Connection
Ian Abercrombie is a Actor American born on 11 september 1934 at Grays (United-kingdom)
Ian Henry Boyle Abercrombie (11 September 1934 — 26 January 2012) was an English actor.
He played Alfred Pennyworth in Birds of Prey, Justin Pitt (Elaine Benes's boss) during the sixth season of Seinfeld, Rupert Cavanaugh (Ian Hainsworth's butler) in Desperate Housewives, Professor Crumbs in Wizards of Waverly Place, and Palpatine on Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Il commence sa carrière américaine à 21 ans, en 1955, dans une production théâtrale inspirée de Stalag 17, en donnant la réplique à Jason Robards, de 12 ans son aîné. Ce n'est que dix ans après, en 1965, que son nom commence à apparaître au cinéma.
L'artiste décède à Hollywood d'une insuffisance rénale, à l'âge de 77 ans.
Source : Wikidata
Ian Abercrombie
- Infos
- Photos
- Best films
- Family
- Characters
- Awards
Nationality USA
Birth 11 september 1934 at Grays (United-kingdom)
Death 26 january 2012 (at 77 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Birth 11 september 1934 at Grays (United-kingdom)
Death 26 january 2012 (at 77 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Ian Henry Boyle Abercrombie (11 September 1934 — 26 January 2012) was an English actor.
He played Alfred Pennyworth in Birds of Prey, Justin Pitt (Elaine Benes's boss) during the sixth season of Seinfeld, Rupert Cavanaugh (Ian Hainsworth's butler) in Desperate Housewives, Professor Crumbs in Wizards of Waverly Place, and Palpatine on Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Biography
Il monte sur scène à Londres, aux Pays-Bas, en Irlande et en Écosse, avant d'arriver aux États-Unis, en 1951, à l'âge de 17 ans.Il commence sa carrière américaine à 21 ans, en 1955, dans une production théâtrale inspirée de Stalag 17, en donnant la réplique à Jason Robards, de 12 ans son aîné. Ce n'est que dix ans après, en 1965, que son nom commence à apparaître au cinéma.
L'artiste décède à Hollywood d'une insuffisance rénale, à l'âge de 77 ans.
Usually with
Filmography of Ian Abercrombie (45 films)
Actor
Add to a movie list
Rango (2011)
, 1h47Directed by Gore Verbinski
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films, Reptile
Actors Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles Ambrose (voice)
Rating72%
Rango, a pet chameleon (Johnny Depp) becomes stranded in the Mojave Desert after his terrarium falls from his owners' car by accident. He meets an armadillo named Roadkill (Alfred Molina) who is seeking the mystical Spirit of the West and directs the parched chameleon to find water at a town called Dirt. While wandering the desert, he narrowly avoids being eaten by a vicious red-tailed hawk and has a surreal nightmare before meeting the desert iguana Beans (Isla Fisher), a rancher's daughter, who takes the chameleon to Dirt, an Old West town populated by desert animals.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
, 1h38Directed by Dave Filoni
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, Ashley Eckstein, Tom Kane, Dee Bradley Baker, Christopher Lee
Roles Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice)
Rating59%
During the Clone Wars, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi lead a small Republic clone army against the Separatist droid army on the planet Christophsis. Awaiting reinforcements, the two Jedi greet a shuttle carrying the young Jedi Ahsoka Tano, who insists that she has been assigned by Jedi Master Yoda to serve as Anakin's Padawan. Anakin begrudgingly accepts Ahsoka's apprenticeship, and the two succeed in deactivating the Separatists' energy field while Obi-Wan stalls the droid army commander, allowing a Republic victory.
Inland Empire (2007)
, 3hDirected by David Lynch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about films
Actors Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, Julia Ormond, Laura Dern, Nastassja Kinski
Roles Henry the Butler
Rating68%
The film opens to the sound of a gramophone playing Axxon N, "the longest-running radio play in history". Meanwhile, a young prostitute, identified in the credits as the "Lost Girl", cries while watching television in a hotel room, following an unpleasant encounter with her client. The Lost Girl’s television displays a family of surrealistic anthropomorphic rabbits who speak in cryptic statements and questions. Occasionally, there are laugh track responses within these Rabbit scenes. These three elements become recurring motifs throughout Inland Empire.
Trust Me (2007)
Directed by Andrew Kazamia
Genres Comedy
Actors Ian Abercrombie, Craig Ferguson, Tony Curran, Shelley Long, Enn Reitel, Winter Ave Zoli
Roles Teitelbaum
Rating57%
Take a smart young con man and a talented but reluctant impressionist, let them loose among the natives in Hollywood and the result will amuse and amaze. A satire on celebrity politics and the American Dream that proves you can fool all of the people all of the time.... Trust Me!
, 1h43Directed by Randall Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Robert Carlyle, John Goodman, Sean Astin, Mary Steenburgen, Marisa Tomei, Donnie Wahlberg
Roles Ervin Sezgin
Rating64%
Frank Keane (Robert Carlyle) is a baker grieving his wife's recent death and living in a near catatonic state. Frank happens upon a car accident and meets the loquacious and insightful victim, Steve Mills (John Goodman). Steve is on his way to an appointment in Pasadena to meet a childhood friend and asks Frank to go in his place. Frank goes in search of Steve's friend and arrives at a ballroom dance class. As the film progresses the story moves back and forth through the timeline of Steve's childhood, the accident scene, and the aftermath of Frank's first Lindy hop.
, 1h15Directed by Tim Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bill Murray, Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Billy Connolly, Tim Curry, Ian Abercrombie
Roles Smithee
Rating50%
Jon Arbuckle (played by Breckin Meyer) plans to propose to his girlfriend Dr. Liz Wilson (played by Jennifer Love Hewitt), who is going on a business trip to London. Jon follows her to the United Kingdom as a surprise; After escaping from the kennel, Garfield (voiced by Bill Murray) and Odie sneak into Jon's luggage and join him on the trip. Garfield and Odie break out of the hotel room, then get lost.
The L.A. Riot Spectacular (2005)
, 1h20Directed by Marc Klasfeld
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Snoop Dogg, Emilio Estevez, T. K. Carter, Charles Dutton, Charles Durning, Ronny Cox
Roles Auctioneer
Rating50%
Directed by Ted Nicolaou, Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about toys
Actors Tim Thomerson, Richard Lynch, Tracy Scoggins, Nicholas Worth, Ian Abercrombie
Roles Dr. Hess (archive footage)
Rating46%
Puppet Master: The Legacy (2003)
, 1h13Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Jeu, Films about toys
Actors Ian Abercrombie, Stephen Blackehart, Gordon Currie, Chandra West, Jack Donner, Michelle Bauer
Roles Dr. Hess (archive footage)
Rating30%
The film begins with a rogue agent, Maclain (Kate Orsini), in one of the rooms in the Bodega Bay Inn, reading Toulon's diary, hoping to find some secret to the formula. The diary bursts into flames. As Maclain enters the basement, she finds a man named Eric Weiss (Jacob Witkin) talking to the last Toulon puppets: Blade, Pinhead, Jester, Tunneler, and Six Shooter. Eric explains that he knew Toulon before he died, and that he swore he wouldn't pass it to anyone else. Maclain threatens Eric with a gun. Eric then takes out a tape recorder, and plays a recording that Toulon left him.
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Christopher Allport, Marsha Clark, David Allen Brooks, Jennifer Lyons, Ian Abercrombie, Scott MacDonald
Roles Psychiatrist
Rating37%
Sam Tiler (Christopher Allport reprising his role) has been struggling to recover from the encounter with the Mutated Snowman known as Jack Frost (much to everyone else's disbelief and amusement), ever since he rampaged through his hometown last Christmas. To get away from the stress, Sam's wife Anne (Eileen Seeley) suggests a tropical vacation in a cabana far away in the Pacific for the wedding of his deputy, Joe Foster (Chip Heller reprising his role) and his secretary Marla (Marsha Clark). Sam reluctantly agrees, after reinforcement from his doctor (Ian Abercrombie).
Wild Wild West (1999)
, 1h47Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Rail transport films, Comedy science fiction films, Steampunk films, Alternate history films, Buddy films, White House in fiction, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, M. Emmet Walsh, Ted Levine
Roles British Dignitary
Rating49%
Starting in a small section of the near South, both U.S. Army Captain James West and U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon hunt for Confederate General "Bloodbath" McGrath, who is wanted for mass murder. It points back to when McGrath ordered a massacre in a settlement called New Liberty, where many of the freed slaves were murdered, including West's biological parents. The search leads to a brothel where the two try (unsuccessfully) to arrest him. It leads to a huge brawl and a cart of nytroglycerin crashing into the building that starts a fire. Both West and Gordon, the latter dressed as a woman, escape.
, 2h9Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Clonage, Dinosaur films, Films about computing, La préhistoire, Films based on science fiction novels, Animaux préhistoriques, Cyberpunk films
Actors Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Vince Vaughn, Richard Schiff, Peter Stormare
Roles Butler
Rating65%
Four years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, the wealthy Bowman family makes an excursion to the island of Isla Sorna during a yachting cruise. Their young daughter wanders off and is attacked by a pack of Compsognathus, but survives. The incident allows Peter Ludlow, John Hammond's nephew, to gain control of his uncle's company InGen, which is in severe financial straits after the events at Jurassic Park. Hammond contacts Ian Malcolm and explains that Isla Sorna is the island where the dinosaurs were engineered and nurtured before being moved to Isla Nublar, Jurassic Park's location. He also explains that after the park was shut down, Isla Sorna was abandoned during a hurricane and the dinosaurs left to survive in the wild, where they have been inexplicably thriving. Hammond asks Malcolm to join a team that will travel to Isla Sorna to document the dinosaurs in order to rally public support against human interference on the island. Ian initially declines but, after learning that his girlfriend, paleontologist Sarah Harding, is part of the team and is already on the island, he agrees to go.
MouseHunt (1997)
, 1h38Directed by Gore Verbinski
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Vicki Lewis, Maury Chaykin, Christopher Walken, William Frankfather
Roles Auctioneer
Rating64%
When once-wealthy string magnate Rudolf Smuntz (William Hickey) dies, he leaves his outdated string factory and a run-down mansion to his two sons, Lars (Lee Evans) and Ernie (Nathan Lane). When Lars refuses a proposal by representatives from the large Zeppco conglomerate to purchase their string factory, his greedy wife April (Vicki Lewis) promptly throws him out. Meanwhile, Ernie serves Mayor McKrinkle (Cliff Emmich) at his restaurant in anticipation of becoming a famous chef for serving such a high-profile guest. However, the mayor is poisoned by a cockroach (which came from Rudolf's old box of Cuban cigars that Ernie took for himself) and suffers two heart attacks. As a result, the mayor dies, Ernie's restaurant is closed down by the Board of Health, and he too is out on the street.
A Face to Die For (1996)
, 1h30Directed by Jack Bender
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Actors Yasmine Bleeth, Robin Givens, Chandra West, Richard Beymer, Ricky Paull Goldin, Mitch Ryan
Roles Mr. Sturetsky
Rating57%
Due to a tragic childhood accident, Emily Gilmore (Yasmine Bleeth) is left scarred both physically and mentally. The large scar on her face is a constant reminder to Emily that her career and love life are suffering. Lonely yet talented, Emily longs for a successful career and romance but is trapped by insecurity and fear.
, 1h32Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Lauren Bacall, Jesse Lee Soffer, Miriam Flynn, Mark L. Taylor, Ian Abercrombie, M. Emmet Walsh
Roles Parks
Rating58%
Claudia is the middle child of a busy family. She is smart and responsible, often required to help her mother around the house. However, weary of the life in suburban Connecticut, she decides to find something grander. Her younger brother Jamie, along with his extensive savings from playing cards, is enlisted as her partner in crime. They run away from home to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.