Born April 3, 1926· Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
† Died October 5, 1997
30Roles★ 6.5Average rating
Emerging from a mining background in Shotts, Scotland, he left school at fourteen to work alongside his father in the coal pits before a chance amateur performance launched his theatrical career; a talent competition secured him a place at Glasgow’s Unity Theatre, and a subsequent nine-year spell with the Citizens’ Theatre under Tyrone Guthrie refined his craft.
His screen debut arrived in 1950…
