John Laurie
Acting
Biography
John Laurie was a noted Scottish stage, screen, and television actor.
Born: March 24, 1897
Place of Birth: Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
Known For
Tudor Rose
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.
Next to No Time
Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack of confidence means he is completely out of his depth, at least until he finds his personality changes every day during the hour the ship's clocks stop to make allowance for their westward passage.
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.
Johnny on the Run
A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encountering trouble through his innocent implication in a robbery.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
Hamlet
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
Dad's Army
Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
Hobson's Choice
A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
Filmography
as Pte. James Frazer
as Self (archive footage)
as Archbishop
as Darrow
as Private James Frazer
as Lord MacBracken
as Judge
as Private James Frazer
as Scotsman
as Mad Peter
as Mr. Moncrieff
as Mr Moncrieff
as Peter Quince
as Ulric Brendel
as The voice of (voice)
as Doctor MacGregor
as Merlin
as The MacGillie
as Dr. MacFarlane
as Pte. James Frazer
as Taxi Driver
as Crewe
as Juniper
as Ebenezer Balfour
as Capt. MacKechnie
as Abercrombie, Scottish Director
as Mac
as Mac North
as Dr. Brandeis
as Lovel
as Dr. Dufay
as Doctor Macfarlane
as James
as Mr. Jamieson
as Dr. McFarlane
as Mr McCutcheon
as Henry Mason
as Policeman
as Mac Wells
as Mr Potter
as Mr. Bartleby ('Strange Mr Bartleby')
as Angus McDonald
as Insp. MacGillivray
as Grimshaw
as Andrews, Engineer
as Gordon Webb
as Angus
as Jonskill
as Mr. Campbell
as Inspector MacDougall
as Blind Pew
as Scots Divine
as Allen Campbell
as Joe Drummond
as Francisco
as Blind Jamie
as Dr. James Garsten
as Giles
as Tom Woodroofe
as Dugald
as Dr. McVitie
as McTavish
as 1st. Auxiliary Sentinel
as John Campbell
as Narrator (voice)
as Scottish officer in pub
as Tom Tetley
as Jamy - Captain in the English Army
as McNab
as Pvt. Luke
as William Hopwood
as Mr. Hervey
as Wounded Sailor
as Murdoch
as Scots Corporal
as Harry Fyfe
as Lt.Comdr. Reid
as British Commander
as Jamie
as McNab
as Gates
as Jock
as The Khalifa
as Newspaper Editor
as Henson - the Gamekeeper
as Joseph Bonaparte
as Peter Manson
as Hassan
as Pvt. McAllister
as Oliver
as John Knox
as Dr. Fergusson
as McTavish
as Robb
as John the Crofter
as Wages Accountant
as Johnny Boyle