---
name: "Ian Dury"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-dury"
fi1m_id: "ian-dury"
imdb_id: "nm0244443"
tmdb_id: 113908
wikidata_id: "Q354002"
roles: []
born: "12 May 1942"
died: "27 March 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T21:15:35.666727+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ian Dury

## Identity

Ian Dury

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-dury
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-dury
- **IMDb ID:** nm0244443
- **TMDB ID:** 113908
- **Wikidata ID:** Q354002
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Dury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q354002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0244443/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113908

Actor. Born 12 May 1942 in Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK. Died 27 March 2000.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 May 1942, Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
- **Died:** 27 March 2000
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Dury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q354002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0244443/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113908

## Biography

Ian Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was a British singer, songwriter and actor from Harrow, Middlesex.

He began acting in the mid-1980s while continuing his music career. His film roles include Terry Fitch in *The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover* (1989), Meat Hook in *Pirates* (1986), Weazel in *The Raggedy Rawney* (1988), Jay Jay in *Split Second* (1992), Geiger in *Judge Dredd* (1995), Noah in *The Crow: City of Angels* (1996) and the bartender in *The Rainbow Thief* (1994).

*Sources: iandury.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover* (1989), Fi1m 78, as Terry Fitch — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cook-the-thief-his-wife-and-her-lover.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ian Dury: Rare and Unseen* (2010), Actor
- *Ian Dury & The Blockheads: Hold On To Your Structure - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon* (2003), Actor
- *Underground* (1998), as Rat's Dad
- *Middleton's Changeling* (1998), Actor
- *The Grand* (1997), series, as Mr Scott
- *Different for Girls* (1996), as Bailiff
- *The Crow: City of Angels* (1996), as Noah
- *Judge Dredd* (1995), as Geiger
- *Skallagrigg* (1994), as Rendle
- *The Rainbow Thief* (1994), as Bartender
- *Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles* (1993), as Dr Reid
- *Split Second* (1992), as Jay Jay
- *After Midnight* (1990), as Harry · Lyricist
- *Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale* (1989), as Charlie
- *The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover* (1989), as Terry Fitch — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cook-the-thief-his-wife-and-her-lover.md)
- *The Voice* (1989), as Kowalsky
- *Burning Beds* (1988), as Harry Winfield
- *The Raggedy Rawney* (1988), as Weazel
- *Hearts of Fire* (1987), as Bones
- *Ο παράδεισος ανοίγει με αντικλείδι* (1987), Actor
- *Rocinante* (1986), as Jester
- *Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music* (1986), series, Actor
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as Dr. Reid
- *King of the Ghetto* (1986), series, as Sammy
- *Number One* (1985), as Teddy Bryant
- *Ian Dury X.* (1983), Writer
- *Ian Dury and The Blockheads: Rock Goes to College* (1978), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Ian Dury in concert in Japan.](https://film.one/media/person/5555703/gallery-491730264225.jpg) Ian Dury in concert in Japan. — Masao Nakagami, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Ian_Dury2.jpg/1280px-Ian_Dury2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ian Dury in concert 1978](https://film.one/media/person/5555703/gallery-4cbfb84fdc67.jpg) Ian Dury in concert 1978 — Dhphoto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Duryegg.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ian Dury](https://film.one/media/person/5555703/gallery-db0cb5366f72.jpg) Ian Dury — Dhphoto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Ian_Dury_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ian Dury performing together with The Clash at the Tower Theater Show March 6, 1980.](https://film.one/media/person/5555703/gallery-de968c05b214.jpg) Ian Dury performing together with The Clash at the Tower Theater Show March 6, 1980. — John Coffey, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/IanDuryWithTheClash1980.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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