Acting

Chris Gannon

Born 1931-08-08 · Ireland

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.

Acting credits

Tales from the Crypt poster
6.8

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.

Tales from the Crypt

1972

No artwork available
NR

A story of the timeless futility of war and death by war, of men who fought for their country, killed for a dream of freedom and died because they were betrayed.

Ireland, Mother Ireland

1971

Yesterday's Hero poster
4.8

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.

Yesterday's Hero

1979

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang poster
8.1

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.

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

1977

The Chelsea Murders poster
6.3

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.

The Chelsea Murders

1981

The Office Party poster
3.3

The misadventures of staff enjoying an office party.

The Office Party

1976

Edna: The Inebriate Woman poster
NR

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.

Edna: The Inebriate Woman

1971

A Private Enterprise poster
6.7

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.

A Private Enterprise

1975

Fugitive poster
NR

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.

Fugitive

1974

No artwork available
NR

It's Philip's wedding day and his mother objects to the marriage and refuses to attend.

The Sugar Cubes

1966

Bloomsday poster
NR

One day in the life of assorted Dubliners, in the summer of 1904.

Bloomsday

1964

Another Day poster
NR

The London of bed-sits, rundown housing, a world of the eccentric and the lonely. Since her husband walked out Eileen battles on her own to make a life for her children. She needs someone-but some people don't think George is the right man.

Another Day

1978

Nipper poster
9.0

Teenager Jimmy's life begins to unravel after the death of his father. With his mother promiscuous and his new stepfather and stepbrother difficult to get along with, he begins to fall into a cycle of petty crime and self harm.

Nipper

1977