Ian Hendry
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| Ian Hendry | |
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| Born | Ian Mackendrick Hendry 13 January 1931 Ipswich, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 24 December 1984 (aged 53) London, England, United Kingdom |
Ian Hendry (13 January 1931 – 24 December 1984) was an English film and television actor. He is best known for his work on several British TV series of the early 1960s such as The Avengers, and for his roles in 1970s films such as Get Carter (1971).
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[edit] Career
Hendry was born in Ipswich, Suffolk and educated at Culford School. His acting career began in 1959 and within a year he had landed the lead role of Dr. Geoffrey Brent in the crime series Police Surgeon. The series only ran for twelve episodes but Hendry was next cast in the very similar role of Dr. David Keel in a new action-adventure series entitled The Avengers. Initially, Hendry was the star of this series, which co-starred Patrick Macnee as John Steed. However, production of the first season was curtailed by a strike and Hendry used the opportunity to depart the series and begin a film career. (The Avengers continued for the rest of the decade with Macnee as its star.)[citation needed]
Hendry had a lead role in films such as The October Wedding (1959), Live Now - Pay Later (1962), Girl In The Headlines (1963), The Hill (1965) opposite Sean Connery and in Roman Polanski's Repulsion (also 1965). He appeared in TV series such as Armchair Theatre, Danger Man, The Saint, The Gold Robbers, The Persuaders, Dial M For Murder, Churchill's People, Thriller (UK TV series), The New Avengers, Van Der Valk, Supernatural, Crown Court, For Maddie With Love, The Enigma Files, Bergerac, The Chinese Detective, Jemima Shore Investigates and Brookside. Earlier he had taken the lead role as struck-off solicitor Alex Lambert in the TV series The Informer (1966–67).
In the early 1970s, Hendry took lead roles in several TV series such as The Adventures of Don Quick (1970) and The Lotus Eaters (1972–73). He guest starred, alongside Brian Blessed, in the first episode of The Sweeney, entitled 'Ringer', made in 1974 and broadcast early in 1975. He also appeared in a number of films, including the Hammer entry Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974). Among the more widely seen films he appeared in during this time were Get Carter (1971, for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor), Theatre of Blood (1973) opposite Vincent Price, The Passenger (1975) and Damien: Omen II (1978).
He starred in Gerry Anderson's film, Doppelgänger (1969), also known as Journey to the Far Side of the Sun.
[edit] Family
He married Janet Munro in 1963, they had two daughters, Sally and Corrie, but their turbulent life together ended in divorce in 1971. Munro died a year later in London from a heart condition (myocarditis). Hendry later married Sandra Jones and had another daughter, Emma.
[edit] Later years
He was reunited with Patrick Macnee as a guest star on The New Avengers, although he did not reprise the role of David Keel (but his previous role in the series was acknowledged by Steed's final comment of 'Welcome back, old friend'). Towards the end of his life he had a role in the crime series Jemima Shore Investigates as the eponymous heroine's literary agent. His final TV role was in the Channel Four soap opera Brookside (1984).
On Christmas Eve of 1984, Hendry died of a stomach haemorrhage in London, aged 53. His last public appearance was as a guest on This Is Your Life, which profiled his friend Patrick Macnee. He was cremated and his ashes interred at the Golders Green Crematorium.
[edit] Filmography
- Room at the Top (1959)
- Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
- In the Nick (1960)
- Live Now - Pay Later (1962)
- Girl in the Headlines (1963)
- This Is My Street (1964)
- Children of the Damned (1964)
- The Beauty Jungle (1964)
- Repulsion (1965)
- The Hill (1965)
- The Sandwich Man (1966)
- Traitors of San Angel (1967)
- Cry Wolf (1968)
- The Southern Star (1969)
- Doppelgänger (1969)
- The McKenzie Break (1970)
- Get Carter (1971)
- The Jerusalem File (1972)
- All Coppers Are... (1972)
- Tales from The Crypt (1972)
- Theatre of Blood (1973)
- Assassin (1973)
- Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974)
- The Internecine Project (1974)
- The Passenger (1975)
- Intimate Games (1976)
- Damien: Omen II (1978) uncredited
- The Bitch (1979)
- McVicar (film) (1980)
