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John Cairney

John Cairney

Born: 1930-02-16 • Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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.

Filmography
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan poster
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012 • Self
Nightmare Man poster
Nightmare Man
1999 • Trapper
Memory & Desire poster
Memory & Desire
1998 • Marriage Celebrant
Silent Mouse poster
Silent Mouse
1988 • Father Ambrosius
Henry IV Part 1 poster
Henry IV Part 1
1979 • Archibald
No Image
The Great Mill Race
1975
Sporting Chance poster
Sporting Chance
1975 • The Jenkin Brothers (archive footage)
A Study in Terror poster
A Study in Terror
1965 • Michael Osborne
Spaceflight IC-1 poster
Spaceflight IC-1
1965 • Dr. Steven Thomas
The Devil-Ship Pirates poster
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964 • Harry
Jason and the Argonauts poster
Jason and the Argonauts
1963 • Hylas
Victim poster
Victim
1961 • Bridie
Marriage of Convenience poster
Marriage of Convenience
1960 • Larry Wilson
The Flesh and the Fiends poster
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960 • Chris Jackson
Operation Bullshine poster
Operation Bullshine
1959 • Gunner Willie Ross
Shake Hands with the Devil poster
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959 • Mike O'Callaghan
A Night to Remember poster
A Night to Remember
1958 • Mr. Murphy
Windom's Way poster
Windom's Way
1957 • Jan Vidal
Lucky Jim poster
Lucky Jim
1957 • Roberts
Miracle in Soho poster
Miracle in Soho
1957 • Tom
Ill Met by Moonlight poster
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957 • Elias