John Fraser
Acting • Born 1931-03-18 – Died 2020-11-06
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Alexander Fraser (1931 - 2020 was a Scottish actor and author. He is best known for his performances in the films The Good Companions (1957), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), El Cid (1961), Repulsion (1965), and Isadora (1968). 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.
Filmography
58 credits
Repulsion
Movie • 1965
Colin
Operation Crossbow
Movie • 1965
Flight Lt. Kenny
Waltz of the Toreadors
Movie • 1962
Lt. Robert Finch
Tunes of Glory
Movie • 1960
Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser
The Gentle Flame
Movie • 1959
Charles
The Arcata Promise
Movie • 1974
Tony
El Cid
Movie • 1961
Prince Alfonso
The Wind Cannot Read
Movie • 1958
Peter Munroe
Doctor in Clover
Movie • 1966
Dr. Miles Grimsdyke
Tamahine
Movie • 1963
Richard Poole
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Movie • 1960
Lord Alfred Douglas
The Ha-Ha
Movie • 1969
Alasdair
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Movie • 1961
Christopher Trevenyan
The Good Companions
Movie • 1957
Inigo Jollifant
Valley of Song
Movie • 1953
Cliff Lloyd
Touch and Go
Movie • 1955
Richard Kenyon
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Movie • 1961
Dorian Gray
The Desert Rats
Movie • 1953
Artillery Man (uncredited)
The Man and the Snake
Movie • 1972
Harker Brayton
The People’s Jack
Movie • 1970
John Wilkes
The Day They Buried Cleaver
Movie • 1970
Gawm
The Good Beginning
Movie • 1953
Johnny Lipson
The Doll
Movie • 1975
Peter Matty
Schizo
Movie • 1976
Leonard
Isadora
Movie • 1968
Roger
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Movie • 1981
The Monitor
The Horsemasters
Movie • 1961
David Lawford
Loves of Three Queens
Movie • 1954
Drago (segment: I Cavalieri dell'illusione)
The Dam Busters
Movie • 1955
Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C.
A Study in Terror
Movie • 1965
Lord Carfax
The Fate of Two Queens
Movie • 1954
The Secret Adversary
Movie • 1983
Kramenin
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1964
Lysander
The Patriots
Movie • 1963
Alexander Hamilton
Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows
Movie • 1970
Padraic Pearse, English Tommy
The Bill
TV • 1984
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
The Monitor
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Alexander Hamilton
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
TV • 1962
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1971
Dixon Druce
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Tom Giddings
Lady Killers
TV • 1980
Dr. 'Peter' Crippen
Columbo
TV • 1971
O'Keefe
NOVA
TV • 1974
Inquisitor
The Doll
TV • 1975
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
TV • 1983
Whittington
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
David Lawford
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Lieutenant Michael Wainwright, RN
Sunday-Night Play
TV • 1960
The Hon Douglas Wainwright
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Troilus
Festival
TV • 1963
Armand
Wilde Alliance
TV • 1978
Colonel Stone
The World of Wodehouse
TV • 1967
Teddy Weeks
The Informer
TV • 1966
Nicky Loach
Scarlett
TV • 1994
Inspector Wilcox
Mystery and Imagination
TV • 1966
Dunning
Supernatural
TV • 1977
Hugo Hoffman
Thundercloud
TV • 1979
Lieutenant Commander 'Monty' Morgan