Captain Banister — Sink the Bismarck! Character Profile

About Captain Banister

A Royal Navy captain participating in the pursuit operations, managing his vessel's tactical positioning and coordinating with the broader Home Fleet formation.

Character Facts

Played by

Michael Goodliffe

Appears in

Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

Role

Supporting

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• Captain Jonathan Shepard (Kenneth More)
• WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis (Dana Wynter)
• Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck' (Carl Möhner)
• First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound (Laurence Naismith)
• RNVR Signals Officer (Jack Watling)
• Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.) (Geoffrey Keen)
• Captain - 'Sheffield' (John Horsley)
• Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla (Peter Burton)
• Admiral Holland - 'Hood' (Walter Hudd)
• Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V' (Jack Gwillim)
• Flag Lieutenant to First Sea Lord (Thomas Waldron Price)
• Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck' (Karl Stepanek)