Vivian MacKerrell
Biography
Vivian Alan James MacKerrell was a British actor of the 1960s and 1970s. He was the basis for the character of Withnail in the film Withnail and I.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes • as Tramp
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • as Tramp
A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deterioration of Edna, a homeless alcoholic and was made at a time when vagrancy was still a criminal offence.
Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • as Duller
Several old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Larry Dann, the most easygoing of the bunch, comes to the conclusion that all is not well in the old dark house. For one thing, he's run across several people whom he's never met. For another, they all seem to be of a different time and place.
Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • as Self (archive footage)
A short documentary about the making of "Withnail & I" (1987).