James Cairncross

Actor Dec 21 (died age 93) Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK 1961–1990 (29 year career)

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Biography

James Cairncross was born on 21 December 1915 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Tom Jones (1963), Doctor Who (1963) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He died on 17 December 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Known For

Film

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Film

Tom Jones

Parson Supple

Film

Doctor Who

Lemaitre

Film

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

Lemaitre

Film

Doctor Who: The Krotons

Beta

Film

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Briggs

Film

Lay Down Your Arms

Julian

Film

Van der Valk

Dr. Jagerman

Filmography

Acting (16)

Movies (8)

The Fool

1990

as Mr. Trott

7.0

Edna: The Inebriate Woman

1971

as Rogo at Charitable Institution

Hamlet

1970

as Polonius

Lay Down Your Arms

1970

as Julian

6.0

Doctor Who: The Krotons

1969

as Beta

6.6

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

as Lemaitre

Tom Jones

as Parson Supple

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1962

as Mr. Jones (uncredited)

7.2

Television (8)

Crown Court

as John Bray

Van der Valk

as Dr. Jagerman

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

as Briggs

7.4

BBC Play of the Month

as Prior

Theatre 625

as Brewer Smith

Doctor Who

as Lemaitre

Suspense

as Kite

Jango

as Graham