John Cairney

ActorWriter Feb 16 (died age 93) Glasgow, Scotland, UK 1956–2012 (56 year career)

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Biography

John Cairney (16 February 1930 – 6 September 2023) 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.

Known For

Film

Jason and the Argonauts

Hylas

Film

A Night to Remember

Mr. Murphy

Film

Victim

Bridie

Film

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Self

Film

A Study in Terror

Michael Osborne

Film

The Flesh and the Fiends

Chris Jackson

Film

Ill Met by Moonlight

Elias

Film

Shake Hands with the Devil

Mike O'Callaghan

Filmography

Acting (31)

Movies (21)

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2012

as Self

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Nightmare Man

1999

as Trapper

Memory & Desire

1998

as Marriage Celebrant

Silent Mouse

as Father Ambrosius

Henry IV Part 1

as Archibald

Sporting Chance

as The Jenkin Brothers (archive footage)

The Great Mill Race

Spaceflight IC-1

as Dr. Steven Thomas

A Study in Terror

as Michael Osborne

The Devil-Ship Pirates

1964

as Harry

5.6

Jason and the Argonauts

as Hylas

Victim

as Bridie

The Flesh and the Fiends

1960

as Chris Jackson

6.5

Marriage of Convenience

1960

as Larry Wilson

5.5

Shake Hands with the Devil

1959

as Mike O'Callaghan

6.6

Operation Bullshine

1959

as Gunner Willie Ross

A Night to Remember

as Mr. Murphy

Ill Met by Moonlight

as Elias

Lucky Jim

as Roberts

Windom's Way

as Jan Vidal

Miracle in Soho

as Tom

Television (10)

Churchill's People

1974

as Steward of Scotland

The Persuaders!

as Jenkins Brothers

Elizabeth R

as Sir James Melville

7.4

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

as Robert Burns

This Man Craig

Gideon's Way

as Captain Robbie McGregor

The Avengers

as Firth

Target Luna

as Ian Murray

Interpol Calling

as Lt. Gupta

Armchair Theatre

as Gilchrist

Crew (1)

Television (1)

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969

Screenplay

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