Ian Bannen
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| Known for: |
Waking Ned Devine, Braveheart, Gandhi |
| Birthday: |
29 June 1928,
Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK |
Trivia

He was awarded the 1981 London Critics Circle Awards (Drama Theatre Awards) for Best Supporting Actor of 1980 for his performance in "Translations".

Turned down the lead roles in _"Van der Valk" (1972) and
Hawaii Five-O.

Considered giving up acting to become a monk.

Friend of
Richard Harris and
Peter O'Toole.

Director
John Schlesinger cast him as a replacement for
Alan Bates in the part of well-off homosexual doctor Daniel Hirsh in his controversial film
Sunday Bloody Sunday, after Bates was deemed unavailable to shoot. According to screenwriter
Penelope Gilliatt, Bannen never felt comfortable with the part; she speculated that he was flustered by the fact that he would have to kiss male actor
Murray Head, who played his lover whom also carried on an affair with
Glenda Jackson. The anxiety adversely affected his performance during the early filming. Schlesinger had to fire him and replace him with
Peter Finch, who won an Oscar nomination for the role. Many observers believe that Finch lost the Oscar to
Gene Hackman because of the gay kiss. Bannen said near the end of his life, after being hailed for his comeback in
Waking Ned Devine, that this was his one big regret, for throwing away the plum role seriously set back his career and it never recovered.
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