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Please help me name this actor. Driving me bonkers.

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NellyJames · 21/12/2020 19:17

Ok. I think he’s Scottish. Over 60. Balding but hair a sandy/ginger/blond sort of colour. Slim, sharp features (I think)
Similar age but not either Bill Paterson or Denis Lawson. I picture him as weary and maybe as an older uniformed police officer. 😩😩😩 Any ideas?

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NellyJames · 21/12/2020 23:03

Nope, neither Brian Cox nor James Cosmo. These guys are far too rugged. This actor is more like a straight, non camp, Scottish, balding ginger version of Kenneth Williams! 😂😩🙈

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Cookiedough41 · 21/12/2020 23:03

Dave Anderson? He played the bank manager on City lights many years ago. For some reason it was on BBC Scotland this evening.

ProbablyLate · 21/12/2020 23:04

@friskybivalves Are you thinking of Steven Robertson who plays Sandy in Shetland? Not sure about the trilby and think he might be a bit young for OP

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NellyJames · 21/12/2020 23:05

Grin just googled oor wullie. There’s a 1941 annual on sale for 25k!!! Shock

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EmmaGrundyForPM · 21/12/2020 23:09

I'm intrigued - why do you need to know?

SlopesOff · 21/12/2020 23:11

Stephen Tompkinson

DonttouchthatLarry · 21/12/2020 23:11

Jason Flemyng? English but was in Dr Finlay Wink

tobee · 21/12/2020 23:13

Well Kenneth Williams did voices....

#desperate

potatoesofthenight · 21/12/2020 23:14

Is it JASON WATKINS op?

NorthDowns · 21/12/2020 23:15

John Gordon Sinclair ??

FlamingoQueen · 21/12/2020 23:15

Danny Webb? Is English, but in lots of programmes and no one ever knows his name.

Cookiedough41 · 21/12/2020 23:15

Bald bloke in the back?

Please help me name this actor. Driving me bonkers.
BoreOfffffff · 21/12/2020 23:16

Daniel Flynn? Not Scottish though.

SwedishEdith · 21/12/2020 23:18

I've met Danny Webb!

Edwintheboyscout · 21/12/2020 23:19

Not Scottish but don't think Anton Lessor has been mentioned. Maybe fits the bill for Endeavour and the Agatha Christie stuff.

FlamingoQueen · 21/12/2020 23:19

My sister saw Danny Webb in a pub (was with a well known actress) and sent me his photo. Spent the next 2 hours looking for his name.

chergar · 21/12/2020 23:19

Sean scanlan?

SwedishEdith · 21/12/2020 23:21

Yes, having met Danny Webb, it was years before I could be certain that was his name. I guess that actually keeps you in work.

tobee · 21/12/2020 23:23

He used to play flash types all the time. Danny Webb.

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 21/12/2020 23:25

Richard Wilson?
Patrick Malahide (not scoring though)
Bob Peck (also not Scottish, and, er, dead)

RatherLostPenguinsOnParade · 21/12/2020 23:26

Most of the ones I thought of have been mentioned. Only other I can think of is Ewan Stewart? I think his hair was darker though.

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 21/12/2020 23:27

Stuart McGugan (definitely Scottish)

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NellyJames · 21/12/2020 23:28

Not Danny Webb. Not Anton Lessor either but a similar look although fairer.

I must go to bed.

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Absofruitly · 21/12/2020 23:29

Jonathan Watson?

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 21/12/2020 23:30

Gordon Jackson