Person

Acting

February 16, 1930 – September 6, 2023

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.

Known for

7.2

Movie

Jason and the Argonauts

1963

7.6

Movie

A Night to Remember

1958

7.4

Movie

Victim

1961

7.8

The Avengers

1961

7.7

The Persuaders!

1971

6.2

Movie

A Study in Terror

1965

6.6

Movie

The Flesh and the Fiends

1960

7.4

Movie

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2012

6.2

Movie

Ill Met by Moonlight

1957

6.5

Movie

Shake Hands with the Devil

1959

7.5

Elizabeth R

1971

5.8

Movie

The Devil-Ship Pirates

1964

Filmography(34)

34 titles across Movies & TV

7.4

Movie

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2012

8.0

Movie

Nightmare Man

1999

4.7

Movie

Memory & Desire

1998

10.0

Movie

Silent Mouse

1988

7.3

Movie

Henry IV Part 1

1979

Movie

The Great Mill Race

1975

6.5

Movie

Sporting Chance

1975

5.0

Churchill's People

1974

Scotch on the Rocks

1973

7.7

The Persuaders!

1971

7.5

Elizabeth R

1971

7.0

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969

7.0

ITV Playhouse

1967

This Man Craig

1966

6.2

Movie

A Study in Terror

1965

4.5

Movie

Spaceflight IC-1

1965

7.0

Gideon's Way

1965

5.8

Movie

The Devil-Ship Pirates

1964

7.2

Movie

Jason and the Argonauts

1963

Movie

Antony and Cleopatra

1962

7.4

Movie

Victim

1961

7.8

The Avengers

1961

5.5

Movie

Marriage of Convenience

1960

7.5

Target Luna

1960

6.6

Movie

The Flesh and the Fiends

1960

7.3

Interpol Calling

1959

5.5

Movie

Operation Bullshine

1959

6.5

Movie

Shake Hands with the Devil

1959

7.6

Movie

A Night to Remember

1958

5.3

Movie

Windom's Way

1957

5.4

Movie

Lucky Jim

1957

5.6

Movie

Miracle in Soho

1957

6.2

Movie

Ill Met by Moonlight

1957

6.0

Armchair Theatre

1956