John Fraser
Birthday: 1931-03-18
Deathday: 2020-11-06
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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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.
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1983-10-09 | The Secret Adversary | Kramenin |
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1981-03-21 | Doctor Who: Logopolis | The Monitor |
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1976-11-11 | Schizo | Leonard |
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1975-11-22 | The Doll | Peter Matty |
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1974-09-22 | The Arcata Promise | Tony |
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1972-01-01 | The Man and the Snake | Harker Brayton |
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1970-12-15 | The Day They Buried Cleaver | Gawm |
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1970-01-26 | The People’s Jack | John Wilkes |
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1969-08-25 | The Ha-Ha | Alasdair |
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1968-09-14 | Isadora | Roger |
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1966-03-08 | Doctor in Clover | Dr Miles Grimsdyke |
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1965-10-01 | A Study in Terror | Lord Carfax |
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1965-06-01 | Repulsion | Colin |
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1965-04-01 | Operation Crossbow | Flight Lt. Kenny |
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1964-06-24 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander |
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1963-11-15 | The Patriots | Alexander Hamilton |
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1963-07-30 | Tamahine | Richard Poole |
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1962-04-12 | Waltz of the Toreadors | Lt. Robert Finch |
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1961-12-06 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Dorian Gray |
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1961-10-24 | El Cid | Prince Alfonso |
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1961-10-01 | The Horsemasters | David Lawford |
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1961-01-01 | Fury at Smugglers' Bay | Christopher Trevenyan |
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1960-09-17 | Tunes of Glory | Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser |
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1960-05-28 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde | Lord Alfred Douglas |
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1959-12-24 | The Gentle Flame | Charles |
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1958-06-10 | The Wind Cannot Read | Peter Munroe |
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1957-04-22 | The Good Companions | Inigo Jollifant |
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1955-10-02 | Touch and Go | Richard Kenyon |
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1955-05-16 | The Dam Busters | Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C. |
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1954-12-24 | Loves of Three Queens | Drago (segment: I Cavalieri dell'illusione) |
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1954-12-24 | The Fate of Two Queens | |
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1953-10-05 | The Good Beginning | Johnny Lipson |
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1953-06-08 | Valley of Song | Cliff Lloyd |
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1953-05-20 | The Desert Rats | Artillery Man (uncredited) |