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Denis Cannan(1919-2011)

  • Writer
  • Actor
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Denis Cannan in The Beggar's Opera (1953)
Denis Cannan was born on 14 May 1919 in Oxford, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Tales of the Unexpected (1979), A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) and The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965). He died on 25 September 2011 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.
BornMay 14, 1919
DiedSeptember 25, 2011(92)
BornMay 14, 1919
DiedSeptember 25, 2011(92)
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Known for

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected
7.6
TV Series
  • Writer
Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Martin Amis, Deborah Baxter, Jeffrey Chandler, Karen Flack, Roberta Tovey, and Viviane Ventura in A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
A High Wind in Jamaica
6.5
  • Writer(as Dennis Cannan)
  • 1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
5.5
  • Writer
  • 1965
Tamahine (1963)
Tamahine
5.9
  • Writer
  • 1963

Credits

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Writer

  • Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
    Tales of the Unexpected
    7.6
    TV Series
    • writer
    • dramatisation
    • dramatized by
    • 1980–1988
  • Mr & Mrs Edgehill (1985)
    BBC2 Playhouse
    6.7
    TV Series
    • script
    • play
    • 1979–1982
  • Play for Today (1970)
    Play for Today
    7.8
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1977
  • Noche de teatro (1974)
    Noche de teatro
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • 1974
  • James Mason, Catherine Deneuve, Ava Gardner, and Omar Sharif in Mayerling (1968)
    Mayerling
    6.2
    • additional dialogue
    • 1968
  • Tell Me Lies (1968)
    Tell Me Lies
    6.8
    • play: 'Us'
    • 1968
  • The Benefit of the Doubt (1967)
    The Benefit of the Doubt
    6.9
    • play "US" (as Dennis Cannan)
    • 1967
  • Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Martin Amis, Deborah Baxter, Jeffrey Chandler, Karen Flack, Roberta Tovey, and Viviane Ventura in A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
    A High Wind in Jamaica
    6.5
    • screenplay (as Dennis Cannan)
    • 1965
  • The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
    The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
    5.5
    • screenplay
    • 1965
  • Thursday Theatre
    5.4
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1964
  • Tamahine (1963)
    Tamahine
    5.9
    • screenplay by
    • 1963
  • Edward G. Robinson and Fergus McClelland in A Boy Ten Feet Tall (1963)
    A Boy Ten Feet Tall
    7.0
    • screenplay
    • 1963
  • Why Bother to Knock! (1961)
    Why Bother to Knock!
    5.1
    • screenplay
    • 1961
  • Bob Dylan, David Warner, Ursula Howells, Reg Lye, James Mellor, and Maureen Pryor in The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)
    BBC Sunday-Night Play
    8.4
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • translation
    • 1960
  • Walter Matthau in Play of the Week (1959)
    Play of the Week
    7.1
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • 1959

Actor

  • The Beggar's Opera (1953)
    The Beggar's Opera
    6.1
    • John, the Footman
    • 1953
  • Buoyant Billions
    TV Movie
    • The widower
    • 1949
  • The Rose Without a Thorn
    TV Movie
    • Francis Derham (1948 version)
    • 1947

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Dennis Cannan
  • Born
    • May 14, 1919
    • Oxford, England, UK
  • Died
    • September 25, 2011
    • Hove, East Sussex, England, UK
  • Other works
    His stage adaptation of "The Power and The Glory" based on Graham Greene's novel was produced and performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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