Ian Yule
Biography
Ian Yule was a British born actor and soldier who worked largely in South Africa, with a screen career running from the late 1960s into the early 2000s and many of his parts being military men. Born in Great Britain before the Second World War, he first worked in films as a stuntman, including on Ben-Hur, then played Andy Wilson in Wild Season in 1967 and took a recurring role in the television series Schatzsucher unserer Tage in 1968. His best known films include Killer Force (1976), The Wild Geese (1978), in which he played Sergeant Tosh Donaldson, Zulu Dawn (1979) and Jake Speed (1986). He starred opposite Ken Gampu in Shamwari, which he also wrote, and appeared in Cyborg Cop III and Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target. Yule was a familiar face in South African cinema.
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 26 years1966 to 1992
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First role
Yule's first work in films dates to the 1950s, when he had a stuntman role in the 1959 movie Ben-Hur.
A change of course
Yule served in the British Army's Royal Artillery, Parachute Regiment and Special Air Service, fighting at Inchon and Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War.
Behind the camera
Yule worked as a screenwriter too, penning screen plays such as Shamwari, a film in which he acted opposite Ken Gampu.
Ian Yule movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Ian Yule shares three films with Victor Melleney, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Victor Melleney's page
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Christopher Lee's page
John Hurt's page
John Rhys-Davies's page
Donald Pleasence's page
All films by Andrew V. McLaglen
Douglas HickoxDirector, 1 film, 1979
All films by Douglas Hickox
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