John Cairney

Born: 1930-02-16

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.


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Jason and the Argonauts

as Hylas
Released: 1963-06-19

Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage...

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as Mr. Murphy
Released: 1958-07-03

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British...

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Victim

as Bridie
Released: 1961-08-01

A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic...

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A Study in Terror

as Michael Osborne
Released: 1965-10-01

When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a...

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The Flesh and the Fiends

as Chris Jackson
Released: 1960-02-02

Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the...

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The Devil-Ship Pirates

as Harry
Released: 1964-08-01

A pirate ship, fighting in 1588 on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers damage and must put...

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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

as Self
Released: 2012-09-29

There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and...

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Ill Met by Moonlight

as Elias
Released: 1957-01-31

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and...

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Shake Hands with the Devil

as uncredited
Released: 1959-06-24

In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh...

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Lucky Jim

as Roberts
Released: 1957-09-17

Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded...

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Marriage of Convenience

as Larry Wilson
Released: 1960-11-01

A young woman going to her wedding is waiting for her fiancée, a hood in custody, who is allowed...

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Henry IV Part 1

as Archibald
Released: 1979-12-09

Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the...

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Operation Bullshine

as Gunner Willie Ross
Released: 1959-06-30

During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is...

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Windom's Way

as Jan Vidal
Released: 1957-12-07

A doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their...

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Spaceflight IC-1

as Dr. Steven Thomas
Released: 1965-08-01

In the year 2015, a spaceship, the IC-1, travels through outer space looking for a suitable...

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Memory & Desire

as Marriage Celebrant
Released: 1998-01-01

Sayo and Keiji have eloped to New Zealand to marry, away from the interference of Keiji's...

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Sporting Chance

as The Jenkin Brothers
Released: 1975-01-01

Life in the fast lane becomes deadly for Wilde and Sinclair when the mob tries to "fix" the...

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Silent Mouse

as Father Ambrosius
Released: 1988-12-25

On Christmas Eve, 1818, in Austria the Oberndorf organ broke down. The assistant priest writes a...

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The Avengers

as Firth
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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The Persuaders!

as Jenkins Brothers
First aired: 1971-09-17

An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.

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Interpol Calling

as Lt. Gupta
First aired: 1959-09-13

The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international...

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Gideon's Way

as Captain Robbie McGregor
First aired: 1965-03-18

Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on...

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Elizabeth R

as Sir James Melville
First aired: 1971-02-17

This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one...

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ITV Saturday Night Theatre

as Robert Burns
First aired: 1969-01-11

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