Ian Redford

Ian Leslie Redford (born 6 April 1951 in Carshalton, Surrey) is an English actor who has featured on stage, in film and on television in various roles. These include leads in several series A Raging Calm by Stan Barstow, The House of Eliott, September Song, The Men's Room, Rooms, County Hall, Medics and Moon and Son as well as guesting in Peak Practice, Foyle's War, Casualty, Crown Prosecutor, Spender, Wycliffe, Lovejoy, Doctors, The Broker's Man, One Foot in the Grave, Van der Valk, Midsomer Murders, Dramarama, Under the Hammer, William and Mary, Empire, Heartbeat, The Chase, New Tricks, Minder, Boon, The Bill, Bergerac, Shelley and Hannay. Redford's roles include Keith Appleyard in Coronation Street during 2005 and 2006. During 1990-91 he played the role of Ken Raynor in BBC's EastEnders. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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I.D. (1995)

Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Davis
CAST:  Reece Dinsdale  •  Richard Graham  •  Perry Fenwick  •  Sean Pertwee

Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Davis
CAST:  Reece Dinsdale  •  Richard Graham  •  Perry Fenwick  •  Sean Pertwee

Just Like a Woman (1992)

Gerald is a smart, young, high-flying American banker. Everything is great until his wife finds another woman's underwear in their bedroom and subsequently throws him out. He finds lodgings with Monica, a recently divorced 50-year old housewife, who is smitten with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Monger
CAST:  Julie Walters  •  Adrian Pasdar  •  Paul Freeman  •  Susan Wooldridge

Gerald is a smart, young, high-flying American banker. Everything is great until his wife finds another woman's underwear in their bedroom and subsequently throws him out. He finds lodgings with Monica, a recently divorced 50-year old housewife, who is smitten with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Monger
CAST:  Julie Walters  •  Adrian Pasdar  •  Paul Freeman  •  Susan Wooldridge

The Remains of the Day (1993)

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A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Emma Thompson  •  James Fox  •  Christopher Reeve

A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Emma Thompson  •  James Fox  •  Christopher Reeve

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)

Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor  •  Paul Wendkos
CAST:  Christopher Reeve  •  Judd Hirsch  •  Tony Denison  •  Charles Haid

Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor  •  Paul Wendkos
CAST:  Christopher Reeve  •  Judd Hirsch  •  Tony Denison  •  Charles Haid

Artemis '81 (1981)

Paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax is drawn into a battle between the forces of good, represented by alien angel Helith, and the forces of evil, represented by Helith's evil brother Asrael. Ranging from Oxford to Denmark, a North Sea ferry to an alien planet, Harlax ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alastair Reid
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Roland Curram  •  Dinah Stabb  •  Sting

Paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax is drawn into a battle between the forces of good, represented by alien angel Helith, and the forces of evil, represented by Helith's evil brother Asrael. Ranging from Oxford to Denmark, a North Sea ferry to an alien planet, Harlax ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alastair Reid
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Roland Curram  •  Dinah Stabb  •  Sting

Antonia and Jane (1990)

Plain Jane Hartman hates her life. She's goofy, boring and only has sex if she reads Iris Murdoch novels out loud to her loopy boyfriend. Her oldest friend Antonia McGill knows about everything. She orders the right food; she can complain and get results. She's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beeban Kidron
CAST:  Imelda Staunton  •  Saskia Reeves  •  Bill Nighy  •  Patricia Leventon

Plain Jane Hartman hates her life. She's goofy, boring and only has sex if she reads Iris Murdoch novels out loud to her loopy boyfriend. Her oldest friend Antonia McGill knows about everything. She orders the right food; she can complain and get results. She's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beeban Kidron
CAST:  Imelda Staunton  •  Saskia Reeves  •  Bill Nighy  •  Patricia Leventon

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell (1999)

In the eighth film in the series, in August 1916, using the name "Henri Defense," 17-year-old Indiana Jones has enlisted in the Belgian army to fight in the Great War. After his commanding officers have all been killed in battle in Flanders, Corporal "Defense" is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Wincer
CAST:  Sean Patrick Flanery  •  Ronny Coutteure  •  Jason Flemyng  •  Richard Ridings

In the eighth film in the series, in August 1916, using the name "Henri Defense," 17-year-old Indiana Jones has enlisted in the Belgian army to fight in the Great War. After his commanding officers have all been killed in battle in Flanders, Corporal "Defense" is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Wincer
CAST:  Sean Patrick Flanery  •  Ronny Coutteure  •  Jason Flemyng  •  Richard Ridings

Annie: A Royal Adventure (1995)

Annie is back! Along with her friends Molly, Hannah, her dog Sandy, and her wealthy father Oliver Warbucks. They take a trip to England where Oliver Warbucks is going to be Knighted by the King. Annie and the gang stumbles onto a wicked scheme led by an evil ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Toynton
CAST:  Ashley Johnson  •  Joan Collins  •  George Hearn  •  Ian McDiarmid

Annie is back! Along with her friends Molly, Hannah, her dog Sandy, and her wealthy father Oliver Warbucks. They take a trip to England where Oliver Warbucks is going to be Knighted by the King. Annie and the gang stumbles onto a wicked scheme led by an evil ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Toynton
CAST:  Ashley Johnson  •  Joan Collins  •  George Hearn  •  Ian McDiarmid

Dracula (2006)

The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who is one the verge of being wed. Unknown to Arthur's future bride Lucy, her future husband is infected with syphilis and therefore cannot consummate their marriage. Arthur ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Eagles
CAST:  Marc Warren  •  Sophia Myles  •  David Suchet  •  Dan Stevens

The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who is one the verge of being wed. Unknown to Arthur's future bride Lucy, her future husband is infected with syphilis and therefore cannot consummate their marriage. Arthur ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Eagles
CAST:  Marc Warren  •  Sophia Myles  •  David Suchet  •  Dan Stevens

3 Men and a Little Lady (1990)

Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing the two most important females in their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emile Ardolino
CAST:  Tom Selleck  •  Steve Guttenberg  •  Ted Danson  •  Nancy Travis

Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing the two most important females in their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emile Ardolino
CAST:  Tom Selleck  •  Steve Guttenberg  •  Ted Danson  •  Nancy Travis

The Man with the Iron Heart (2017)

With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader – Reinhardt Heydrich, head of the SS, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cédric Jimenez
CAST:  Jason Clarke  •  Jack O'Connell  •  Rosamund Pike  •  Jack Reynor

With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader – Reinhardt Heydrich, head of the SS, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cédric Jimenez
CAST:  Jason Clarke  •  Jack O'Connell  •  Rosamund Pike  •  Jack Reynor

Thin Air (1988)

Set in a commercial radio station in an enterprise zone called ‘Riverside’, Thin Air involved property development on a massive scale, the disruption and forced exodus of a local community, the stripping away of local authority powers, left-wing activism, designer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonia Bird
CAST:  Kate Hardie  •  Nicky Henson  •  Kevin McNally  •  Brian Bovell

Set in a commercial radio station in an enterprise zone called ‘Riverside’, Thin Air involved property development on a massive scale, the disruption and forced exodus of a local community, the stripping away of local authority powers, left-wing activism, designer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonia Bird
CAST:  Kate Hardie  •  Nicky Henson  •  Kevin McNally  •  Brian Bovell

Family Style (1993)

A young man struggles with grief over the death of his older brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Chadwick
CAST:  Ewan McGregor  •  Amelia Curtis  •  Ian Redford  •  Alan Thompson-Jones

A young man struggles with grief over the death of his older brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Chadwick
CAST:  Ewan McGregor  •  Amelia Curtis  •  Ian Redford  •  Alan Thompson-Jones

The Prince and the Pauper (2000)

An adaptation of the classic, "The Prince and the Pauper" is the retelling of Edward Tudor and young Thomas Canty, two amazing look-alikes caught up in imperial intrigue and scandal. In fleeing from his violent father, Tom stumbles into the palace courtyard, and is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giles Foster
CAST:  Aidan Quinn  •  Alan Bates  •  Jonathan Hyde  •  Jonathan Timmins

An adaptation of the classic, "The Prince and the Pauper" is the retelling of Edward Tudor and young Thomas Canty, two amazing look-alikes caught up in imperial intrigue and scandal. In fleeing from his violent father, Tom stumbles into the palace courtyard, and is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giles Foster
CAST:  Aidan Quinn  •  Alan Bates  •  Jonathan Hyde  •  Jonathan Timmins

She Stoops to Conquer (2003)

Oliver Goldsmith's classic comedy of manners tells of the clever schemes and comic ruses that unfold one night at a country house. An ambitious step-mother, impassioned sweethearts, a pragmatic father and a pair of star-crossed suitors are sent spinning through a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Lough
CAST:  Stephen Beresford  •  Nigel Cooke  •  Monica Dolan  •  Fritha Goodey

Oliver Goldsmith's classic comedy of manners tells of the clever schemes and comic ruses that unfold one night at a country house. An ambitious step-mother, impassioned sweethearts, a pragmatic father and a pair of star-crossed suitors are sent spinning through a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Lough
CAST:  Stephen Beresford  •  Nigel Cooke  •  Monica Dolan  •  Fritha Goodey

Foyle's War - War Games (2003)

When a British food corporation signs a secret agreement with the Nazis to provide essential food services to the enemy during wartime, murders result.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giles Foster
CAST:  Emily Blunt  •  Ian Redford  •  Tim Preece  •  Caroline Faber

When a British food corporation signs a secret agreement with the Nazis to provide essential food services to the enemy during wartime, murders result.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giles Foster
CAST:  Emily Blunt  •  Ian Redford  •  Tim Preece  •  Caroline Faber

The Next Voice You See (1975)

An American jazz pianist, blinded in a London bank robbery ten years before, makes his first return appearance in England at an engangement party where he believes he hears the voice of the gunman who cost him his sight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Tronson
CAST:  Bradford Dillman  •  Catherine Schell  •  Geoffrey Chater  •  Ray Smith

An American jazz pianist, blinded in a London bank robbery ten years before, makes his first return appearance in England at an engangement party where he believes he hears the voice of the gunman who cost him his sight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Tronson
CAST:  Bradford Dillman  •  Catherine Schell  •  Geoffrey Chater  •  Ray Smith

Sleepwalker (1975)

A young American woman visiting her author father in London discovers that her childhood habit of sleepwalking has recurred. She has a vivid dream of witnessing a murder in a strange house - or is it a dream?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Gibson
CAST:  Darleen Carr  •  Robert Beatty  •  Michael Kitchen  •  Ian Redford

A young American woman visiting her author father in London discovers that her childhood habit of sleepwalking has recurred. She has a vivid dream of witnessing a murder in a strange house - or is it a dream?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Gibson
CAST:  Darleen Carr  •  Robert Beatty  •  Michael Kitchen  •  Ian Redford

Zigger Zagger (1967)

Zigger Zagger is a 1967 play by Peter Terson which was the first work to be commissioned by the National Youth Theatre who revived it at Wilton's Music Hall in 2017 for its 50th anniversary. Described as a "football opera" in which the cast sing and chant like a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister  •  Michael Croft
CAST:  Anthony May  •  Nigel Humphreys  •  Andrea Addison  •  Esta Charkham

Zigger Zagger is a 1967 play by Peter Terson which was the first work to be commissioned by the National Youth Theatre who revived it at Wilton's Music Hall in 2017 for its 50th anniversary. Described as a "football opera" in which the cast sing and chant like a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Glenister  •  Michael Croft
CAST:  Anthony May  •  Nigel Humphreys  •  Andrea Addison  •  Esta Charkham

The War Within: A Portrait of Virginia Woolf (1995)

A portrait of Virginia Woolf, including a recreation of the furor around the 1910 and 1912 post-Impressionist exhibits, documentation of the Woolfs' contribution to the creation of the League of Nations, the recently discovered letters of Virginia Woolf to Vita ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Füegi  •  Jo Francis
CAST:  Ian Redford  •  Anna Massey  •  Juliet Nicolson

A portrait of Virginia Woolf, including a recreation of the furor around the 1910 and 1912 post-Impressionist exhibits, documentation of the Woolfs' contribution to the creation of the League of Nations, the recently discovered letters of Virginia Woolf to Vita ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Füegi  •  Jo Francis
CAST:  Ian Redford  •  Anna Massey  •  Juliet Nicolson
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