John Fraser
Born: 1931-03-18 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died: 2020-11-06
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Alexander Fraser (1931 - 2020 was a Scottish actor and author. He is best known for his performances in the films The Good Companions (1957), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), El Cid (1961), Repulsion (1965), and Isadora (1968). One of his earliest roles was as Inigo Jollifant in the second film version of J. B. Priestley's The Good Companions (1957). He went on to have leading roles in films such as El Cid, The Trials of Oscar Wilde (playing Lord Alfred Douglas), Roman Polanski's Repulsion, Isadora, and Schizo. He made appearances on television series including Danger Man (1964), Randall and Hopkirk (1969), Columbo (1972), Doctor Who (1981), and The Bill (1995). In 2004, he published his autobiography, Close Up, in which he wrote frankly about his gay life and friendships.
Filmography
1994
- Scarlett as Inspector Wilcox
1984
1983
- Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime as Whittington
- The Secret Adversary as Kramenin
1981
- Doctor Who: Logopolis as The Monitor
1980
- Lady Killers as Dr. 'Peter' Crippen
1979
1978
- Wilde Alliance as Colonel Stone
1976
- Schizo as Leonard
1975
- The Doll as Peter Matty
- The Man from Hong Kong ... (Producer)
- The Doll
1974
- NOVA as Inquisitor
- The Arcata Promise as Tony
1972
- The Man and the Snake as Harker Brayton
1971
- Columbo as O'Keefe
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Dixon Druce
1970
- The Day They Buried Cleaver as Gawm
- The People’s Jack as John Wilkes
- Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows as Padraic Pearse, English Tommy
1969
- The Ha-Ha as Alasdair
1968
- Isadora as Roger
1967
- The World of Wodehouse as Teddy Weeks
1966
- Doctor in Clover as Dr. Miles Grimsdyke
- Mystery and Imagination
- The Informer as Nicky Loach
1965
- Operation Crossbow as Flight Lt. Kenny
- Repulsion as Colin
- A Study in Terror as Lord Carfax
1964
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Lysander
1963
- Doctor Who as The Monitor
- Tamahine as Richard Poole
- Festival as Armand
- The Patriots as Alexander Hamilton
1962
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook
- Waltz of the Toreadors as Lt. Robert Finch
1961
- El Cid as Prince Alfonso
- Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Christopher Trevenyan
- The Horsemasters as David Lawford
- The Picture of Dorian Gray as Dorian Gray
1960
- Sunday-Night Play as The Hon Douglas Wainwright
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde as Lord Alfred Douglas
- Tunes of Glory as Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser
1959
- The Gentle Flame as Charles
1958
- The Wind Cannot Read as Peter Munroe
1957
- The Good Companions as Inigo Jollifant
1955
- The Dam Busters as Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C.
- Touch and Go as Richard Kenyon
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as David Lawford
- Loves of Three Queens as Drago (segment: I Cavalieri dell'illusione)
- The Fate of Two Queens
1953
- The Desert Rats as Artillery Man (uncredited)
- Valley of Song as Cliff Lloyd
- The Good Beginning as Johnny Lipson
1952
- Cavalcade of America as Tom Giddings
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Alexander Hamilton
1950
- Sunday Night Theatre as Lieutenant Michael Wainwright, RN