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Sep 11, 2016 · Churchill's Secret: Directed by Charles Sturridge. With Michael Gambon, Romola Garai, Lindsay Duncan, Daisy Lewis. British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (Sir Michael Gambon) suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953, which is consequently kept a secret from the rest of the world.
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- 2016-09-11
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Sep 11, 2016 · Actors Sir Michael Gambon and Romola Garai—who play Winston Churchill and Millie Appleyard in the film Churchill’s Secret—have a relationship as lighthearted on-screen as they do off.
Michael Gambon plays Winston Churchill and Romola Garai his nurse in “Churchill’s Secret.” PBS’ seemingly terminal case of Anglophilia can be irritating at times, but then it imports a show...
Feb 19, 2016 · In ITV’s Churchill’s Secret he plays the then postwar prime minister who, in 1952 and at the age of 78, suffered a series of strokes that were kept secret from both the public and his own...
- Gerard Gilbert
- Gary Oldman - The Darkest Hour
- Albert Finney - The Gathering Storm
- Sir Simon Russell Beale - Operation Mincemeat
- John Lithgow - The Crown
- Sir Michael Gambon - Churchill’s Secret
- Timothy Spall - The King’s Speech
- Brendan Gleeson - Into The Storm
- Robert Hardy - Multiple Productions
- Rod Taylor - Inglorious Bastards
- Ian Mcneice - Doctor Who
Perhaps the most memorable modern portrayal of ‘The British Bulldog’ came from a grandstanding Gary Oldman in Joe Wright’s critically-acclaimed film about the early days of World War Two. Some accused Oldman of gunning specifically for the Best Actor Oscar with his impersonation. Whether those people were right or not, we’ll likely never know. What...
Given an opportunity to portray Churchill as more of a family man, the legendary actor Albert Finney was as excellent as you would imagine him to be in the role. Those in charge of the BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and Emmys certainly rated the performance, bestowing their lead actor prizes onto the Miller’s Crossing and Skyfall star. Lookalike factor:7/1...
Cinema’s latest incarnation of the man comes in the rounded shape of renowned stage actor Sir Simon Russell Beale CBE. Beale’s a fine actor but doesn’t overly convince in this film about the Allies’ clever attempt to keep their invasion of Sicily a secret from Adolf Hitler. He adopts the mannerisms with some style, but you never quite buy that it’s...
Netflix’s royal extravaganza is a feast for both history and monarchy buffs. American actor John Lithgow gives Churchill a jolly good go in the show’s opening series but fails somewhat to truly capture the man. The costumes and make-up are as excellent as usual from the series, but Lithgow never really loses his New York accent or, indeed, his dist...
Iconic actor Sir Michael Gambon played a very specific Churchill in this one-off ITV drama, the Churchill that secretly recovered from a stroke in 1953. In truth, the Singing Detectivestar wasn’t massively convincing in the role. At least not superficially. That said, his performance was captivating. He just didn’t ever really appear very Churchill...
It can be difficult for actors with unique faces to fully persuade their audiences that they’re someone else, especially when the role is as iconic as Churchill. Timothy Spall does his level best to become Winnie here and is largely successful. Particular kudos must be awarded for the vocal impression. It’s almost perfect. Lookalike factor:7/10 Sou...
The much-loved Brendan Gleeson ditched his Irish twang for the clipped tones of Churchill in Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s 2009 HBO TV movie, Into the Storm. It was a sequel to the aforementioned 2002 outing, The Gathering Storm, set against the backdrop of World War Two. For his part, Gleeson won an Emmy, just as Albert Finney had done. They were big shoe...
Younger film fans may know the late Robert Hardy best for his role as Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter series. While older viewers probably better remember the man for his work on All Creatures Great and Small. Some of his most acclaimed work, however, came playing Sir Winston. Hardy first played Churchill in 1981, on television, in Winston Chur...
Rod Taylor is most famous for playing the lead in The Birds, the classic horror-thriller from Alfred Hitchcock (something of a Churchill lookalike himself). The Australian actor briefly came out of retirement to play this small but noteworthy role in Quentin Tarantino’s excellent re-imagining of the events of World War Two. It’s a fun but brief cam...
Ordinarily, an actor taking on Churchill has to pad up a little to match the man’s iconic frame. Not so with Ian McNeice when he took on the role in Doctor Who back in 2010 and 2011. The Edge of Darkness actor may well be the only actor on this list who weighed in at more than the portly politician used to. McNeice featured in four episodes, having...
Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, Little Women) stars as Winston Churchill in this dramatization of Churchill’s life-threatening stroke.
Michael Gambon joins Robert Hardy, Albert Finney and Brendan Gleeson in the ranks of great Churchill imitators in this accomplished film, based on a real-life incident in the 1950s where the Prime Minister has a stroke and whose health must be kept secret from the press and the country.
