Alan MacNaughtan

Alan MacNaughtan
Born	4 March 1920(1920-03-04) Bearsden, Dunbartonshire  Scotland
Died	29 August 2002(2002-08-29) (aged 82)
Other names	Alan MacNaughton
Years active	In TV and film: 1954-1999

Alan MacNaughtan (4 March 1920 – 29 August 2002) was a Scottish actor, born in Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. An experienced Old Vic, West End and Broadway actor, he became active in television and certain films between 1954 and 1999.

Television career

MacNaughtan played many guest roles in ITC productions of the 1960s and 1970s including The Avengers, The Baron, "The Maze" (ATV/ITC, 1966), Department S, Who Plays the Dummy? (ATV/ITC, 1969), The Saint, The Professionals, and A Stirring of Dust (LWT/Avengers Mark 1, 1978). He also played Major Brenan, a deceptive MI5 agent in The Ghost Talks (Randall and Hopkirk Deceased) in 1969. MacNaughtan's sharp blue eyes and features meant that he often played a villain in such ITC series.

In 1972 he appeared at Laurence Olivier's National Theatre in the play The Front Page.^[1]

MacNaughtan played Sir Geoffrey Wellingham in The Sandbaggers, and portrayed the acerbic teacher Howarth in the 1981 BBC serial To Serve Them All My Days. He played the role of Sir Percy Browne, head of MI5, in A Very British Coup in 1988.

His last role was an appearance in Kavanagh QC in 1999.

Films

He made few appearances in films but starred alongside Dirk Bogarde as his disapproving brother-in-law in the then controversial Victim (1961). He also had a small role in the 1970 film Patton.

He was a friend of actor Alec McCowen.

MacNaughtan died of cancer on 29 August 2002, aged 82.

References

External links

• Alan MacNaughtan at the Internet Movie Database
• Obituary