Fulton Mackay

Career timeline

1. 1922 · Born

   Born in Paisley, Scotland, UK

2. 1952 · Screen debut

   I'm A Stranger (Movie)

3. 1961 · Breakthrough

   The Avengers (TV)

4. 1966 · Writing debut

   Out of Town Theatre (TV)

5. 1987 · Died

   June 6, 1987

6. 2022 · Latest release

   Comedy Classics: Porridge (Movie)

Career in numbers

3 1950s

24 1960s

22 1970s

18 1980s

1 2000s

1 2020s

• Drama41
• Comedy20
• Crime13
• Tv Movie7
• Thriller5
• Action & Adventure4

Highest-rated title Porridge 1974 8.2 Most popular title Doctor Who 1963 7.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Fulton Mackay in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

11 titles together

Dick Clement

8 titles together

John Gorrie

6 titles together

Anthony Read

5 titles together

Waris Hussein

4 titles together

Robert Holmes

3 titles together

Ted Kotcheff

3 titles together

Stephen Frears

3 titles together

Chris Menges

3 titles together

Christopher Barry

3 titles together

1. 2022 Comedy Classics: Porridge as (archive footage) Movie
2. 2007 Hitler: The Comedy Years as Mr. Mackay (archive footage) (uncredited) Movie
3. 1986 Defence of the Realm as Victor Kingsbrook 6.3 Movie
4. 1986 Lovejoy as Luciano 7.4 TV
5. 1985 A Sense of Freedom as Inspector Davidson 6.5 Movie
6. 1985 Dreamchild as Gryphon (voice) 6.6 Movie
7. 1985 Mann's Best Friends as Hamish James Ordway TV
8. 1985 Water as Eric 6.1 Movie
9. 1984 Sleepwalker as Restaurant Proprietor Movie
10. 1984 To Catch a King as Hitler Movie
11. 1984 Diana as Blackier TV
12. 1984 Night Train to Murder as Mackay Movie
13. 1983 Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock as The Captain (UK version) Movie
14. 1983 Local Hero as Ben Knox 6.8 Movie
15. 1982 Britannia Hospital as Chief Superintendant Johns 6.2 Movie
16. 1981 Going Gently as Austin Miller Movie
17. 1981 If You Go Down in the Woods Today as Colonel Noriss Movie
18. 1981 The Life and Times of David Lloyd George as Bonar Law Movie
19. 1979 Porridge as Mr. Mackay 6.8 Movie
20. 1979 Tales of the Unexpected as Edward 6.8 TV
21. 1978 Strangers as Morton TV
22. 1978 Going Straight as Mr. Mackay TV
23. 1977 Here I Stand... as John Knox TV
24. 1977 Rob Roy as Bailie Nicol Jarvie TV
25. 1976 Porridge: The Desperate Hours as Mr. Mackay Movie
26. 1976 Clay, Smeddum and Greenden as Alec Webster Movie
27. 1975 Porridge: No Way Out as Mr. Mackay Movie
28. 1975 The Master of Ballantrae as Ephrain Mackellar TV
29. 1974 Churchill's People as Bishop Wishart TV
30. 1974 Porridge as Mr. Mackay 8.2 TV
31. 1974 Shoulder to Shoulder as Keir Hardie TV
32. 1974 Playhouse as Austin Miller TV
33. 1973 Seven of One as Mr Mackay TV
34. 1973 Nothing But the Night as Cameron 6.2 Movie
35. 1973 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em as Fowler 7.6 TV
36. 1972 The Edwardians as Alexander Ross TV
37. 1971 Gumshoe as John Straker 6.2 Movie
38. 1971 Brett as Anderson TV
39. 1970 Play for Today as Dr. Leafer TV
40. 1970 Doctor Who and the Silurians as Dr. Quinn Movie
41. 1969 Special Branch as DCS Alec Inman TV
42. 1969 Vendetta for The Saint as Euston Movie
43. 1968 Dad's Army as Doctor McCeavedy 7.5 TV
44. 1968 The Man in the Iron Mask as M. Baisemeaux TV
45. 1968 The Expert as Judge TV
46. 1965 Andover and the Android as Cullen Movie
47. 1965 Out of the Unknown as Cullen TV
48. 1965 Strife as David Roberts Movie
49. 1965 The Vital Spark as Reverend McGubbin TV
50. 1965 The Troubleshooters as Major Ruthven TV
51. 1964 Theatre 625 as Vincent MacMaster TV
52. 1963 Doctor Who as Dr. Quinn 7.9 TV
53. 1963 Festival as Dr. Swinburne TV
54. 1963 For King and Country: Out There as Scotsman Movie
55. 1962 A Prize of Arms as Cpl. Henderson Movie
56. 1962 The Saint as John Everett 7.4 TV
57. 1962 Dr. Finlay's Casebook TV
58. 1962 Z-Cars TV
59. 1962 Private Potter as Soldier Movie
60. 1961 Drama 61-67 as Norman Curtis TV
61. 1961 The Avengers as Professor Chadwick 7.8 TV
62. 1960 Theatre '70 as Bernard Webber TV
63. 1960 Armchair Mystery Theatre as Ron Ashton TV
64. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Mr. Roberts TV
65. 1952 The Brave Don't Cry as Dan Wishart Movie
66. 1952 I'm A Stranger as Alastair Campbell (as Fulton MacKay) Movie

1. 1981 House on the Hill TV
2. 1980 Dalhousie's Luck Movie
3. 1966 Out of Town Theatre TV

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