Ian Bannen: Ian Bannen. Actor: Waking Ned Devine. Scottish character actor and occasional leading man who enlivened scores of fine films in Britain and America. His father was a lawyer in a small town in Lanarkshire. Bannen served in the army and attended Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire. His first acting role came in a 1947 Dublin production of "Armlet of Jade". He became a successful figure on the London stage, making a name...
Known For: Waking Ned Devine (Jackie O'Shea), Braveheart (The Leper), Hope and Glory (Grandfather George), The Flight of the Phoenix (Crow)