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Lindsay Anderson(1923-1994)

  • Director
  • Actor
  • Writer
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Lindsay Anderson
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Lindsay was born in Bangalore, India but educated in England at Cheltenham College and Wadham College, Oxford where he was a classical scholar. He then spent 3 years war time service in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. His career in the theatre started at the Royal Court in the late 1950's where he was responsible for the premiere productions of The Long and the Short and the Tall, Sergeant Musgrave's Dance, Billy Liar and The Bed Before Yesterday. His collaboration with David Storey began with the film This Sporting Life followed by the plays In Celebration, Home, The Changing Room, Early Days and his last, in 1992, Stages He also contributed to the Times, Observer and New Statesman newspapers.
BornApril 17, 1923
DiedAugust 30, 1994(71)
BornApril 17, 1923
DiedAugust 30, 1994(71)
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
    • 3 wins & 7 nominations total

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Known for

If.... (1968)
If....
7.4
  • Director
  • 1968
Brad Davis, Ben Cross, Yves Beneyton, Colin Bruce, Ian Charleson, Dennis Christopher, Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Farrell, Daniel Gerroll, Stephen Mallatratt, Alan Polonsky, Struan Rodger, Edward Wiley, Benny Young, and David John in Chariots of Fire (1981)
Chariots of Fire
7.1
  • Master of Caius
  • 1981
Britannia Hospital (1982)
Britannia Hospital
6.2
  • Director
  • 1982
This Sporting Life (1963)
This Sporting Life
7.5
  • Director
  • 1963

Credits

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Director



  • Is That All There Is? (1992)
    Is That All There Is?
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Glory! Glory! (1989)
    Glory! Glory!
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1989
  • The Whales of August (1987)
    The Whales of August
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1987
  • Wham! in China: Foreign Skies (1986)
    Wham! in China: Foreign Skies
    7.7
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Free Cinema
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Wish You Were There
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1985
  • George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley, and Wham! in Wham!: Freedom (1984)
    Wham!: Freedom
    7.0
    Music Video
    • Director
    • 1984
  • Britannia Hospital (1982)
    Britannia Hospital
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Look Back in Anger (1985)
    Look Back in Anger
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Alan Bennett in The Old Crowd (1979)
    The Old Crowd
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Alan Bates, Constance Chapman, and Bill Owen in In Celebration (1975)
    In Celebration
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1975
  • Malcolm McDowell in O Lucky Man! (1973)
    O Lucky Man!
    7.6
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Play for Today (1970)
    Play for Today
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1972
  • If.... (1968)
    If....
    7.4
    • Director
    • 1968
  • NET Playhouse (1964)
    NET Playhouse
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1968

Actor



  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1989–1993
  • Is That All There Is? (1992)
    Is That All There Is?
    7.1
    • Lindsay Anderson
    • 1992
  • Patsy Kensit, Bryan Brown, Dudley Moore, Bronson Pinchot, Richard Griffiths, Andreas Katsulas, Alison Steadman, and Penelope Wilton in Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
    Blame It on the Bellboy
    5.5
    • Mr. Marshall (voice)
    • 1992
  • Prisoner of Honor (1991)
    Prisoner of Honor
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • War Minister
    • 1991
  • Brad Davis, Ben Cross, Yves Beneyton, Colin Bruce, Ian Charleson, Dennis Christopher, Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Farrell, Daniel Gerroll, Stephen Mallatratt, Alan Polonsky, Struan Rodger, Edward Wiley, Benny Young, and David John in Chariots of Fire (1981)
    Chariots of Fire
    7.1
    • Master of Caius
    • 1981
  • Malcolm McDowell in O Lucky Man! (1973)
    O Lucky Man!
    7.6
    • Film Director (uncredited)
    • 1973
  • Hetty King: Performer
    6.0
    Short
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1970
  • Jill Bennett in Inadmissible Evidence (1968)
    Inadmissible Evidence
    6.6
    • Barrister
    • 1968
  • Omnibus (1967)
    Omnibus
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1968
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965)
    BBC Play of the Month
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Holz
    • 1968
  • Cecile Chevreau, Kurt Jung-Alsen, Ferdy Mayne, Garfield Morgan, Alfred Müller, John Rees, and Jennifer Wilson in The Survivor (1961)
    The Survivor
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • Narrator
    • 1961
  • The Pleasure Garden (1955)
    The Pleasure Garden
    6.3
    Short
    • Michael-Angelico
    • 1955
  • Trunk Conveyor
    6.8
    Short
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1952
  • Three Installations (1952)
    Three Installations
    5.9
    Short
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1952
  • Idlers That Work
    Short
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1949

Writer



  • Is That All There Is? (1992)
    Is That All There Is?
    7.1
    • written by
    • 1992
  • Omnibus (1967)
    Omnibus
    7.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1992
  • John Ford (1992)
    John Ford
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1992
  • Free Cinema
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1986
  • Søren Elung Jensen in En gal mands dagbog (1965)
    En gal mands dagbog
    TV Movie
    • adaptation
    • 1965
  • Every Day Except Christmas (1957)
    Every Day Except Christmas
    6.8
    Short
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • A Hundred Thousand Children
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1955
  • Henry
    6.5
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1955
  • Green and Pleasant Land
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1955
  • Foot and Mouth
    5.8
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1955
  • The Children Upstairs
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1955
  • Thursday's Children (1954)
    Thursday's Children
    7.3
    Short
    • written by
    • 1954
  • O Dreamland (1953)
    O Dreamland
    6.5
    Short
    • writer
    • 1953

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Chariots of Fire
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Chariots of Fire
Chariots of Fire: 2012 UK Re-Release
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Chariots of Fire: 2012 UK Re-Release
Chariots of Fire: 2012 UK Re-Release
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Chariots of Fire: 2012 UK Re-Release
Chariots of Fire: 2012 UK Re-Release
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Chariots of Fire: 2012 UK Re-Release

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Memorial Foundation
  • Born
    • April 17, 1923
    • Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
  • Died
    • August 30, 1994
    • Saint-Saud-Lacoussière, Dordogne, France(heart attack)
  • Other works
    Lindsay Anderson, ABOUT JOHN FORD (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981)
  • Publicity listings
    • 4 Print Biographies
    • 3 Articles

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  • Trivia
    Was offered the role of the Emperor in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), but had to decline because of post-production for his film Britannia Hospital (1982), which also featured Mark Hamill.
  • Quotes
    I suppose I'm the boy who stood on the burning deck whence all about he had fled. The trouble is I don't know whether the boy was a hero or a bloody idiot.

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