Walter Carr (actor)

Walter Carr
Painting by June Crisfield Chapman c.1996
Born(1925-12-26)26 December 1925
Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died30 May 1998(1998-05-30) (aged 73)
Perth, Scotland[1]
NationalityScottish
OccupationActor & comedian

Walter Carr (1 April 1925 – 30 May 1998) was a Scottish actor and comedian.[2][3][4]

He played the servant, Jock Carmichael, in the Edinburgh Gateway Company's Edinburgh International Festival production of Robert McLellan's historical comedy The Flouers o Edinburgh in August 1957, and was in the cast of its production of All for Mary by Kay Bannerman and Harold Brooke in February 1958. He played one of the Vices in Tyrone Guthrie's Edinburgh Festival production of Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaites at the Church of Scotland's Assembly Hall in August 1959,[5] and Sandy the scout in the 1960 Festival production of Sydney Goodsir Smith's The Wallace.[6] In 1963, he gave a memorable comedy performance as the imagined invalid in the Gateway's production of The Hypochondriack, Victor Carin's translation into Scots of Molière's Le malade imaginaire.[7]

Possibly his best known role was as the mate Dougie in the TV series The Vital Spark (1965–67).[8][9]

He played Shooey in Lex MacLean's TV series.[10] Other television roles included Davy McNeil in The Dark Island (1962), James Pigg in Mr. John Jorrocks (1966), and Advocate Fife in Weir of Hermiston (1973).

He had a minor part as the school teacher in the cult film The Wicker Man (1973), and played a jeweller in the comedy The Girl in the Picture (1985).[11][12]




Theatre

Year Title Role Company Director Notes
1957 The Flouers o Edinburgh Jock Carmichael Gateway Theatre Company, Edinburgh Lennox Milne play by Robert McLellan
1960 The Wallace Sandy Edinburgh International Festival play by Sydney Goodsir Smith
1990 Treasure Island Ben Gunn Edinburgh International Festival Frank Dunlop

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Walter Carr – obituary, Glasgow Herald". 2 June 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Walter Carr". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Walter Carr". aveleyman.com.
  4. ^ "Walter Carr, 1925 – 1998. Actor and comedian". National Galleries of Scotland.
  5. ^ Elder, Michael (2003), What do You do During the Day?, Eldon Productions, pp. 123, 134 & 147 ISBN 9-780954-556808
  6. ^ McLellan, Robert, Review of The Wallace, in Thomson, David Cleghorn (ed.), Saltire Review, Vol. 6, No. 22, Autumn 1960, The Saltire Society, Edinburgh, pp. 75 - 77
  7. ^ Milne, Lennox (1965), "Mainly About the Early Years", in The Twelve Seasons of the Gateway Company, 1953 - 1965, St. Giles Press, Edinburgh, pp. 15 - 23
  8. ^ "Actor Harry Ward to follow in the footsteps of Walter Carr". Pitlochry Festival Theatre. 25 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Series 1, The Vital Spark". BBC.
  10. ^ "Top comedian loved burgh home". helensburgh-heritage.co.uk.
  11. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Wicker Man, The (1973) Credits". screenonline.org.uk.
  12. ^ "The Girl in the Picture (1985) – Cary Parker – Cast and Crew". AllMovie.


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