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Cromwell is a 1970 British historical drama film written and directed by Ken Hughes.It is based on the life of Oliver Cromwell, who rose to lead the Parliamentary forces during the later years of the English Civil War and, as Lord Protector, ruled Great Britain and Ireland in the 1650s.
Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) [3] was an Irish actor and singer. Having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art , he rose to prominence as an icon of the British New Wave .
In the 1958 British film The Moonraker, Cromwell makes a brief appearance, portrayed by John Le Mesurier. Patrick Wymark makes a brief appearance as Cromwell in the 1968 film Witchfinder General. The 1970 Ken Hughes film Cromwell starred Richard Harris in the title role. Bernard Hepton in Churchill's People.
Richard Cromwell (4 October 1626 – 12 July 1712) was an English statesman, the second and final Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and the son of the first Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. Following his father's death in 1658, Richard became Lord Protector, but he lacked authority.
Irving Allen produced Cromwell (1970), a dream project of Hughes who called it the "best thing I've ever done". [5] It starred Richard Harris in the title role and Alec Guinness as Charles I, but was not a financial success. [7] It meant he was unable to raise funds for a proposed film of Ten Days That Shook the World. [5]
Though it sets out on a ghost hunt, Adrian Sibley’s fitfully fascinating documentary works better as an exploration of its subject’s public and private personas, charting Richard Harris ...
William Fisk depicted Elizabeth and her children supposedly begging Oliver Cromwell to spare the king's life, in his sentimental painting Cromwell's Family Interceding for the Life of Charles I (1840). In the 1970 film Cromwell, Elizabeth Cromwell was played by Zena Walker (with the part of Oliver Cromwell played by Irish actor Richard Harris).
The Soldier in Brendan Behan's The Hostage, directed by Richard Eyre, was followed by a tour of the Far East playing Prince Hal in Henry IV, parts 1 and 2. He appeared as Richard Cromwell in Cromwell (1970) with Richard Harris and Alec Guinness , as Pirie in Cornel Wilde 's No Blade of Grass (1970), and had a guest star role in the children's ...