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John Cairney (16 February 1930 – 6 September 2023) was a Scottish stage, film and television actor who found fame through his one-man shows on Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Service, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William McGonagall.
Sep 7, 2023 · The actor John Cairney, who found fame playing Robert Burns on stage and screen, has died at the age of 93. The Glasgow-born actor also appeared in the films Jason and the Argonauts and the...
John Cairney. Actor: Jason and the Argonauts. John Cairney made his stage debut at the Park Theatre, Glasgow, before enrolling at the RSAMD in Glasgow. After graduation, he joined the Wilson Barrett Company as Snake in 'The School for Scandal'.
In a career that has spanned more than half a century, John Cairney has performed on every kind of stage from London's West End to the garden room of a millionaire's home in Texas, and before every kind of audience from Britain's royal family to a hall full of shipyard workers out on strike in Glasgow.
John Cairney is well known to audiences in Scotland and internationally through his one-man shows on Robert Burns, Robert Louise Stevenson, Robert Service, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William McGonagall.
Sep 20, 2023 · With the death of John Cairney, who has passed away peacefully in Glasgow at the age of 93, Scotland marks its last farewell to an actor, writer, artist, film and television celebrity, and...
Sep 7, 2023 · Scottish actor John Cairney, known for his portrayal of Robert Burns, has died aged 93. The Glasgow-born actor and writer was described by his family as an “extraordinarily vivid...
