Ian Bannen

He died in a car accident. In 1994 Branagh declined becoming a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Bannen appeared in films such as Doomwatch and Braveheart, and on television in the 1990s remake of Dr. Finlay's Casebook. He married again in 2003, to film art director Lindsay Brunnock. Ian Bannen (June 29, 1928 - November 3, 1999) was a Scottish character actor. He starred several times with his then wife, Emma Thompson, whom he married in 1989 and divorced in 1996. He has also won an Emmy Award for his performance in the 2001 TV film Conspiracy.

He has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including two for directing and acting in Henry V and another for the screenplay of Hamlet. He has starred in a number of other successful films unrelated to Shakespeare. He is probably best known for his popular film adaptations of the works of William Shakespeare, beginning with Henry V in 1989, and including versions of Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and Hamlet (1996). Branagh has worked on both stage and screen.

Branagh received a honorary doctorate in Literature from Queen's University, Belfast in 1990. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but when he was nine his family moved to England. Kenneth Charles Branagh (born December 10, 1960) is a versatile British actor and film director. The Science of Walking with Beasts (Australia) (Two-part TV special) (2001).

Walking with Beasts (UK version) (TV series) (2001)