Michael Foot
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1913-07-23 – 2010-03-03
Place of birth: Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Biography
Michael Foot was a British politician and served as the leader of the Labour Party from 1980-1983. He was a pacifist and a supporter of CND who studied philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford. As a documentary screenwriter for the war effort in the 1940s, he worked alongside Frank Owen under the joint pseudonym of Michael Frank and was known for Young Veteran (1940), Yellow Caesar (1941). He was married to documentary filmmaker Jill Craigie.
Known for
Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot
1997Self
Cabinet Confidential
2001Self (archive footage)
From Beaconsfield to Baghdad
2007Self (Archive Footage)
Two Hours from London
1995Himself
Young Veteran
1940Commentator
Independent Miss Craigie
2020Himself (Archive Footage)
Rough Justice
1981Self