Ian Bannen was born on 01 Jun 1928 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.

Ian Bannen appeared in the movie Behind the Mask(1958), Bite the Bullet(1975), Defence of the Realm(1985), Eye of the Needle(1981), From Beyond the Grave(1973), Gandhi(1982), Ghost Dad(1990), Hope and Glory(1987), Identikit(1974), Mister Moses(1965), Night Crossing(1981), Penelope(1966), The Courier(1988), The MacKintosh Man(1973), Too Late the Hero, Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst(1957)。