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John Laurie

John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 – 23 June 1980) was a Scottish stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in scores of feature films with directors including Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Michael Powell and Laurence Olivier, generally playing memorable small or supporting roles. As a stage actor, he was cast in Shakespearean roles and was a speaker of verse, especially of Robert Burns. He is also well known for his role in the sitcom Dad's Army (1968–1977) as Private Frazer, a member of the Home Guard.

Infobox

Born
John Paton Laurie(1897-03-25)25 March 1897Dumfries, Scotland
Died
23 June 1980(1980-06-23) (aged 83)Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England
Resting place
Cremated; ashes scattered in the English Channel
Education
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1921–1979
Spouses
mw- Florence May Saunders (m. 1925; died 1926) Oonah Veronica Todd-Naylor (m. 1928)

Tables

· Filmography
1930
Role(s)
Johnny Boyle
1934
Role(s)
Forsyth
Notes
Uncredited
1935
Role(s)
John the crofter
Role(s)
Robb
Role(s)
John Knox
Notes
Uncredited
1936
Role(s)
Mc Tavish
Role(s)
Dr. Fergusson
Role(s)
Oliver
1937
Role(s)
Mons. Coutard
Role(s)
Private McAllister
Role(s)
Hassan
Notes
Also known as Dark Sands
Role(s)
Peter Manson
Role(s)
Stranger
1938
The Duchess of Malfi
Role(s)
Ferdinand of Aragon
Notes
TV
Role(s)
Wilson – the Valet
Notes
Uncredited
White Secret
Role(s)
MacDonald
Notes
TV
Role(s)
Joseph Bonaparte
The Last Voyage of Captain Grant
Role(s)
Captain Grant
Notes
TV
Role(s)
Henson, the gamekeeper
1939
Mary Rose
Role(s)
Cameron
Notes
TV
Bees on the Boat-Deck
Role(s)
Gaster
Notes
TV
Role(s)
Newspaper Editor
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
The Khalifa
1940
Role(s)
Jock
Role(s)
Gates
Role(s)
McNab
1941
Role(s)
McAdam
Role(s)
Wing Commander
1942
Role(s)
Lt. Comdr. Reid
1943
Role(s)
Alexander Balfour, Scots corporal
Role(s)
British Sailor
Role(s)
Mr. Hervey
Role(s)
Harry Fyfe
Notes
Short, uncredited
1944
Role(s)
William Hopwood
Role(s)
Pvt. Luke
Role(s)
McNab
Role(s)
Jamy
Men of Rochdale
Role(s)
Mr. Ferguson
Notes
Short
1945
Role(s)
Matthews
Role(s)
Scottish sergeant
Role(s)
Tom Tetley
Role(s)
John Campbell
Role(s)
1st. Auxiliary Sentinel
Read All About It
Role(s)
John
Notes
Short, uncredited
1946
Role(s)
MacTavish
Jeannie
Role(s)
Father
Notes
TV
Two Gentlemen of Soho
Role(s)
Sneak
Notes
TV
Role(s)
Dr. Jock McVitie
1947
Role(s)
Dugald McLeod / Alistair MacDonald
Role(s)
Tom Woodroofe
Role(s)
Giles
Role(s)
Dr. James Garsten
1948
Role(s)
Francisco
Role(s)
Blind Jamie
1949
Role(s)
Joe Drummond
1950
Role(s)
Scots Divine
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Blind Pew
Role(s)
Mr. Campbell
Notes
(segment "Sanatorium")
Role(s)
Inspector MacDougall
1951
Role(s)
Jonskill
Role(s)
Gordon Webb
Role(s)
Andrews, Engineer
Notes
(segment "Winter Cruise")
1952
Role(s)
Grimshaw
Role(s)
Angus McDonald
Too Many Detectives
Role(s)
Edward Potter
Notes
Short
Potter of the Yard
Role(s)
Short
1953
Role(s)
Mac Wells
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Role(s)
Rankin
Notes
TV
Henry V
Role(s)
Pistol
Notes
TV
Role(s)
Henry Mason
Role(s)
Policeman
Role(s)
Mr. Bartleby
Mr Beamish Goes South
Role(s)
Edward Potter
Notes
Short
Role(s)
McCutcheon
1954
Role(s)
Dr. McFarlane
Calling Scotland Yard: The Sable Scarf
Notes
Short
Role(s)
"Jamie" Jamieson
Role(s)
James, the servant
Destination Milan
Role(s)
Walter McHarry
1955
Role(s)
Lovel
1956
Festival Fever
Role(s)
Annie's father
Notes
TV
A Day of Grace
Role(s)
Uncle Henry
Notes
Short
1957
Role(s)
Mac North – Editor
Role(s)
Mac
1958
Role(s)
Abercrombie, Scottish Director
Role(s)
Capt. MacKechnie
Notes
Uncredited
1960
Role(s)
Ebenezer Balfour
1961
Role(s)
Taxi Driver
One Way Pendulum
Role(s)
Judge
Notes
TV
1963
Role(s)
Merlin
Role(s)
Dr. MacGregor
1964
Eagle Rock
Role(s)
Mr. McTavish
Notes
Voice
1966
Role(s)
Mad Peter
1967
Role(s)
The Scotsman
1970
Step Laughing Into the Grave
Notes
TV
1971
Role(s)
Private Frazer
Role(s)
Darrow
1974
Charles Dickens' World of Christmas
Notes
TV
1976
Crime Casebook
Role(s)
George Winterman / Sellens
Notes
Short
1979
Role(s)
Archbishop
Notes
(final film role)
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1930
Juno and the Paycock
Johnny Boyle
1934
Red Ensign
Forsyth
Uncredited
1935
The 39 Steps
John the crofter
Her Last Affaire
Robb
Tudor Rose
John Knox
Uncredited
1936
Born That Way
Mc Tavish
East Meets West
Dr. Fergusson
As You Like It
Oliver
1937
The Windmill
Mons. Coutard
Farewell Again
Private McAllister
Jericho
Hassan
Also known as Dark Sands
The Edge of the World
Peter Manson
There Was a Young Man
Stranger
1938
The Duchess of Malfi
Ferdinand of Aragon
TV
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Wilson – the Valet
Uncredited
White Secret
MacDonald
TV
A Royal Divorce
Joseph Bonaparte
The Last Voyage of Captain Grant
Captain Grant
TV
The Ware Case
Henson, the gamekeeper
1939
Mary Rose
Cameron
TV
Bees on the Boat-Deck
Gaster
TV
Q Planes
Newspaper Editor
Uncredited
The Four Feathers
The Khalifa
1940
Laugh It Off
Jock
Convoy
Gates
Sailors Three
McNab
1941
The Ghost of St. Michael's
Jamie
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
McAdam
Dangerous Moonlight
Wing Commander
1942
Ships with Wings
Lt. Comdr. Reid
1943
The Gentle Sex
Alexander Balfour, Scots corporal
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Murdoch
The Demi-Paradise
British Sailor
The Lamp Still Burns
Mr. Hervey
The New Lot
Harry Fyfe
Short, uncredited
1944
Fanny by Gaslight
William Hopwood
The Way Ahead
Pvt. Luke
Medal for the General
McNab
Henry V
Jamy
Men of Rochdale
Mr. Ferguson
Short
1945
The World Owes Me a Living
Matthews
Great Day
Scottish sergeant
The Agitator
Tom Tetley
I Know Where I'm Going!
John Campbell
Caesar and Cleopatra
1st. Auxiliary Sentinel
Read All About It
John
Short, uncredited
1946
Gaiety George
MacTavish
Jeannie
Father
TV
Two Gentlemen of Soho
Sneak
TV
· Partial television credits
1938
The Duchess Of Malfi
Role(s)
Ferdinand of Aragon
Notes
Single drama
The Last Voyage of Captain Grant
Role(s)
Captain Grant
Notes
Single drama
Mary Rose
Role(s)
Cameron
Notes
Single drama
1939
Bees on the Boat-Deck
Role(s)
Gaster
Notes
Single drama
1952
Role(s)
Insp. MacGillivray
Notes
Four episodes
1961–1963
Role(s)
Tales of Mystery
Notes
Host / Algernon Blackwood
1962–1969
Role(s)
The Avengers
1963
Role(s)
The Vet
Notes
Episode "Wallah, Wallah Catsmeat"
1965
Role(s)
Dr Ferguson
Notes
Episode "Partners"
Role(s)
Professor Corliss
Notes
Six episodes
1968–1977
Role(s)
Dad's Army
Notes
Private Frazer
1969
Role(s)
Top Gnome
Notes
1 episode
1970
Role(s)
Lord McBracken
Notes
One episode alongside Dads Army co-star Clive Dunn
1971
Role(s)
Storyteller
Notes
Five episodes reading The Princess and the Goblin
1973
Role(s)
Storyteller
Notes
Five episodes reading The Princess and Curdie
1975
Role(s)
Storyteller
Notes
Five episodes reading stories 'The Light Princess' and 'The Golden Key'
1979
Larry Grayson's Generation Game
Role(s)
Himself
Notes
Guest Appearance
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1938
The Duchess Of Malfi
Ferdinand of Aragon
Single drama
The Last Voyage of Captain Grant
Captain Grant
Single drama
Mary Rose
Cameron
Single drama
1939
Bees on the Boat-Deck
Gaster
Single drama
1952
The Three Hostages
Insp. MacGillivray
Four episodes
1961–1963
Tales of Mystery
Host / Algernon Blackwood
29 episodes
1962–1969
The Avengers
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1963
Steptoe and Son
The Vet
Episode "Wallah, Wallah Catsmeat"
1965
Z Cars
Dr Ferguson
Episode "Partners"
Emergency-Ward 10
Professor Corliss
Six episodes
1968–1977
Dad's Army
Private Frazer
80 episodes, regular role
1969
The Gnomes of Dulwich
Top Gnome
1 episode
1970
From a Bird's Eye View
Lord McBracken
One episode alongside Dads Army co-star Clive Dunn
1971
Jackanory
Storyteller
Five episodes reading The Princess and the Goblin
1973
Jackanory
Storyteller
Five episodes reading The Princess and Curdie
1975
Jackanory
Storyteller
Five episodes reading stories 'The Light Princess' and 'The Golden Key'
1979
Larry Grayson's Generation Game
Himself
Guest Appearance

References

  1. GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1980 19 1081 CHILTERN/B – John Paton Laurie, DoB = 25 March 1897
  2. "Burial at sea: Seven things you might not know"
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-38210497
  3. apple.com
    https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/john-laurie/id111618425
  4. Encyclopaedia Britannica
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Laurie
  5. BFI
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120711152857/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f466080
  6. V&A, Theatre and Performance Special Collections, Elsie Fogerty Archive, THM/324
  7. screenonline.org.uk
    http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/449038/index.html
  8. Encyclopedia Britannica
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Laurie
  9. Interview with John Laurie
  10. Radio Times 50th Anniversary Souvenir 1923–1973
  11. Ian Lavender Birmingham Press Interview Retrieved 10 March 2013
    http://www.thebirminghampress.com/2013/02/22/local-hero-ian-lavender-talks-to-the-press/
  12. AllMovie
    http://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-laurie-p40812
  13. mirror
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/dads-army-uncovered-35-things-1435233
  14. AllMovie
    http://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-laurie-p40812/filmography
  15. Scottish Gateway Company (1965), The Twelve Seasons of the Edinburgh Gateway Company, 1953–1965, St. Giles Press, Edinbu
  16. bbc.co.uk
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100828140311/http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/dadsarmy/5247.shtml
  17. Vicar To Dad's Army the Frank Williams Story
  18. Express.co.uk
    https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1484653/Dads-Army-rivalry-John-Laurie-Arnold-Ridley
  19. TV.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160309030717/http://www.tv.com/people/john-laurie/
  20. screenonline.org.uk
    http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/521156/
  21. RadioTimes
    http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cxkv2/tonys--series-1---1-putting-on-the-style
  22. The Times, death notice, 25 June 1980
  23. The Duchess Of Malfi
    https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/89fab718284f49ee90dc8493f0abc73b
  24. The Last Voyage of Captain Grant
    https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3a7ebf391a1d4d1ebc1f5d7b6016ebfd
  25. Mary Rose
    https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0c69512f37c44bf8a8fde2d8a7e48205
  26. Bees on the Boat-Deck
    https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e7102b51067248d083ab84dc74166410
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