Ian Charleson
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 H...
Known For
Filmography
Troubles
1988
as Major Brendan Archer
Codename: Kyril
1988
as Kyril
Opera
1987
as Marco
Car Trouble
1986
as Gerald
A Month in the Country
1985
as Rakitin
Louisiana
1984
as Clarence Dandridge
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
as Jeffson Brown
Oxbridge Blues
1984
as Victor Geary
The Sun Also Rises
1984
as Mike Campbell
Master of the Game
1984
as Jamie MacGregor
Ascendancy
1983
as Lt. Ryder
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Lockhart
Gandhi
1982
as Reverend Charlie Andrews
Something's Got to Give
1982
as Ian Arthur
Wogan
1982
as Self
Chariots of Fire
1981
as Eric Liddell
All's Well That Ends Well
1981
as Bertram
Antony & Cleopatra
1981
as Octavius Caesar
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Hephaistion
Hamlet
1980
as Fortinbras
Lady Killers
1980
as Neville Heath
Jubilee
1978
as Angel
The Paradise Run
1976
as Henry
Plays for Britain
1976
as Henry
Churchill's People
1974
as John Ross
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1972
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Ian Arthur