Alan MacNaughtan
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| Alan MacNaughtan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 March 1920 Bearsden, Dunbartonshire. Scotland, UK |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. UK |
| Years active | 1954-1999 |
Alan MacNaughtan (4 March 1920 – 29 August 2002) was a Scottish actor, born in Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK. An experienced Old Vic, West End and Broadway actor, he became active in television and certain films between 1954 and 1999.
Television career
MacNaughtan played many guest roles in ITC productions of the 1960s and 1970s including The Avengers, The Baron, "The Maze" (ATV/ITC, 1966), Department S, Who Plays the Dummy? (ATV/ITC, 1969), The Saint, The Professionals, and A Stirring of Dust (LWT/Avengers Mark 1, 1978). He also played Major Brenan, a deceptive MI5 agent in The Ghost Talks (Randall and Hopkirk Deceased) in 1969. MacNaughtan's sharp blue eyes and features meant that he often played a villain in such ITC series.
In 1972 he appeared at Laurence Olivier's National Theatre in the play The Front Page.[1]
MacNaughtan played Sir Geoffrey Wellingham in Yorkshire Television's The Sandbaggers, Dr. Crawley in Thames Television's Mr Palfrey of Westminster, and portrayed the acerbic teacher Howarth in the 1981 BBC serial To Serve Them All My Days. He played the role of Sir Percy Browne, head of MI5, in A Very British Coup in 1988.
His last role was an appearance in Kavanagh QC in 1999.
Films
He made a few appearances in films including starring alongside Dirk Bogarde as his disapproving brother-in-law in the then controversial Victim (1961). He also had roles in Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), Patton (1970), Family Life (1971), Shadowlands (1985), The Last Days of Patton (1986), Blue Ice (1992), and The Commissioner (1998).
He was a friend of actor Alec McCowen.
MacNaughtan died of cancer on 29 August 2002, aged 82.
