Ian Charleson
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK — Aug 11 1949• Died Jan 06 1990
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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. O…
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Churchill's People
John Ross
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Lockhart
Lady Killers
Neville Heath
Gandhi
Reverend Charlie Andrews
Oxbridge Blues
Victor Geary
Master of the Game
Jamie MacGregor
Chariots of Fire
Eric Liddell
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Jeffson Brown
Troubles
Major Brendan Archer
Louisiana
Clarence Dandridge
Hamlet
Fortinbras
Jubilee
Angel
Opera
Marco
Codename: Kyril
Kyril
Ascendancy
Lt. Ryder
The Sun Also Rises
Mike Campbell
The Paradise Run
Henry
Car Trouble
Gerald
Codename: Kyril
Ivan Bucharensky - 'Kyril'
All's Well That Ends Well
Bertram
Antony & Cleopatra
Octavius Caesar
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Search for Alexander the Great
Hephaistion
Something's Got to Give
Ian Arthur