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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. Over the course of his life Charleson per…
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- Wogan (1982) as Self
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Ian Arthur
- Churchill's People (1974) as John Ross
- Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983) as Lockhart
- Gandhi (1982) as Reverend Charlie Andrews
- Lady Killers (1980) as Neville Heath
- Master of the Game (1984) as Jamie MacGregor
- Chariots of Fire (1981) as Eric Liddell
- Oxbridge Blues (1984) as Victor Geary
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) as Jeffson Brown
- Troubles (1988) as Major Brendan Archer
- Opera (1987) as Marco
- The Sun Also Rises (1984) as Mike Campbell
- Codename: Kyril (1988) as Kyril
- Jubilee (1978) as Angel
- Hamlet (1980) as Fortinbras
- Louisiana (1984) as Clarence Dandridge
- Codename: Kyril (1988) as Ivan Bucharensky - 'Kyril'
- Plays for Britain (1976) as Henry
- All's Well That Ends Well (1981) as Bertram
- Car Trouble (1986) as Gerald
- Antony & Cleopatra (1981) as Octavius Caesar
- Ascendancy (1983) as Lt. Ryder
- The Search for Alexander the Great (1981) as Hephaistion
- The Paradise Run (1976) as Henry
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1972) Cast
- Something's Got to Give (1982) as Ian Arthur
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Most-watched Ian Charleson films currently: Gandhi (1982), Chariots of Fire (1981), Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), Opera (1987), Jubilee (1978).
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Selected TV credits: Wogan (1982), ITV Playhouse (1967), Churchill's People (1974), Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), Lady Killers (1980).
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