Actors - Vivian MacKerrell

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Vivian MacKerrell was a British actor of the 1960s, who shared a house with film director Bruce Robinson, director of Withnail & I, and was reputedly the major basis for Withnail's character, considered one of the most memorable characters in the history of British cinema. MacKerrell's only notable acting part came in 1971's Edna, The Inebriate Woman, since his career was curtailed by a premature death from throat cancer, which Robinson once attributed to his imbibing of lighter fluid , a notorious scene from the film which actually happened to MacKerrell, following which he was reputedly unable to see for days.

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