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John Laurie
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Scottish actor (1897–1980)
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 263 inbound references to John Laurie, and connects out to Home Guard, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing.
Vinony files it under 1897 births, 1980 deaths and 20th-century Scottish male actors.
Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Winning Your Point Though Positive and Negative Quotations
- Hamlet (the Criterion Collection)
- Xinxilan Aokelan da xue Zhong wen gu ji mu lu
- Everyday
- My favourite stories of Scotland
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
John Laurie was a noted Scottish stage, screen, and television actor.
Known for
- Dad's Army at the BBC — Pte. James Frazer2025
- The Best of Morecambe and Wise — Self (archive footage)2001
- Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box — Private James Frazer (archive footage) (uncredited)2001
- The Prisoner of Zenda — Archbishop1979
- Return to the Edge of the World — Self1978
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing — Jock1975
- Dad's Army — Private James Frazer1971
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes — Darrow1971
- From a Bird's Eye View — Lord MacBracken1970
- Justice Is a Woman — Judge1969
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1897
- Active to
- 1980
art popavant-gardeclassic pop and rockelectronicexperimentalfilm soundtrack
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 324
- Total plays
- 1,080
Tags
All
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Dumfries
- Place of death
- Buckinghamshire
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Juno and the Paycock Movie Poster.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of death
- 1980-06-23
- date of birth
- 1897-03-25
- cause of death
- pulmonary emphysema
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- Commons category
- John Laurie (actor)
- manner of death
- natural causes
via Wikidata · CC0
Connections
Home Guard
Entity
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Entity
London
City
William Shakespeare
Person
World War II
Concept
architecture
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Molière
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Alfred Hitchcock
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International Standard Book Number
Entity
Hamlet
Entity
IMDb
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English Channel
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Robert Burns
Entity
Scots
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meningitis
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Macbeth
Entity
Buckinghamshire
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Laurence Olivier
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Othello
Entity
Categories
1897 births1980 deaths20th-century Scottish male actorsActors from DumfriesAlumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and DramaBritish Army personnel of World War IDeaths from emphysemaHonourable Artillery Company soldiersMale actors from Dumfries and GallowayPeople educated at Dumfries AcademyPeople from Chalfont St GilesScottish male film actorsScottish male Shakespearean actorsScottish male stage actorsScottish male television actors