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Ian Charleson
Scottish actor (1949–1990)
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. He performed numerous Shakespearean roles, and in 1991 the annual Ian Charleson Awards were established, particularly in honour of his final Hamlet.[1][2] The awards reward the best classical stage performances in Britain by actors aged under 30.
The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Biography describes Charleson as "a leading player of charm and power" and "one of the finest British actors of his generation".[3]Alan Bates wrote that Charleson was "definitely among the top ten actors
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Ian Charleson
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. He performed numerous Shakespearean roles, and in 1991 the annual Ian Charleson Awards were established, particularly in honour of his final Hamlet. The awards reward the best classical stage performances in Britain by actors aged under 30.
The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Biography describes Charleson as "a leading player of charm and power" and "one of the finest British actors of his generation". Alan Bates wrote that Charleson was "definitely among the top ten actors of his age group". Ian McKellen said Charleson was "the most unman
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Ian Charleson
11 August 1949, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK — 6 January 1990, London, England, UK
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Some information I found in books, articles and interviews to Ian and colleagues
He was the son of a printer and sang soprano as a boy.
The middle child, Ian had an older brother (3 years) Kenneth, and a sister, Elizabeth, 11 years younger.
Raised in Edinburgh he attended the Royal High School and Edinburgh University where he studied Architecture, but apparently this area was his weakest point: he once designed a model of a magnificent bridge without foundations.
He was a member of the Edinburgh University Drama Society as an actor, singer, and director, and even worked with costumes.
Next he went to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
Odd jobs included singing at the restaurant Food for Thought and a waiter at the Hard Rock Cafe.
He left LAMDA early and was at Frank Dunlop’s Young Vic Company, London.
His first West End role was in Simon Gray’s Otherwise Engaged.
He performed at the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Co
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