Ian Charleson
Filmography

Ian Charleson

Section Title: Filmography
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

1972	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	Gad	Televised stage musical, ensemble role

1973	Hopcraft Into Europe	Guillaume	TV play (ITV Sunday Night Theatre), main cast

1974	A Private Matter (ITV Sunday Night Theatre)	Anthony Black-Mathieson	TV play, starring role

Intimate Strangers	Tom Anson	TV series (2 episodes), small role

1975	O Canada	John Ross	TV play (in the anthology series Churchill's People), leading role

1976	The Paradise Run	Henry	TV movie, leading role

1977	Rock Follies of '77	Jimmy Smiles	TV series; episode: "The Empire", singing role

1978	Jubilee	Angel	Feature film, supporting role

1980	Hamlet, Prince of Denmark	Fortinbras	BBC Television Shakespeare

1981	All's Well that Ends Well	Bertram	BBC Television Shakespeare, lead role

Chariots of Fire	Eric Liddell	Feature film, starring role, film won the Academy Award for Best Picture

The Search for Alexander the Great	Hephaistion	TV mini-series, supporting role

Antony & Cleopatra	Octavius Caesar	BBC Television Shakespeare

1981	Ladykillers	Neville Heath	TV series (murder trial reenactment) ep: "Make It a Double", starring role

1982	ITV Playhouse: Something's Got to Give	Ian Arthur	TV play, lead role

Gandhi	Charlie Andrews	Feature film, main cast, film won the Academy Award for Best Picture

1983	Ascendancy	Lt. Ryder	Feature film, supporting role, film won the Golden Bear Award

Reilly: Ace of Spies	Lockhart	TV miniseries (3 episodes), small role

1984	The Devil's Lieutenant	Lt. Dorfrichter	TV movie, title role

Master of the Game	Jamie McGregor	TV mini-series, leading role

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Jeffson Brown	Feature film, small role

Scotland's Story	Prince Charles Edward Stewart	TV mini-series, small role

Louisiana	Clarence Dandridge	TV mini-series, leading role

Oxbridge Blues	Victor Geary	TV play, ep. "Oxbridge Blues", starring role

The Sun Also Rises	Mike Campbell	TV movie, small role

1985	Royal Night of 100 Stars	Himself	Singing performance, "You're Just in Love"

A Month in the Country	Rakitin	TV movie, leading role

1986	Car Trouble	Gerald Spong	Feature film, leading role

1987	Opera	Marco	Feature film, main cast

1988	Codename: Kyril	Kyril	TV movie, title role

Troubles	Maj. Brendan Archer	TV movie, starring role

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Ian Charleson is best known for his starring role as Eric Liddell in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.

final_sentence: Ian Charleson is best known for his starring role as Eric Liddell in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.