Biography
Prolific stage performer with the Old Vic and the Mermaid Theater companies who made his professional debut in 1945, only entering films in the late 1960s (after an uncredited film debut in "Seven Days to Noon" 1950). Ackland's most recent memorable screen roles include Greta Scacchi's scheming husband in "White Mischief", Don Masino Croce in Michael Cimino's "The Sicilian" (both 1987) and the villainous South African diplomat Arjen Rudd, in …
Career Milestones
| Worked in a brewery, then on a dairy farm before studying acting | ||
1946 | London stage debut, "The Hasty Heart" | |
1950 | Film debut, "Seven Days to Noon" (uncredited) | |
1954 | Moved with family to Central Africa where he worked as a tea planter, then returned to stage there and also worked as disc-jockey and scriptwriter | |
1957 | Returned to UK | |
1962 | Debut as theater director, "The Plough and the Stars", Mermaid Theater, London | |
1962 | Served as associate director, Mermaid Theatre, London | |
Awards
1988 | BAFTA Award for Actor In a Supporting Role in White Mischief |