Personal Info
Birth date
1907-12-25 (117 Years)
Day of death
1988-04-28
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Aberdeen, Scotland
Also known as
Andrew Cruikshank
Эндрю Крикшэнк
Andrew Cruickshank
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Andrew John Maxton Cruickshank (25 December 1907 Aberdeen, Scotland – 29 April 1988 London, England) was a Scottish supporting actor, most famous for his portrayal of Dr Cameron in the long-running UK BBC television series, Dr Finlay's Casebook, which ran for 191 episodes from 1962 until 1971. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrew Cruickshank , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
BBC Play of the Month
5
Overview:
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.Dr. Finlay's Casebook
6
Overview:
Dr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella ‘Country Doctor’, the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s. Cronin was the primary writer for the show between 1962 and 1964.Sunday Night Theatre
3.5
Overview:
Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, partly because of technical limitations in this era, and the theatrical basis of early television drama. Some of the earliest collaborations between Rudolph Cartier and Nigel Neale were produced for this series, including Arrow to the Heart and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Sunday night drama slot was subsequently renamed The Sunday-Night Play which ran for four seasons between 1960 and 1963. ITV transmitted its own unrelated run of Sunday Night Theatre between 1971 and 1974.The Old Men at the Zoo
5
Overview:
An incompetently managed zoo becomes a metaphor for the state of Britain as a nuclear crisis looms over Europe.Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
7.4
Overview:
Amateur detective Miss Jane Marple investigates the murder of a young woman whose body is found in the library at Gossington Hall, home of Colonel and Mrs. Arthur Bantry.The Battle of the River Plate
6.2
Overview:
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.King and Castle
NYR
Overview:
Having hastily left the Met before his dubious activities finally caught up with him, ex-detective Ronald King has formed the Manor Debt Collection Agency with David Castle, a young, somewhat naive martial arts expert and part-time genealogist. Castle's skills come in handy in his new line of work, as do King's old police contacts, and in their dealings with a range of duplicitous, sometimes dangerous clients the chalk-and-cheese duo somehow manages to survive on the right side of the law.Bleak House
NYR
Overview:
Bleak House is the first BBC adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. It was adapted by Constance Cox as an eleven-part series of half-hour episodes first transmitted from 16 October 1959. It stars Andrew Cruickshank in the role of John Jarndyce, Diana Fairfax as Esther Summerson and Colin Jeavons as Richard Carstone. The complete series still exists.El Cid
6.8
Overview:
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.Richard III
7.129
Overview:
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.The Cruel Sea
6.943
Overview:
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officerGreyfriars Bobby
6.9
Overview:
In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his master's grave in the Greyfriars kirkyard, despite a caretaker with a "no dogs" rule. And when Bobby is taken up for being unlicensed, it's up to the children of Edinburgh and the Lord Provost to decide what's to be done.Murder Most Foul
7
Overview:
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.Kidnapped
6.4
Overview:
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands, evading the redcoats.The Stranglers of Bombay
6.484
Overview:
In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments of the British East-Indian Tea Company. As the British military leaders play down the implications of the piracy and disappearances, a lone captain realizes that they are not just coincidence and sets out to uncover the source of the deviltry, at the risk of his career. Based on history.Your Witness
6
Overview:
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now in trouble with the law in England. Taking the advice of his secretary to go to England rather than wire money, Adam arrives in his friend's village to find him about to stand trial for the murder of the hired stable-hand, Lawrence.There Was a Crooked Man
6.1
Overview:
When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is cheating his neighbours.Come Fly with Me
4.4
Overview:
Three airline hostesses combine their work crossing the Atlantic with searching for a rich handsome man to marry.The 39 Steps
6.2
Overview:
In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.Forbidden
6.9
Overview:
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.John Wesley
1
Overview:
Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand from the burning'. The film follows Wesley's years at Oxford and as a clergyman, his disagreements with the church over the social position of the clergy, his mission to America, the founding of Methodism, and his bringing of the Gospel into the lives of ordinary people.Puccini
1
Overview:
In Torre del Lago, by Lake Massaciuccoli, Puccini is writing "The Girl of the Golden West" when his wife Elvira accuses him of a dalliance with their maid, Doria Manfredi, a young women from town. Although the maestro is frequently unfaithful, he denies the affair; Elvira insists she's right and publicly hounds Doria. Between scenes in this domestic drama that turns tragic, we watch a Scottish company rehearse and stage "Turandot," Puccini's last opera. The film finds parallels between the two stories and suggests that in the opera, Puccini expresses love for his wife and guilt in Doria's fate. Three local gentlemen provide a spoken chorus as Puccini's score plays throughout.Innocent Sinners
7
Overview:
A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church.We Joined the Navy
5.4
Overview:
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.The Reluctant Widow
6.5
Overview:
A young governess becomes embroiled in French spy intrigue, in this adaptation of a Georgette Heyer novel.The Mark of Cain
6
Overview:
An attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she becomes the bride of the younger one. As the situation festers it leads to murder…John and Julie
4.643
Overview:
The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.A Question of Adultery
4
Overview:
Mark Loring is madly jealous of his wife, Mary, former American cabaret singer. Due to an automobile accident, she loses her unborn child, and Mark becomes sterile. His father, Brit-stuffy Sir John Loring, has never approved of the marriage and, again, tries to break it up. Believing that a child will hold the marriage together, Mary suggests artificial insemination to Mark, who finally agrees to accompany her to a clinic in Switzerland. However, when she is again pregnant, Mark finds it impossible to reconcile himself to the situation and leaves her. Prompted by his father, Mark sues for divorce, accusing her of adultery. She contests the divorce and a trial concerns itself with whether or not artificial insemination is a question of adultery. The Catholic Church's National League of Decency placed this film on its Condemned" list.Acting
1986King and Castle (12 Episodes) as Mr. Hodinett
1984Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (3 Episodes) as Conway Jefferson
1984Puccini as Father Michelucci
1983The Old Men at the Zoo (5 Episodes) as Mr Sanderson
1970The Rivals as Sir Anthony Absolute
1965BBC Play of the Month (1, 1 Episode) as Sir Anthony Absolute, Prof. Robert Linden
1964Murder Most Foul as Justice Crosby
1963We Joined the Navy as Admiral Filmer
1963Come Fly with Me as Cardwell
1962Dr. Finlay's Casebook (191 Episodes) as Dr Angus Cameron
1961El Cid as Count Gormaz
1961Greyfriars Bobby as Lord Provost
1960There Was a Crooked Man as McKillup
1960Kidnapped as Colin Campbell
1959The Stranglers of Bombay as Col. Henderson
1959Bleak House (11 Episodes) as John Jarndyce
1959The 39 Steps as Sheriff
1958A Question of Adultery as Dr. Cameron
1958Innocent Sinners as Doctor
1956The Battle of the River Plate as Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
1955Richard III as Brackenbury
1955John and Julie as Uncle Ben
1954John Wesley as Georgia Trustee
1953The Cruel Sea as Scott Brown
1950The Reluctant Widow as Lord Bedlington
1950The Angel with the Trumpet as Otto Alt
1950Your Witness as Sir Adrian Horth K.C
1950Sunday Night Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Nigel, Baron Molde
1949Paper Orchid as Inspector Clement Pill
1949Forbidden as Inspector Baxter
1948Idol of Paris as Prince Nicholas
1947The Mark of Cain as Sir Jonathon Dockwra
1937Auld Lang Syne as Robert Burns