Great Escape Actors who have gone before us
by bender255 | created - 25 Aug 2014 | updated - 7 months ago | PublicOn the passing of Lord Richard Attenborough I thought I would create this list and have added date of death (latest first),Still living are the last actors.One of the greatest casts ever from one of my favourite movies of all time.In Memorium
1. Tom Adams
Actor | The Great Escape
Tom Adams was born on March 9, 1938 in Poplar, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Great Escape (1963), The 2nd Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World (1965) and Emmerdale Farm (1972). He died on December 11, 2014 in Slough, Berkshire, England, UK.
Died 13th December,2014
Nimmo "Diversions"
2. Angus Lennie
Actor | The Great Escape
Angus Lennie was born on April 18, 1930 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Great Escape (1963), Doctor Who (1963) and Para Handy - Master Mariner (1959). He died on September 14, 2014 in Acton, London, England, UK.
Died September 14,2014
Ives "The Mole"
3. Richard Attenborough
Actor | Jurassic Park
Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough of Richmond-upon-Thames, was born in Cambridge, England, the son of Mary (née Clegg), a founding member of the Marriage Guidance Council, and Frederick Levi Attenborough, a scholar and academic administrator who was a don at Emmanuel College and wrote a ...
Died August 24th,2014
Bartlett "Big X"
4. James Garner
Actor | The Notebook
Amiable and handsome James Garner had obtained success in both films and television, often playing variations of the charming anti-hero/con-man persona he first developed in Maverick, the offbeat western TV series that shot him to stardom in the late 1950s.
James Garner was born James Scott ...
Died July 14th,2014
Hendley "The Scrounger"
5. Charles Bronson
Actor | Death Wish
The archetypal screen tough guy with weatherbeaten features--one film critic described his rugged looks as "a Clark Gable who had been left out in the sun too long"--Charles Bronson was born Charles Buchinsky, one of 15 children of struggling parents in Pennsylvania. His mother, Mary (Valinsky), ...
Died August 30th,2003
Danny "Tunnel King"
6. James Coburn
Actor | The Great Escape
Lanky, charismatic and versatile actor with an amazing grin that put everyone at ease, James Coburn studied acting at UCLA, and then moved to New York to study under noted acting coach Stella Adler. After being noticed in several stage productions, Coburn appeared in a handful of minor westerns ...
Died November 18th,2002
Sedgwick "The Manufacturer"
7. Donald Pleasence
Actor | Halloween II
Balding, quietly spoken, of slight build and possessed of piercing blue eyes -- often peering out from behind round, steel-rimmed glasses -- Donald Pleasence had the essential physical attributes which make a great screen villain. In the course of his lengthy career, he relished playing the ...
Died February 2nd,1995
Blythe "The Forger"
8. James Donald
Actor | The Great Escape
Scottish-born actor James Donald was born in Aberdeen on May 18, 1917, and took his first professional stage bow some time in the late 30s. He finally attained a degree of stardom in 1943 for his sterling performance in Noël Coward's "Present Laughter", which starred Coward himself. Subsequent ...
Died August 3rd,1993
Ramsey "The SBO"
9. Hannes Messemer
Actor | The Great Escape
Hannes Messemer was born on May 17, 1924 in Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Great Escape (1963), General Della Rovere (1959) and The Devil Strikes at Night (1957). He was married to Monika Keusch, Susanne Korda, Rose Schäfer and Herta Jung. He died on ...
Died November 2nd,1991
Von Luger "The Kommandant"
10. Gordon Jackson
Actor | The Great Escape
Gordon Cameron Jackson was born on December 19, 1923, in Glasgow, Scotland, the youngest of five children, whose father taught painting in the city. His interest in acting began during his school years, when he took part in many amateur productions. This led to him being spotted by the BBC, and ...
Died January 15th,1990
MacDonald "Intelligence"
11. Nigel Stock
Actor | The Great Escape
A veteran of stage, screen, radio and TV, character actor Nigel Stock was born in Malta in 1919, the son of Captain W.H. Stock, RE, and his wife Margaret Marion Munro. In British India from childhood, he and his sister Angela returned to the UK in his early teens for schooling. Nigel was educated ...
Died June 22nd,1986
Cavendish "The Surveyor"
12. Steve McQueen
Actor | The Great Escape
He was the ultra-cool male film star of the 1960s, and rose from a troubled youth spent in reform schools to being the world's most popular actor. Over 40 years after his untimely death from mesothelioma in 1980, Steve McQueen is still considered hip and cool, and he endures as an icon of popular ...
Died Nov 7th,1980
Hilts "Cooler King"
13. Robert Graf
Actor | The Great Escape
Robert Graf was born on November 18, 1923 in Witten, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Great Escape (1963), Aren't We Wonderful? (1958) and Jonas (1957). He was married to Selma Urfer. He died on February 4, 1966 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
Died February 4th,1966
Werner "The Ferret"
14. David McCallum
Actor | The Great Escape
Since David McCallum's father, David McCallum Sr., was first violinist for the London Philharmonic Orchestra and his mother, Dorothy Dorman, was a cellist, it's not surprising that David was originally headed for a career in music, playing oboe. He studied briefly at the Royal Academy of Music. He ...
Died September 25th, 2023
Natural Causes
Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal"
15. John Leyton
Actor | The Great Escape
John Leyton was born on Feb. 17th 1936 at Frinton-On Sea, Essex, England, to parents of show business background. His father owned several cinemas and his mother acted under the name of 'Babs Walters' on the London stage. When John showed a desire to act, his parents tried to discourage him, ...
Still living
Willie "Tunnel King"
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