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John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 – 23 June 1980) was a Scottish actor born in Dumfries, Scotland. Throughout a long career, Laurie performed a wide range of theatre and film work. He is perhaps best remembered to modern audiences for his role as the dour but kindhearted Private James Frazer in the sitcom Dad's Army (1968-1977). Laurie appeared in scores of feature films with directors such ...
Hace 5 días · Actor. A hugely prolific Scots character player, John Laurie was Central School-trained, on stage from 1921 after World War I service and in films since Juno and the Paycock (d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1930). Gaunt-faced and intense, he came to attention in his third film, Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), as the jealous crofter, and was memorable again and again, in three 1944 films: The Way Ahead (d.
John Laurie was born 25 March 1897 in Dumfries and was destined to be an architect before the Great War intervened. He admitted that he never expected to survive the conflict; in fact, he was invalided out of the service and became a sergeant-of-arms at the Tower of London.. In 1919 John Laurie’s passion for Shakespeare inspired him to become an actor and he established himself as a noted ...
John Laurie. Actor. Born March 25, 1897 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK. John Laurie was a Scotsman who would play many character roles in his long career - a lot of Scotsmen to be sure - but an enthusiastic and skilled actor in nearly 120 screen roles. He was the son of a mill worker, and studied for a career in architecture which he ...
12 de nov. de 2016 · Tales Of Mystery was an anthology of dramas with a supernatural or spooky angle hosted by John Laurie as ghost story writer Algernon Blackwood (although initially he was just billed as the narrator). Some interesting guest stars popped up including Harry H. Corbett, Raymond Huntley, Dinsdale Landen, Naunton Wayne and Michael Bates. production details UK […]
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Vida y muerte del Coronel Blimp es una película dirigida por Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger con Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, Deborah Kerr, John Laurie .... Año: 1943. Título original: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Sinopsis: En plena Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), un anciano militar británico rememora su larga y excitante vida.
