Ian Charleson
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday11 August 1949
Died6 January 1990 (age 40)
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland, UK
Known credits27
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ian Charleson (11 August 1949 – 6 January 1990) 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. Charleson was a noted actor on the British stage as well, with critically acclaimed leads in Guys and Dolls, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Fool for Love, and Hamlet, among many others. Over the course of his life Charleson per…
Troubles
1988 · Major Brendan Archer
Codename: Kyril
1988 · Kyril
Opera
1987 · Marco
Car Trouble
1986 · Gerald
A Month in the Country
1985 · Rakitin
The Sun Also Rises
1984 · Mike Campbell
Oxbridge Blues
1984 · Victor Geary
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984 · Jeffson Brown
Master of the Game
1984 · Jamie MacGregor
Louisiana
1984 · Clarence Dandridge
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · Lockhart
Ascendancy
1983 · Lt. Ryder
Gandhi
1982 · Reverend Charlie Andrews
Something's Got to Give
1982 · Ian Arthur
Wogan
1982 · Self
Chariots of Fire
1981 · Eric Liddell
Antony & Cleopatra
1981 · Octavius Caesar
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981 · Hephaistion
All's Well That Ends Well
1981 · Bertram
Lady Killers
1980 · Neville Heath
Hamlet
1980 · Fortinbras
Jubilee
1978 · Angel
Plays for Britain
1976 · Henry
The Paradise Run
1976 · Henry
Churchill's People
1974 · John Ross
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1972
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Ian Arthur
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