John Fraser (actor)

John Fraser
Born (1931-03-18) 18 March 1931
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Occupation Actor, writer

John Fraser (born 18 March 1931 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a BAFTA-nominated Scottish-born actor and writer.

Career

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. In the book, Fraser wrote that actor Laurence Harvey was gay and that his long-term lover was his manager James Woolf.[1] Of Dirk Bogarde, Fraser wrote, "Dirk's life with [Anthony] Forwood had been so respectable, their love for each other so profound and so enduring, it would have been a glorious day for the pursuit of understanding and the promotion of tolerance if he had screwed up the courage ... to make one dignified allusion to his true nature. Self-love is no substitute for self-respect."[1]

Selected filmography

YearTitleCharacter
1996Truth or DareGordon Hillan
1982Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor HouseUncle Gideon
1981Doctor Who: LogopolisThe Monitor
1976SchizoLeonard Hawthorne
1975The DollPeter Matty
1968IsadoraRoger
1966Doctor in CloverMiles Grimsdyke
1965A Study in TerrorLord Carfax
1965RepulsionColin
1965Operation Crossbow Flight Lieutenant Kenny
1963 Tamahine Richard Poole
1962Waltz of the Toreadors Lt Finch
1961El CidPrince Alfonso
1961Fury at Smugglers' BayChristopher Trevenyan
1960The Trials of Oscar WildeLord Alfred Douglas
1960Tunes of GloryCorporal Piper Ian Fraser
1958The Wind Cannot ReadPeter Munroe
1957The Good Companions Inigo Jollifant
1955Touch and GoRichard Kenyon
1955The Dam Busters Flight Sergeant John Hopgood DFC
1954The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships Drago
1953The Good BeginningJohnny Lipson
1953Valley of Song Cliff Lloyd
1953The Desert Rats Artillery Man
1953Titanic Steward

Bibliography of works

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 The Guardian "Sexy self-image that revved up Dirk Bogarde", 2 October 2004

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