Ian Redford

Ian Redford is an English actor who has worked across stage, film and television, and who began with the National Youth Theatre, appearing in its 1967 production of Zigger Zagger. He has been a regular with Max Stafford-Clark's Out of Joint Theatre Company, taking part in 11 productions over 20 years, and received praise for Our Country's Good; at the Royal Exchange in Manchester he played Alfieri in A View from the Bridge and Creon in Antigone, the latter earning a best actor nomination at the Manchester Evening News awards in 2010. His film work includes Spaghetti House (1982), Getting It Right (1989), Three Men and a Little Lady (1990) and The Remains of the Day (1993). On television he had leading roles in The House of Eliott and September Song, and played Keith Appleyard in Coronation Street and Ken Raynor in EastEnders. He co-wrote A Dish of Tea With Doctor Johnson and starred in it as Samuel Johnson.