Lindsay Anderson
Lindsay Gordon Anderson was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading-light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave. He is most widely remembered for his 1968 film if...., which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival in 1969 and marked Malcolm McDowell's cinematic debut. He is also notable, though not a professional actor, for playing a minor role in the Academy Award-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire. McDowell produced a 2007 documentary about his experiences with Anderson, Never Apologize.
17 April 1923
Born on the same birth date (17 April 1923): Gianni Raimondi • Harry Reasoner • Neville McNamara • Solly Hemus
Born on the same birth day (17 April): Aleksander Tõnisson • Barnaby Joyce • Brad Boyes • Gianni Raimondi • Hongseok • Jason White (rugby union) • Joe Foss • Josif Pančić • Lindsay Hartley • Mac Raboy • Marguerite Bourgeoys • Mike Stroud (physician) • Pedro de Valdivia • Todd Lickliter • William Holden
Born in the same month (April 1923): Ernest Mandel • Floyd Simmons • Gene Reynolds • Gianni Raimondi • Gloria Henry • Jane Kean • Melissa Hayden (dancer) • Nguyễn Văn Thiệu • Percy Heath • Peter Kane Dufault • Roberto De Vicenzo • Sid Tickridge • Solly Hemus • Warren Barker