Michael Pennington
Date of birth: 1943-06-07
Place of birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington
Biography
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington is a British director and actor who, together with director Michael Bogdanov, founded the English Shakespeare Company. Although primarily a stage actor, he is best known to wider audiences for his role as Moff Jerjerrod, commanding officer of the Death Star in the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and as Michael Foot in The Iron Lady, opposite Meryl Streep.
Movie Credits
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985-03-26
As in earlier Oscar Wilde biopics, this version preoccupies itself with the homosexuality scandal in
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003-10-12
Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death aka Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story is a 2003 BBC Television docudra
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981-01-30
In prison the night before his execution, republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, draw
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994-03-01
A forgotten gem made for the British arts anthology series Without Walls, this half-hour drama imagi
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021-03-09
A biographical documentary film about the legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, to commemorate Ra
Fragile
2005-10-14
Haunted by memories of a patient's death, a nurse takes a job at an antiquated hospital for childre
The Marlowe Inquest
1986-09-03
In an unscripted inquest, three practicing barristers interrogate actors portraying relevant figures
The Last Bolshevik
1994-10-21
A documentary on Soviet filmmaker Aleksandr Medvedkin, examining his tumultuous career, the rediscov
Return of the Jedi
1983-05-25
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, wh
Hamlet
1969-12-21
Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse
Airborne: The RAF at 90
2008-12-11
The RAF sprang to life during the First World War. It took off into a dangerous adulthood during the
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002-12-30
One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 1
The Tycoon
1968-12-30
When millionaire businessman Guy Taylor takes up with the beautiful Rachel Bell, two years married t
Mad Jack
1970-02-04
Play dealing with the life of British Army lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon, and his protests against th
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977-06-28
A rock star is kidnapped at the end of a concert.The record company ask the question is he worth mor
Danton's Death
1978-04-23
Danton's Death is arguably the most dramatic and penetrating study of revolution ever written. Georg
Richard II
1991-03-29
Shakespeare's Richard II recorded live at the Grand Theatre in Swansea, performed by the English Sha
Henry IV: Part 1
1991-03-29
Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 recorded live at the Grand Theatre in Swansea, performed by the Engli
Henry IV: Part 2
1991-03-29
Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2 performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete
Henry V
1991-03-29
Shakespeare's Henry V, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historic
Henry VI: House of York
1991-03-29
Second part of an adapted version of Henry VI as performed by the English Shakespeare Company as par
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991-03-29
First part of an adapted version of Henry VI as performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part
Richard III
1991-03-29
Shakespeare's Richard III, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Hist
The Dolly Scene
1970-11-03
Anna can't seem to help ending up with the wrong partner in a line of disastrous affairs. Her hope n
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987-01-10
Sherlock Holmes is brought back to life by Watson's female descendant after being cryogenically froz
The Iron Lady
2011-12-26
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a foc
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014-11-04
The story of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and the discoveries they made.
Florence Nightingale
2008-06-01
Reflective drama of pioneering nurse, writer and noted statistician Florence Nightingale
Outside Edge
1982-12-19
The local social cricket team are up to bat and sometimes it seems they are one batsman short of of
The Witches of Pendle
1976-06-19
A BBC dramatization of the Pendle witch trials of Lancashire, England that occurred in 1616.
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986-09-16
Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that th
Cymbeline
1983-07-10
Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man
1945: The Savage Peace
2015-05-24
How, in 1945, after the end of World War II and the fall of the Nazi regime, the defeated were atroc
The Mayor of Montemilone
1984-10-26
Dino Labriola runs the small town of Montemilone in the deep south. He was elected the first Communi
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
2013-11-13
A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man who
Pyramid
2002-10-28
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that
Cracker: White Ghost
1996-10-28
A British businessman operating in Hong Kong has feelings of inferiority and turns to murder when he
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978-01-18
Behind the façade of form-filling at the Department of Something-or-Other, careers fall and rise at