Vivian MacKerrell
Acting
Biography
Vivian Alan James MacKerrell was a British actor of the 1960s and 1970s. He was the basis for the character of Withnail in the film Withnail and I.
Known For
A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deterioration of Edna, a homeless alcoholic and was made at a time when vagrancy was still a criminal offence.
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
A short documentary about the making of "Withnail & I" (1987).
Withnail and Us
Several old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Larry Dann, the most easygoing of the bunch, comes to the conclusion that all is not well in the old dark house. For one thing, he's run across several people whom he's never met. For another, they all seem to be of a different time and place.