Acting

Chris Gannon

Born August 8, 1931 · Ireland

Died April 19, 1983 · aged 51

Chris Gannon was born on 8 August 1931 in Ireland. He was an actor, known for Jack the Ripper (1973), North and South (1966) and The Gnomes of Dulwich (1969). He died on 19 April 1983 in Kensington, London, England, UK.

Known For

Tales from the CryptTales from the Crypt · 1972
Tales from the Crypt
6.81972
MovieHorror
When a tourist group become lost within ancient catacombs, they meet the sinister Crypt Keeper, who tells them each their fate. The enigmatic figure's macabre stories involve a wife dabbling in murder, a retired sanitation worker targeted by his suspicious neighbors, and an adulterer who may face a fitting demise if the yarns come true.
Yesterday's HeroYesterday's Hero · 1979
Yesterday's Hero
4.81979
MovieDrama
Successful soccer player Rod Turner spirals into drunken self-pity until he develops a friendship with an inspirational orphan and a beautiful singer. Learning from them what truly matters in life, Rod regroups and returns to form.
The Office PartyThe Office Party · 1976
The Office Party
3.31976
MovieComedy
The misadventures of staff enjoying an office party.
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-ChiangDoctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang · 1977
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
8.11977
MovieActionAdventure
Death stalks the fogbound streets of Victorian London: young women are going missing, horribly mutilated bodies are found floating in the Thames and criminal gangs terrorize the innocent. At the heart of this tangled web sits the mysterious Li H'sen Chang, sorcerer and hypnotist, and his grotesque sidekick Mister Sin. The Doctor dons deerstalker hat and cape to seek out the sinister force lurking in the shadows of the metropolis, for the Talons of Weng-Chiang are reaching out to shred the human race.
The Chelsea MurdersThe Chelsea Murders · 1981
The Chelsea Murders
6.31981
MovieThrillerHorror
When a barmaid and part-time model becomes a murderer's third victim in Chelsea, the only apparent links are to a local reporter, Mary, and three art graduates financing a film with local part-time jobs.
Edna: The Inebriate WomanEdna: The Inebriate Woman · 1971
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
1971
MovieTV MovieDrama
A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deterioration of Edna, a homeless alcoholic and was made at a time when vagrancy was still a criminal offence.
A Private EnterpriseA Private Enterprise · 1975
A Private Enterprise
6.71975
MovieDrama
An ambitious Indian university graduate has to struggle to live his entrepreneurial dreams against both the British social structure and his own family's stubborn traditional values.
FugitiveFugitive · 1974
Fugitive
1974
MovieDramaTV Movie
After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to their order. Author Sean Walsh fled the Franciscan order to become first a journalist, then a playwright and is now a radio drama producer in Ireland.

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The Onedin LineThe Onedin Line · 1971
The Onedin Line
7.01971
SeriesDrama
The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and deals with the rise of a shipping line, the Onedin Line, named after its owner James Onedin. Around this central theme are the lives of his family, most notably his brother and partner, shop owner Robert, and his sister Elizabeth, giving insight into the lifestyle and customs at the time, not only at sea, but also ashore. The series also illustrates some of the changes in business and shipping, such as from wooden to steel ships and from sailing ships to steam ships. It shows the role that ships played in affairs like international politics, uprisings and the slave trade.

Irish Immigrant

KidnappedKidnapped · 1979
Kidnapped
7.11979
SeriesDrama
David McCallum stars as the rebellious Alan Breck Stewart, and this ambitious serial (a co-production between HTV and Germany's Tele-Munchen) also features a host of British character actors, including Bill Simpson, Patrick Allen, Andrew Keir, Patrick Magee and Frank Windsor. When young David Balfour arrives at his uncle's bleak Scottish house to claim his inheritance, his relative tries to murder him then has him shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies. Luckily for the lad, he strikes up a friendship with Alan Breck Stewart, who is on the run after Bonnie Prince Charlie's defeat at Culloden. When a ship's captain tries to kill Breck for his money, the two manage to get to land and set out for Edinburgh, dodging the ruthless Redcoats along the way.

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