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Angus Wilson Lennie (18 April 1930 – 14 September 2014) was a Scottish film, television and theatre actor with a 50-year career. His numerous credits include the character of Flying Officer Archibald Ives in The Great Escape, and Shughie McFee in the television soap opera Crossroads.
James Scott Garner (né Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor.He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, which included The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964) with Julie Andrews; Cash McCall (1960) with Natalie Wood; The Wheeler Dealers (1963) with Lee Remick; Darby's Rangers (1958) with ...
George Mikell (born Jurgis Mikelaitis; 4 April 1929 – 12 May 2020 [1] [2]) was a Lithuanian-Australian actor and writer best known for his performances as Schutzstaffel (SS) officers in The Guns of Navarone (1961) and The Great Escape (1963). [3] Mikell appeared in over 30 British and American feature films and had numerous leading roles in ...
Harry Riebauer (4 July 1921 – 8 November 1999) was a German film and television actor. [1] Riebauer was born in Reichenberg (Liberec, Czechoslovakia) in a Sudetengerman family. Active in acting from 1950 through 1990, one of his many roles was appearing as Sgt. Strachwitz in the film The Great Escape (1963). [2]
James Harrison Coburn III [1] (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor who was featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career.
The Great Escape continues to receive acclaim from modern critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 53 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads, "With its impeccably slow-building story and a cast for the ages, The Great Escape is an all-time action classic." [63]
Actors often transform into real-life musicians for biopics. Some actors go through physical transformations to play musicians. ... who died in 1991, was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll ...
Tom Adams (born Anthony Frederick Charles Adams; 9 March 1938 – 11 December 2014) was an English actor with roles in adventure, horror and mystery films, and several TV shows. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was known for his appearance in The Great Escape (1963) and as Daniel Fogarty in several series of The Onedin Line .