British Film Character Actors: Great Names and Memorable MomentsThis informed, highly readable account of 65 great British cinema character actors recalls such highlights of film history as Alec Guiness's obdurate commanding officer in The Bridge on the River Kwai, the chilling screen presence of Peter Cushing, and the hilarious bungling of Ian Carmichael in I'm All Right Jack. |
Contents
Harry Andrews | 5 |
Richard Attenborough | 8 |
Stanley Baker | 12 |
Ian Bannen | 15 |
Alfie Bass | 17 |
Alan Bates | 19 |
Robert Beatty | 22 |
Reginald Beckwith | 25 |
Gordon Jackson | 107 |
Sidney James | 110 |
Lionel Jeffries | 113 |
Bernard Lee | 116 |
Christopher Lee | 119 |
Herbert Lom | 122 |
Malcolm McDowell | 125 |
James Mason | 127 |
Ian Carmichael | 27 |
George Cole | 29 |
Tom Courtenay | 32 |
Michael Craig | 34 |
Peter Gushing | 37 |
Maurice Denham | 41 |
Anton Diffring | 44 |
Denholm Elliott | 46 |
Peter Finch | 49 |
Albert Finney | 53 |
Bryan Forbes | 54 |
Harry Fowler | 59 |
John Gielgud | 61 |
Nigel Green | 63 |
John Gregson | 66 |
Kenneth Griffith | 69 |
Alec Guinness | 72 |
Richard Harris | 75 |
Laurence Harvey | 79 |
Jack Hawkins | 83 |
Stanley Holloway | 88 |
Michael Hordern | 90 |
Donald Houston | 93 |
Trevor Howard | 96 |
Raymond Huntley | 101 |
Wilfrid Hyde White | 104 |
Michael Medwin | 132 |
John Mills | 136 |
Kenneth More | 140 |
Robert Morley | 143 |
Laurence Olivier | 146 |
Peter OToole | 152 |
Cecil Parker | 154 |
Leslie Phillips | 158 |
Donald Pleasence | 161 |
Dennis Price | 163 |
Basil Radford | 167 |
Ralph Richardson | 169 |
James Robertson Justice | 172 |
Peter Sellers | 175 |
Robert Shaw | 179 |
Ronald Shiner | 181 |
Alastair Sim | 183 |
TerryThomas | 186 |
Richard Todd | 189 |
Peter Ustinov | 192 |
Jack Warner | 196 |
Richard Wattis | 198 |
Naunton Wayne | 200 |
Acknowledgements | 202 |
Index | 203 |
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