British Film Character Actors: Great Names and Memorable Moments

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Rowman & Littlefield, 1982 - Biography & Autobiography - 208 pages
This 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.
 

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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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