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George Ian Kenneth "Kenny" Ireland (7 August 1945 – 31 July 2014) was a Scottish actor and theatre director. Ireland was best known to television viewers for his role in ''Victoria Wood As Seen on TV'' in the 1980s, and for playing Donald Stewart in ''Benidorm'' from 2007 until his death in 2014. ==Career== Ireland had been prominent in the theatre where he spent ten years as director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. When he left the post in 2003 he controversially attacked the Scottish arts establishment for providing "theatre on the cheap" and the Scottish Executive for putting plans for a National Theatre of Scotland on "the back burner". The National Theatre of Scotland was finally launched in 2006. He also appeared in an episode of ''Auf Wiedersehen Pet'' as a journalist. In some early TV appearances (e.g. the BBC's "''Five Red Herrings''") he was credited as "Ian Ireland". Ireland's directing credits include ''Guys & Dolls, A View from the Bridge, Romeo and Juliet, Phaedra, Macbeth, Lovers, The Anatomist, Clay Bull, Mother Courage, Much Ado About Nothing, Of Mice and Men, Private Lives, Oleanna, The Gowk Storm, Waiting for Godot, Dancing at Lughnasa, Oedipus Tyrannos and A Midsummer Night's Dream''. He also appeared in ''Acorn Antiques'', the STV series ''Taggart'', the 1983 film ''Local Hero'', Series 2 of "Auf Wiedersehen Pet" the 1990 series ''House of Cards'' as Media tycoon Benjamin Landless starring alongside Ian Richardson as Francis Urquhart, and the David Leland film ''The Big Man'' with Liam Neeson. He was also in Heartbeat. He appeared in the television series ''Benidorm'' as swinger Donald Stewart from 2007 until the end of the latest series that aired in early 2014. In June 2014, it was announced that he had brain cancer. His character did not appear in the 7th series of Benidorm. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenny Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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