Known for
Acting
Born
March 3, 1933
Birthplace
Dundee, Scotland, UK
Died
November 25, 2005 (aged 72)
John Dair (3 March 1933 – 25 November 2005) was a Scottish actor who was best known for his role as Harry Grout’s bodyguard "Crusher" in the sitcom Porridge and as Charlie Dawson in the drama Our Friends in the North.
Although born in Dundee, Scotland, Dair was a resident of London, England, for many years.
He drove mobile cranes and bulldozers on building sites and then worked as a singer, until he was offered the part in Porridge whilst performing at the Lyceum Theatre, London. He appeared in one of the most memorable scenes in the sitcom in which his character displays a "sense of humour failure" when a joke is repeated to him. He also had small parts in films, the most memorable of whi...
1999
as 1st Quaker Man
1996
as Macleash
1996
1993
1991
as Derek
1990
as Fat Man
1990
as John
1989
as Ricorso
1988
1987
1987
1984
1983
as Big John
1980
1979
as Samson
1974