
The Flight of the Phoenix

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965 · 2h 22m · Movie

After an oil company plane crashes in the Sahara, the survivors' hopes are buoyed by one of the passengers, an airplane designer who comes up with a plan to build a flyable plane from the wreckage.

7.5
3
Damage

Damage

1992 · 1h 51m · Movie

A Member of Parliament falls passionately in love with his son's girlfriend despite the obvious dangers.

6.7
4
Gorky Park

Gorky Park

1983 · 2h 8m · Movie

A Moscow police officer investigates a vicious triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level international political conspiracy.

6.7
5
The Hill

The Hill

1965 · 2h 3m · Movie

In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.

7.8
6
Hope and Glory

Hope and Glory

1987 · 1h 53m · Movie

A young boy living on the outskirts of London comes of age during the uncertain days of World War II.

7.3
7
Eye of the Needle

Eye of the Needle

1981 · 1h 52m · Movie

A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.

7.1
8
The Inglorious Bastards

The Inglorious Bastards

1978 · 1h 39m · Movie

In 1944 France, a group of escaped American military prisoners en route to Switzerland volunteers to steal a German V2 rocket warhead for the Allies.

6.5
9
The Offence

The Offence

1973 · 1h 52m · Movie

A burnt-out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester.

6.8
10
Ghost Dad

Ghost Dad

1990 · 1h 23m · Movie

A widowed father tries to support his children after he becomes a ghost in an accident.

4.4
11
The Watcher in the Woods

The Watcher in the Woods

1980 · 1h 24m · Movie

When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.

6.2
12
Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet

1975 · 2h 12m · Movie

A pair of ex-Rough Riders, a former prostitute, a gunfighter, an aging cowboy and an English gentleman enter a 700-mile horse race through the Southwest desert in 1908.

6.6
13
From Beyond the Grave

From Beyond the Grave

1974 · 1h 37m · Movie

An anthology of four short horror stories revolving around a mysterious antique shop owner and his antique pieces, each of which hides a deadly secret.

6.6
14
The MacKintosh Man

The MacKintosh Man

1973 · 1h 38m · Movie

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.

6.3
15
Too Late the Hero

Too Late the Hero

1970 · 2h 25m · Movie

A reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is seconded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.

6.6
16
Penelope

Penelope

1966 · 1h 37m · Movie

Comedy about a flighty, bored, kleptomaniac wife of a banker who robs her husband's bank of $60,000.

6.2
17
Speaking of the Devil

Speaking of the Devil

1991 · 1h 35m · Movie

A taxi driver finds a winning $150M lottery ticket while fighting corporate takeover of his co-op. Heaven and Hell send representatives to influence his choices, leading to entertaining chaos where humans prevail.

5.9
18
Sweeney!

Sweeney!

1977 · 1h 38m · Movie

When one of his informants is murdered, Detective Inspector Jack Regan is drawn into a deadly political game. He is soon a marked man and, after being framed, is suspended from duty. This doesn't stop him searching for the truth.

6.7
19
The Third Key

The Third Key

1956 · 1h 36m · Movie

The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.

7.0
20
The Lady and the Highwayman

The Lady and the Highwayman

1988 · 1h 30m · Movie

Swashbuckling tale of romance, betrayal, jealousy, banditry, murder, and court intrigue set in the 1660s, during the Restoration to the English throne of King Charles II.

5.5
21
Doomwatch

Doomwatch

1972 · 1h 32m · Movie

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

5.5
22
The Driver's Seat

The Driver's Seat

1974 · 1h 42m · Movie

A mentally-disturbed spinster experiences a series of bizarre encounters in Rome as she searches for someone she feels she'll know--when she finds him.

5.9
23
Man in a Cocked Hat

Man in a Cocked Hat

1959 · 1h 28m · Movie

A former British colony in dire need of economic aid tries to play the British against the Soviets in an attempt to secure economic aid from either side in return for political loyalty.

6.2
24
Lamb

Lamb

1986 · 1h 50m · Movie

An Irish reform school priest questions his calling as a young, epileptic runaway arrives. Each recognizes the other as kindred spirits and escape together. As police close in and money dwindles, the desperate priest makes bad dec...

6.3
25
Psyche 59

Psyche 59

1964 · 1h 34m · Movie

In London, the pregnant wife of an industrialist falls down the stairs, loses her sight and has no recollection of the events but suspects that a mentally traumatic experience prior to the fall caused her accident.

6.0
26
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception

1990 · 1h 30m · Movie

Perry Mason must defend the son of an old friend who is accused of killing an ex-officer of the Nazi-SS.

7.2
27
The Risk

The Risk

1960 · 1h 21m · Movie

UK scientists find a cure for plague but their government, fearing its military-biological potential, keeps the discovery secret until a scientist is duped into giving it to a foreign power.

6.2
28
Witch Story

Witch Story

1989 · 1h 36m · Movie

Siblings and friends visit an inherited house, unaware it's haunted by demons and a witch's ghost seeking revenge for her execution.

4.9
29
Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask

1958 · 1h 39m · Movie

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

6.1
30
A French Mistress

A French Mistress

1960 · 1h 38m · Movie

The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil after the new French master turns out to be a mistress. Madeleine Lafarge's (the French mistress) effect on the boys is swift and amazing. Suddenly, everyone wants extra ...

5.9