John Cairney

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-02-16 (93 years old)

Deathday

2023-09-06

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

John Cairney

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.

Acting

1965

A Study in Terror

as Michael Osborne

1958

A Night to Remember

as Mr. Murphy

1960

The Flesh and the Fiends

as Chris Jackson

1965

Spaceflight IC-1

as Dr. Steven Thomas

1959

Operation Bullshine

as Gunner Willie Ross

1957

Windom's Way

as Jan Vidal

1960

1959

Shake Hands with the Devil

as Mike O'Callaghan

1988

Silent Mouse

as Father Ambrosius

1957

Lucky Jim

as Roberts

1961

Victim

as Bridie

1975

Sporting Chance

as The Jenkin Brothers

1979

Henry IV Part 1

as Archibald

1998

Memory & Desire

as Marriage Celebrant

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