Alan Ford (actor)
Alan Ford (born February 23, 1938 in Walworth , London ) is a British theater and film actor . His best-known roles were gangsters in Guy Ritchie's films Jack, Queen, King, grass and Snatch - Pigs and Diamonds .
Early life
Ford grew up in the Elephant and Castle area in central London. He left school early and served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps .
Education and career
François Truffaut gave Ford a role in his film Fahrenheit 451 . Ford began training at the East 15 Acting School . He studied dramatic theater for three years.
Ford starred in Exorcist: The Beginning and the radio version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy .
Ford played Clifford Harding in GF Newman's Law & Order in 1978 , then followed a brief role in American Werewolf . In the production of Armando Iannucci Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge , he played a boxing promoter named Terry Norton. He also made an appearance on the television series Snuff Box.
In 1998 Ford auditioned for Guy Ritchie and got the role of a gangster in Bube, Dame, König, grAS . Ritchie gave him a similar role two years later in his comedy Snatch.
He then played the role of the grumpy gangster in 2013 in the television series Lilyhammer and The Hundred Year Old Who Got Out of the Window and Disappeared .
author
In 2006 Ford published his novel Thin Ice .
Filmography
- 1977: Who Came from Hell (The Squeeze)
- 1980: Rififi on Good Friday (The Long Good Friday)
- 1981: American Werewolf (An American Werewolf In London)
- 1981: The Black Mamba (Venom)
- 1991: Buddy's Song
- 1992: Chaplin
- 1998: Jack, Queen, King, grAS (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
- 2000: Snatch pigs and diamonds (Snatch.)
- 2000: Furry Story (short film)
- 2002: The Great Dome Robbery
- 2004: Exorcist: The Beginning (Exorcist: The Beginning)
- 2008: NightDragon
- 2009: Dead Man Running
- 2010: Mission London
- 2010: The Ballad of Mulla and Mullins (short film)
- 2011: Jack Falls
- 2011: Lethal
- 2012: Airborne - Come Die with Me (Airborne)
- 2012: Strippers vs Werewolves
- 2012: Cockneys vs. Zombies
- 2012: The Crime (The Sweeney)
- 2013: The centenarian who climbed out the window and disappeared (Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann)
- 2013-2014: Lilyhammer (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2013–2015: Toast of London (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2014: The Smoke
- 2014: Undercover (TV series, episode 4x09)
- 2015: Skin Traffik
- 2015: Unforgotten (TV series, episode 1x03)
- 2016: The Life of Rock with Brian Pern (Miniseries, episode 3x03)
Web links
- Alan Ford in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Alan Ford profile . Alanford.info. Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
- ↑ Jessica Wilcock: Matt Di Angelo to star in Two Days In The Smoke | News | Screen . Screendaily.com. April 23, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
- ↑ Ford, Alan. Thin ice ; Orion Publishing Group, Limited; ISBN 978-0-7538-2103-9 ; 2006, ISBN 978-0-297-84785-4
- ↑ Thin Ice . Alanford.info. Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ford, Alan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British theater and film actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Walworth , London |