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John Cairney
British actor, recitalist, lecturer, director and theatre consultant, published author, exhibited painter (1930-2023) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 93
John Cairney was a Scottish stage, film and television actor who found fame through his one-man shows on Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Service, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William McGonagall.
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects TitanFilm1999
Nightmare ManFilm, Trapper1998
Memory & DesireFilm, Marriage Celebrant1988
Silent MouseFilm, Father Ambrosius1979
Henry IV Part 1Film, Archibald1975
Sporting ChanceFilm, The Jenkin Brothers (archive footage)1974
Churchill's PeopleSeries, Steward of Scotland1973
Scotch on the RocksSeries, John Mackie1971
Elizabeth RSeries, Sir James Melville1969
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries, Writer1967
ITV PlayhouseSeries, John1965
Gideon's WaySeries, Captain Robbie McGregor
A Study in TerrorFilm, 1965Michael Osborne1963
Jason and the ArgonautsFilm, Hylas1962
Antony and CleopatraFilm, Alexas1961
The AvengersSeries, Firth
VictimFilm, 1961Bridie1960Target LunaSeries, Ian Murray
Marriage of ConvenienceFilm, 1960Larry Wilson1959
Interpol CallingSeries, Lt. Gupta
Operation BullshineFilm, 1959Gunner Willie Ross1958
A Night to RememberFilm, Mr. Murphy1957
Ill Met by MoonlightFilm, Elias1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Gilchrist1930Born16 February 1930People around John
Laurence Naismith Also in Cleopatra and Jason and the Argonauts
Andrew Keir Also in Cleopatra and A Night to Remember
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Directed Cleopatra (1963)
Dirk Bogarde Also in Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
Honor Blackman Also in Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Desmond Llewelyn Also in Cleopatra and A Night to Remember
Cyril Cusack Also in Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)- Roy Ward Baker Directed A Night to Remember (1959)
- Richard Marner Also in Ill Met by Moonlight and Miracle in Soho
- Douglas Wilmer Also in Cleopatra and Jason and the Argonauts
Walter Wanger Produced Cleopatra (1963)- Don Sharp Directed The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
- Kenneth Griffith Also in A Night to Remember and Lucky Jim
Derren Nesbitt Also in A Night to Remember and Victim- John Gilling Directed The Flesh and the Fiends (1961)
Niall MacGinnis Also in Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)- Ronald Allen Also in Cleopatra and A Night to Remember
- Grégoire Aslan Also in Cleopatra and Windom's Way
Charles H. Schneer Produced Jason and the Argonauts (1963)- Harry H. Corbett Also in Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
- Clive Morton Also in Lucky Jim and Shake Hands with the Devil
George Rose Also in A Night to Remember (1958)- Christopher Rhodes Also in Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
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A Night to Remember 1958
Victim 1961
Jason and the Argonauts 1963
The Flesh and the Fiends 1960
A Study in Terror 1965
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