John Laurie
Born: 1897-03-24 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
Died: 1980-06-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
John Laurie was a noted Scottish stage, screen, and television actor.
Filmography
2025
- Dad's Army at the BBC as Pte. James Frazer
2001
- The Best of Morecambe and Wise as Self (archive footage)
- Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box as Private James Frazer (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
- The Prisoner of Zenda as Archbishop
1978
- Return to the Edge of the World as Self
1975
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Jock
1971
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes as Darrow
- Dad's Army as Private James Frazer
1970
- From a Bird's Eye View as Lord MacBracken
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Rev. 'Daddy' Auld
- Justice Is a Woman as Judge
1968
- Dad's Army as Private James Frazer
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Judge
- Mister Ten Per Cent as Scotsman
- Queen of Scots
1966
- Mystery and Imagination as Mr Moncrieff
- The Reptile as Mad Peter
- The Open Door as Mr. Moncrieff
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Peter Quince
1964
- Theatre 625 as Ulric Brendel
- Eagle Rock as The voice of (voice)
1963
- Siege of the Saxons as Merlin
- Ladies Who Do as Doctor MacGregor
1962
- Z-Cars
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook
- Man of the World as The MacGillie
- Hobson's Choice as Dr. MacFarlane
1961
- The Avengers as Crewe
- Drama 61-67 as Gov. Maquarie
- Morecambe & Wise as Pte. James Frazer
- Don't Bother to Knock as Taxi Driver
- Tales of Mystery
1960
- Kidnapped as Ebenezer Balfour
1958
- Next to No Time as Abercrombie, Scottish Director
- Rockets Galore as Capt. MacKechnie
1957
- Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! as The Reverend Ingram
- Campbell's Kingdom as Mac
- Murder Reported as Mac North
1956
- Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Dr. Brandeis
1955
- ITV Play of the Week as Doctor Macfarlane
- The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Dr. Dufay
- Richard III as Lovel
1954
- Hobson's Choice as Dr. McFarlane
- The Black Knight as James
- Devil Girl from Mars as Mr. Jamieson
1953
- The Fake as Henry Mason
- The Great Game as Mac Wells
- Love in Pawn as Mr McCutcheon
- Strange Stories as Mr. Bartleby ('Strange Mr Bartleby')
- Johnny on the Run as Policeman
- Mr Beamish Goes South as Mr Potter
1952
- Saturday Island as Grimshaw
- The Three Hostages as Insp. MacGillivray
- Tread Softly as Angus McDonald
- Potter of the Yard as Edward Potter
- Rig 20 as Narrator
1951
- Pandora and the Flying Dutchman as Angus
- Laughter in Paradise as Gordon Webb
- Encore as Andrews, Engineer
- Happy Go Lovely as Jonskill
1950
- Sunday Night Theatre as Allen Campbell
- Treasure Island as Blind Pew
- Madeleine as Scots Divine
- Trio as Mr. Campbell
- No Trace as Inspector MacDougall
1949
- Floodtide as Joe Drummond
1948
- Hamlet as Francisco
- Bonnie Prince Charlie as Blind Jamie
1947
- Uncle Silas as Giles
- Jassy as Tom Woodroofe
- The Brothers as Dugald
- Mine Own Executioner as Dr. James Garsten
1946
- School for Secrets as Dr. McVitie
- Gaiety George as McTavish
- Kelvin: Master of Measurement
1945
- Caesar and Cleopatra as 1st. Auxiliary Sentinel
- I Know Where I'm Going! as John Campbell
- The Agitator as Tom Tetley
- Great Day as Scottish officer in pub
- Read All About It as John - Ex-Newspaper Editor
- Steel as Narrator (voice)
1944
- The Way Ahead as Pvt. Luke
- Henry V as Jamy - Captain in the English Army
- Fanny by Gaslight as William Hopwood
- Medal for the General as McNab
1943
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp as Murdoch
- The Gentle Sex as Scots Corporal
- The New Lot as Harry Fyfe
- The Lamp Still Burns as Mr. Hervey
- The Demi-Paradise as Wounded Sailor
1942
- Teeth of Steel as Self - Commentator (voice)
1941
- Ships with Wings as Lt.Comdr. Reid
- Dangerous Moonlight as British Commander
- The Ghost of St. Michael's as Jamie
- Old Mother Riley's Ghosts as McAdam
1940
- Convoy as Gates
- Sailors Three as McNab
- Laugh It Off as Jock
1939
- The Four Feathers as The Khalifa
- Q Planes as Newspaper Editor
- Bees on the Boat-Deck as Gaster
1938
- The Claydon Treasure Mystery as Wilson - the Valet
- The Ware Case as Henson - the Gamekeeper
- A Royal Divorce as Joseph Bonaparte
- The Face of Scotland as Narrator
1937
- The Edge of the World as Peter Manson
- Jericho as Hassan
- Farewell Again as Pvt. McAllister
- The Windmill as M. Coutard
1936
- Tudor Rose as John Knox
- As You Like It as Oliver
- East Meets West as Dr. Fergusson
- Born That Way as McTavish
1935
- The 39 Steps as John the Crofter
- Her Last Affaire as Robb
1934
- Red Ensign as Wages Accountant
1930
- Juno and the Paycock as Johnny Boyle