1. Ian Edmund Bannen was a Scottish actor with a long career in film, on stage, and on television.
16 Facts About Ian Bannen
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Ian Bannen was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in The Flight of the Phoenix, the first Scottish actor to receive the honour, as well as two BAFTA Film Awards for his performances in Sidney Lumet's The Offence and John Boorman's Hope and Glory.
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On stage, Bannen was renowned for his interpretations of William Shakespeare and Eugene O'Neill, and was an original member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Ian Bannen won the 1981 Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Brian Friel's Translations.
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Ian Bannen was born in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, the son of lawyer John James Ian Bannen, of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, and Agnes Clare, nee Galloway.
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Ian Bannen's first acting role came in a 1947 Dublin stage production of Armlet of Jade.
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Ian Bannen became a successful figure on the London stage, making a name for himself in the plays of both Shakespeare and Eugene O'Neill.
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Ian Bannen was an original member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared on Broadway.
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Ian Bannen had a very significant role as Stoker Samuel Bannister in Yangtse Incident.
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Ian Bannen later regretted this, saying not taking the role had set back his career.
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Ian Bannen received an Academy Award nomination in 1965 for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in The Flight of the Phoenix as Ratbags Crow, one of the survivors of a plane crash.
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Ian Bannen received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as suspected child molester Kenneth Baxter in The Offence.
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Ian Bannen won acclaim for his roles as Brother Benedict in Lamb, Grandfather George in John Boorman's Hope and Glory, the elder Robert de Brus in Braveheart and as the touchingly crafty villager in Waking Ned Devine.
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Ian Bannen was the subject of an episode of This is Your Life in 1999, when he was surprised by Michael Aspel.
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Ian Bannen was killed, aged 71, in a car accident near Loch Ness in November 1999.
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Ian Bannen was posthumously given the 2000 Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award.