Sandy Whitelaw

Sandy Whitelaw

Born: April 28, 1930
Died: February 20, 2015
in London, England
Alexander "Sandy" Whitelaw (28 April 1930 – 20 February 2015) was a British actor, producer, director and subtitler.

Whitelaw was born in London and educated in Switzerland, the UK and the United States. He represented Britain as a skier in the 1956 Olympics.

Whitelaw's film career began when he worked as an assistant to the producer David O. Selznick on the 1957 film A Farewell to Arms. He also worked for the production company Hecht-Lancaster. He went on to work for United Artists in a number of capacities, including as head of production for UA Europe.

At this time he was based in London and worked on films including Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris (1972), Federico Fellini’s Roma (1972) and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Decameron (1971). He directed two films: Lifespan (1974), which starred Klaus Kinski, and Vicious Circles (1997), which starred Ben Gazzara. He acted in a number of films including The American Friend (1977), Broken English (1981) and The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005).

Whitelaw began to work as a subtitler in the 1970s in Paris. It was the producer Pierre Cottrell who suggested that he subtitle Jean Eustache's film Mes petites amoureuses. He continued to work as a subtitler for four decades.

Whitelaw provided English subtitles for more than 1,000 films over a period of several decades. He once called it "like getting paid to do crosswords". One of the more challenging jobs he took on was the subtitling, with Stephen O'Shea, of Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film La Haine. Their subtitles for this film received considerable critical attention.

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In a Rush
Title: In a Rush
Character: Homme veillee
Released: May 19, 2012
Type: Movie
Ada was settled in her life, she was pleased with it, or thought she was. She was one half of a couple who seemed happy, she'd had a child, was even due to get married, and wham... she met Paul... And this Paul was writer to boot, who lived alone with his grown daughter, had an exceedingly intrusive mother, and had the unfortunate idea of losing his father when this story had hardly got off the ground... Life started to gather speed. It was about time.
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I Could Be Your Grandmother
Title: I Could Be Your Grandmother
Character: Le big boss
Released: January 14, 2010
Type: Movie
A brilliant business lawyer finds that an old Rumanian homeless woman looks a lot like his grandmother. One night, he makes a cardboard sigh for her "I could be your grandmother". Passers by become much more generous. Other homeless people request signs from him. Their demands are soon too much for him.
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The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Title: The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Character: Mr. Fox
Released: March 16, 2005
Type: Movie
Like his father, Tom is a real estate agent who makes his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, deals. But a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist. He auditions with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso pianist who cannot speak French - music is their only exchange. But pressures from the ugly world of his day job soon become more than he can handle.
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Music Videos
Title: Music Videos
Character: Self
Released: March 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Maman à tort, Plus grandir, Libertine, Pourvu qu'elles soient douces, Tristana, Sans contrefaçon, Ainsi soit-je, Sans logique, A quoi je sers, Allan (live 89), Plus grandir (live 89), Désenchantée, Regrets (a duo with Jean-Louis Murat), Je t'aime mélancolie, and Beyond my control.
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Mylène Farmer: Pourvu qu'elles soient douces (Libertine II)
Title: Mylène Farmer: Pourvu qu'elles soient douces (Libertine II)
Character: Mr. Swift
Released: October 6, 1988
Type: Movie
Story of two women's feud continues during the events of The Seven Years' War Music video for Mylène Farmer's song Pourvu qu'elles soient douces
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Notorious Nobodies
Title: Notorious Nobodies
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Director Stanislav Stanojevic's award-winning drama tells eight stories of people whose human rights have been violated by their governments. Set in Zaire, Uruguay and several European countries, the stories all take place on November 10, 1983. Starring Juliette Andres, Anamaria Castro and Laurence Wistoursky, the film depicts the struggle of unjustly persecuted people trying to hold on to their dignity.
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Enigma
Title: Enigma
Released: October 15, 1982
Type: Movie
Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
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All Fired Up
Title: All Fired Up
Released: January 13, 1982
Type: Movie
Victor Valance, an absent father and gambler, works with shady casino operations abroad. When he returns to Paris in need of money, he plans to take advantage that Pauline, his eldest daughter now fully responsible for the whole family, has begun to work for the Ministry of Finance. Pauline thwarts his new projects but when she realizes gangsters are looking for Victor she will put her life at risk to help him and save their family.
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Broken English
Title: Broken English
Character: Arms Dealer
Released: October 10, 1981
Type: Movie
Follows the story of Sarah, who comes under fire from her family, friends and colleagues when she marries an African man, Maas. When she discovers that Maas is part of an underground group of South African freedom fighters, she must analyze her own political and sexual beliefs.
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Beau Pere
Title: Beau Pere
Character: Le père de la jeune fille
Released: September 15, 1981
Type: Movie
Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion, who chooses to stay with him rather than live with her birth father. After the initial shock passes, Rémi is caught off-guard when Marion begins expressing her attraction to him. Initially repulsed, Marion's mature beauty wears him down as he finally caves to her seductions.
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Lady Oscar
Title: Lady Oscar
Character: Un invité au bal noir
Released: March 3, 1979
Type: Movie
Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers the hard life of the poor people of France. She is caught up in the French Revolution, and must choose between her loyalty and love.
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Like a Turtle on Its Back
Title: Like a Turtle on Its Back
Character: Prokosch
Released: September 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Unable to put a single word on paper, a youngish man with one novel to his credit finds that his life is crumbling to ruins around him because of his severe case of writer's block. He tries every remedy known to man and makes up a few new ones in this comedy. All his efforts are futile: he loses his girlfriend and his apartment and has a succession of misadventures until finally, homeless and hospitalized, he rediscovers his inspiration.
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Robert et Robert
Title: Robert et Robert
Character: Le guide anglais
Released: June 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Robert #1 is played by Charles Denner, while Robert #2 is played by Jacques Villeret. Beyond their common name, the two Roberts are as different as night and day. Oh, there is one more resemblance: both Roberts are lonely, and both hope to meet suitable mates through a computer dating service. As they await the arrival of their new dates, Robert et Robert become fast friends. Of the three favorite film subjects of writer/director Claude Lelouch--romance, crime, and politics--Robert et Robert falls firmly into the first category.
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The Sorceror's Apprentice
Title: The Sorceror's Apprentice
Released: September 28, 1977
Type: Movie
A thriller in which the characters are Latin-American exiles living in Paris. It is also a comedy about artists who play at revolution rather than actually participate in one
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The American Friend
Title: The American Friend
Character: Doctor in Paris
Released: June 24, 1977
Type: Movie
Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.
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Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre)
Title: Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre)
Character: Jérôme
Released: May 12, 1976
Type: Movie
This is the tale of a father-son duo who are unable to leave each other. The trouble begins when the son decides to destroy his father's image.