Michael Foot

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1913-07-23

Deathday 2010-03-03 (96 years old)

Place of Birth Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Michael Foot

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

Writer

1941
Yellow Caesar

as Screenplay

1940
Young Veteran

as Writer

Actor

2020
Independent Miss Craigie

as Himself (Archive Footage)

2007
From Beaconsfield to Baghdad

as Self (Archive Footage)

2004
In Search of Tony Blair

as Self (Archive Footage)

2001
Cabinet Confidential

as Self (archive footage)

1995
1981
1979
Question Time

as Himself - Panellist

1940
Young Veteran

as Commentator