Stuart McGugan

Stuart McGugan
Born (1944-03-02) 2 March 1944 (age 80)
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Occupation(s)Actor, TV presenter

Stuart McGugan (born 2 March 1944) is a Scottish actor and television presenter.

Career

He played the roles of Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Bomba MacAteer in Tutti Frutti.[1][2] McGugan was a presenter on BBC's Play School from 1975; he regularly presented the programme for more than 10 years.[3]

McGugan appeared as Gordon Stewart in two series of the London Weekend Television (LWT) series Wish Me Luck between 1988 and 1989, in The Chief as Chief Superintendent Sean McCloud from 1993 to 1994, then in the mid-1990s was the pub owner Barney Meldrum in BBC Scotland's Hamish MacBeth.[4] He had a recurring role as a factory worker in the Perry/Croft sitcom You Rang, M'Lord?.[5] In Family Affairs in 1997 he played the character Derek Simpson. He has been seen in a Middle Ground Theatre Company tour of a stage adaptation of the 1960 film Tunes of Glory. Stuart McGugan played Colonel Jock Sinclair, originally played by Alec Guinness in the film. The production visited Jersey, Wolverhampton and Perth, Scotland in early 2007.[6] He also appeared in an episode of Dad's Army, playing a soldier, he played Bruce Burns in the episode 'The Last Stop' of the Thames Television series The Bill, Sgt June Ackland's last day and in an episode of ITV's Comedy series Benidorm in November 2009 playing a character called Wink McAndrew.

Partial filmography

  • 1966: This Man Craig – Micheal Dunn – 1 episode
  • 1967: The Revenue Men – Boy – 1 episode
  • 1971: The View from Daniel Pike – Bell – 1 episode
  • 1972: Madame Sin – Sailor
  • 1972: Man of Straw – Fox Major – 2 episodes
  • 1972: Thirty-Minute Theatre – 1 episode
  • 1972: Man of Straw - Major Fox – 2 episodes
  • 1973: Scotch on the Rocks – 1st Policeman – 1 episode
  • 1974-1981: It Ain't Half Hot Mum – Gunner 'Atlas' MacKintosh – 56 episodes
  • 1975: Anne of Avonlea – Billy Gillis – 1 episode
  • 1975: Churchill's People – Auchinlech – 1 episode
  • 1975: Six Days of Justice – P.C. Rankin – 1 episode
  • 1975: Oil Strike North – Allan Miller – 1 episode
  • 1975: The Sweeney – Hicks – 1 episode
  • 1976: Beasts - Jimmy Beattie – 1 episode
  • 1977: Rob Roy – Thorncliffe – 2 episodes
  • 1977: Dad's Army – The Scottish Sargent – 1 episode
  • 1979: The Mourning Brooch - Samson – 2 episodes
  • 1979: Sykes – Jack – 1 episode
  • 1982: Grey Granite – Jim Trease – 2 episodes
  • 1984: Aladdin and the Forty Thieves – Thief – TV film
  • 1984: The Brief – Chief Supt. Mackay
  • 1985: Oscar - Warden at Pentonville – 1 episode
  • 1985: Operation Julie – D.S. Ron Staples – TV film
  • 1985: The Personal Touch – John – TV film
  • 1986: Comrade Dad – Telephone Installer – 1 episode
  • 1986: The Happy Valley – Hotel Guest – TV film
  • 1987: Tutti Frutti – Bomba MacAteer – 6 episodes
  • 1988: Floodtide – Det. Sgt. Marks – 2 episodes
  • 1988: The Management - Inspector MacKintosh – 2 episodes
  • 1988: Taggart – Walter Fairley – 3 episodes
  • 1989-1990: Wish Me Luck – Gordon Stewart- 11 episodes
  • 1991: Spender – Alfie – 1 episode
  • 2009: Benidorm – Wink McAndrew – 1 episode

References

  1. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Tutti Frutti (1987)". screenonline.org.uk.
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974-81) Credits". screenonline.org.uk.
  3. ^ 'Here's A House: The Story of Playschool', Volume 1 (Paul R Jackson, 2009)
  4. ^ "Stuart Mcgugan". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019.
  5. ^ Robertson, Peter (26 April 2020). "TV legend was nearly fired from PlaySchool for trying to drop-kick Humpty". mirror.
  6. ^ "Middle Ground Theatre Company". Archived from the original on 20 February 2007.


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