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- Actress
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Ashley Jensen (born on 11 August 1969) is a Scottish actress and narrator. She was nominated for an Emmy for her role on the television series Extras (2005), on which she appeared from 2005-2007. She was also a cast member on the ABC show Ugly Betty (2006) and the brief-lived CBS sitcom Accidentally on Purpose (2009).- 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 indeed began. But with World War I he left his position to join the British army. After the war he set his sights in a different direction, training to become an actor by attending the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. His first stage play was in 1921. He honed his skills thereafter (from 1922 to 1939) principally as a Shakespearian actor at the Old Vic in London or at Stratford-upon-Avon - and later the Open Air in Regent's Park. But by 1930 he was giving time to films as well. His first movie was the Sean O'Casey play Juno and the Paycock (1929), one of Alfred Hitchcock's early sound efforts. With his craggy profile and arcing bulbous nose, and rather stern visage (though it could as quickly break into a broad smile), he was right for many a memorable character. Hitchcock made sure of that first off by calling on him again to play the dour, suspicious, and miserly farmer, John Crofter, in The 39 Steps (1935). Laurie became a good friend of another Shakespearean, Laurence Olivier, and the two, Olivier as a lead, were in Hungarian director/producer Paul Czinner's As You Like It (1936). The year 1937 was a busy one, with six films, the most important giving him one of his few leading roles. This was director/screen writer Michael Powell's intriguing The Edge of the World (1937), doubly important in that it was the film that sold Powell to producers like Alexander Korda. The film was shot on location on the remote Shetland isle of Foula, the furthest point of Britain. It dealt with the impact of the modern world on the lives of the inhabitants of an economically decaying island. Into 1938 and 1939 Laurie was involved in British experimental TV movies, that medium to be revisit later frequently. In 1939 he was taped by Alexander Korda for his classic film production of The Four Feathers (1939) in which Laurie, who could fit his Scots voice to any part, played the zealous Mahdi (the Khalifa). He is hardly to be recognized in character.
During the war Olivier was planning one of the important morale movies of World War II; his Henry V (1944), and Laurie was asked to play a memorable Capt. Jamie. Olivier also called on him for his two other Shakespeare ventures: Hamlet (1948) and Richard III (1955). As any good character actor, Laurie could play comedy as well and set a number of roles to that end into the 1940s. He and Roger Livesey were cast in Emeric Pressburger and Powell's first color film, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). And Laurie was a jubilant John Campbell in the Powell/Pressburger wonderful and thoughtful comedy of more insular Scots life, I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) with a delightful young Wendy Hiller and worldly-wise Livesey.
Through the remainder of the decade and into the 1950s, Laurie's face showed up in a variety of films - with greater frequency as assorted Scotsmen-comedic and otherwise - and further down the credits list of supporting actors. He was familiar in the decade invasion to the UK of American co-productions, such as Disney's Treasure Island (1950) and Kidnapped (1960). And he even trod the uncertain path of a few sci-fi films - that shall remain nameless here. But he was certainly always busy - when all told - the actor's foremost blessing. Television drama and series gave him better opportunities for a veteran actor, beginning with a Henry V (1953) where he played the comic role of Pistol. Along with some BBC TV theater (more Shakespeare and some American playhouse as well) and sporadic serials, he had a stint on the long-running BBC children's reading program "Jackanory". And he is probably best remembered as the dour James Frazer on the popular "Dad's Army" series (1968-1977). But one of his last and most touching performance was simply being his good-natured self - 80 years old but still a vibrant man with his Scots burr - when he accompanied Powell back to dramatically isolated Foula for the director's short documentary Return to the Edge of the World (1978) (included with the 2003 DVD release of the 1937 movie). There was a bit of staging by Powell. But Laurie's animated face was a picture of profound humanity, as - with a shade of theatrics when appropriate - he remembered the shoot and with sincere joy renewed acquaintances with the inhabitants, as if he himself had returned once more to his native heath. A bonnie old actor indeed! - Michael Carter was born on 29 June 1947 in Dumfries, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), An American Werewolf in London (1981) and The Illusionist (2006).
- Music Artist
- Composer
- Actor
Calvin Harris was born on 17 January 1984 in Dumfries, Scotland, UK. He is a music artist and composer, known for The Do-Over (2016), Shazam! (2019) and The Fate of the Furious (2017). He has been married to Vick Hope since 10 September 2023.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Sally Kinghorn was born in 1952 in Dumfries, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for Brave (2012), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) and The Fourth Protocol (1987). She has been married to Alex Norton since 17 December 2001. They have three children.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Executive
David Coulthard was born on 27 March 1971 in Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire [now Dumfries & Galloway], Scotland, United Kingdom. He is an actor and executive, known for FIA World Rally Championship (2014), Formula 1 (1950) and Formula 1 (2016). He was previously married to Karen Minier.- Writer
- Actress
Gizzi Erskine was born on 20 August 1979 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Smothered (2023), Sex, Lies & DM Slides (2020) and Distraction Pieces Podcast (2014).- William Shea was born on 6 October 1856 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Davy Jones' Parrot (1910), Davy Jones and Captain Bragg (1910) and Davy Jones' Domestic Troubles (1910). He died on 5 November 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Tafari Campbell was born on 10 March 1978 in Dumfries, Virginia, USA. He was married to Sherise Campbell. He died on 23 July 2023 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
- Writer
Ryan McHenry was born on 12 November 1987 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Zombie Musical (2011), Anna and the Apocalypse (2017) and Toast (2015). He died on 2 May 2015 in Dumfries, Scotland, UK.- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Director
Bill Boyes was born on 16 November 1956 in Dumfries, Scotland, UK. Bill is a producer and director, known for Some Kind of Life (1996), Wire in the Blood (2002) and Girls' Night (1998).- Writer
- Director
- Editor
Kerry Mullaney is an award winning Scottish writer, director, producer and actress. She is best known for the thriller The Dead Outside (2008) which was nominated for four BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards and went on to win Best Film and Best Director at the 10th Estepona International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival and Special Mention Jury Prize at Trieste Science+Fiction Festival 2008. Kerry was born in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and studied at the Edinburgh College of Art.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ray Wilson got his first official singing gig in 1993 with the band Guaranteed Pure. Although they broke up after one album, his performance would get him a gig with the Scottish grunge band Stiltskin, headed by Peter Lawlor. The band received international fame when their single "Inside" from The Mind's Eye album went to #1 after it appeared in an ad for Levi's Jeans.
Stiltskin disbanded due to creative differences the following year, and Wilson was soon contracted by personnel from Genesis, a world-famous progressive rock band who had just been informed that long-time front man Phil Collins was departing the group. Wilson was hired and contracted to play a couple of albums for the band.
Genesis released the Calling All Stations album in 1997, released with three singles, "Congo", "Shipwrecked", and "Not About Us." Congo was a minor hit, reaching #29 on the UK Billboard chart, and the album sold moderately well throughout Europe, and ticket sales for gigs remained steady throughout the continent. Unfortunately, the album did not sell well in the United States, and due to a lack of concert ticket sales, the North American tour was postponed and eventually canceled. After two years in a stalemate, Wilson was informed by his band mates that there would be no new Genesis albums, and was released from his contract.
Wilson formed a new group called Cut, which released the Millionairhead album in 1999, containing influences from Stiltskin and Genesis. Two songs from the album, "Another Day" and "Gypsy" were re-released as dance remixes by Armin.
In 2003, Wilson released his first official solo album, Change. He followed that effort up with The Next Best Thing, released in 2004. This album would contain a new version of Stiltskin's "Inside." After releasing a pair of live albums, Wilson revived the Stiltskin name and recorded the 2006 album "She." The band spend the year touring throughout Europe and released a live album in 2007.- Allan McNish was born on 29 December 1969 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [now Dumfries & Galloway], Scotland, United Kingdom. He is married to Kelly. They have two children.
- William Heughan was born on 4 July 1886 in Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Talking Feet (1937). He died on 15 August 1965 in Tarland, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
- Dorothy Smith was born on 12 May 1914 in Troqueer, Dumfries, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for McFarlane's Way (1959), The Royalty (1957) and The Eggheads (1961). She died on 23 May 1995 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Ronnie Curran was born in 1930 in Sorbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for I've Gotta Horse (1965), Theatre 625 (1964) and ITV Play of the Week (1955). He died in 2019 in Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.- Art Department
Dougal Dixon was born in 1947 in Dumfries, Scotland, UK. He is known for Anonymous Rex (2004), The Future Is Wild (2003) and The Future Is Wild and the Making of Spore (2008).- Additional Crew
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Hamish MacInnes was born on 7 July 1930 in Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK. He was a producer, known for The Living Daylights (1987), The Mission (1986) and The Eiger Sanction (1975). He died on 22 November 2020 in Glen Coe, Scotland, UK.- James Leslie Waller was born on 26 May 1975 in Dumfries, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Screen Two (1984).
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Leo Horsfield was born on 30 September 1978 in Dumfries, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for London's Finest (2014), The Dead Outside (2008) and Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz (2013).- Art Department
- Director
- Actor
Born Colin Alister Lockhart in Dumfries, Scotland; to Robert Alister and Alison Mitchell Lockhart (nee Kirkpatrick). Alister has an older brother: Andrew John; and a younger sister: Lynn Alison Babich.
Alister's family moved to Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, where he lived on a farm until he left for university in 1990. After achieving a bachelor's degree in Graphic design at the University of Newcastle (Australia) he moved to Sydney, where he worked as a freelance illustrator, as well as producing background art with Disney's Sydney-based TV Animation Studio, until accepting the position of Art Director with games company Strategic Studies Group; working on their acclaimed 'Warlords' Series. Moving to Melbourne in 2004, he worked as Art Director with games companies Tantalus Media and Infinite Interactive, working on such titles as 'Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon'; 'Legend of the Gaurdians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole'; and 'Puzzle Quest 2'.
Alister's career as a film-maker began after meeting with writing-partner and co-director Patrick Sarell, while working at Tantalus Media in 2004. Having written and directed a number of video-game cinematics, he was approached by Sarell with the treatment for the animated short 'Nullarbor' in 2006. After securing funding, production of the short began in collaboration with Melbourne-based animation house 'The Lampshade Collective'. It is Lockhart's first short film.
Alister was married to Sandra Margaret Setian in 2003. They have two sons: Lucas Alister (born 8th August, 2007), and Robert Haig (born 19th June 2009). He lives in Melbourne, Australia.- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Anthony Moffat was born in November 1981 in Dumfries, Scotland, UK. Anthony is a producer and director, known for Ashes to Ashes (2021) and Adopt an Ash Evansville PSA (2019).- Audrey Muir was born on 7 October 1924 in Troqueer, Dumfries, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Menace (1970), That Kind of Girl (1963) and The Borderers (1968). She died on 17 April 2012 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.
- David Murdoch was born on 17 April 1978 in Dumfries, Scotland, UK. He has been married to Stephanie Faubert since 2012.