Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

Known for

Acting

Born

December 19, 1923

Birthplace

Glasgow, Scotland

Died

January 15, 1990 (aged 66)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Gordon Cameron Jackson, OBE (19 December 1923 – 15 January 1990) was a Scottish Emmy Award-winning actor best remembered for his roles as the butler Angus Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs and George Cowley, the head of CI5, in The Professionals.

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Best known work

The Great Escape
The Great Escape
1963
The Ipcress File
The Ipcress File
1965
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
The Medusa Touch
The Medusa Touch
1978
The Night of the Generals
The Night of the Generals
1967
Scrooge
Scrooge
1970
Whisky Galore!
Whisky Galore!
1949
Shaka Zulu
Shaka Zulu
1986

Filmography

  1. 1994

    The World of HammerTV

    as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

  2. 1991

    Effie's Burning

    as Jessop Brown

  3. 1990

    Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

    as Self (archive footage)

  4. 1989

    The Winslow Boy

    as Arthur Winslow

  5. 1989

    CampionTV

    as Professor Gardner Cairey (2 episodes)

  6. 1988

  7. 1988

  8. 1988

    Noble HouseTV

    as Supt. Armstrong (4 episodes)

  9. 1988

    The Play on OneTV

    as Jessop Brown (1 episode)

  10. 1987

    The Story of a Recluse

    as Voice of the Recluse

  11. 1986

  12. 1986

    Shaka ZuluTV

    as Prof. Bramston (10 episodes)

  13. 1986

    My Brother Tom

    as Lockie McGibbon

  14. 1986

    Heavenly Pursuits

    as Himself (Uncredited)

  15. 1986

    Gunpowder

    as Sir Anthony Phelps

  16. 1986

  17. 1985

    The Shooting Party

    as Tom Harker

  18. 1984

    The Masks of Death

    as Inspector Alec MacDonald

  19. 1984

    An Audience with Mel Brooks

    as Self (uncredited)

  20. 1981

    A Town Like AliceTV

    as Noel Strachan (3 episodes)

  21. 1979

    Hart to HartTV

    as Sir William (1 episode)

  22. 1979

    The Last Giraffe

    as Fielding

  23. 1978

    The Medusa Touch

    as Doctor Johnson

  24. 1978

    An Audience with...TV

    as Self (2 episodes)

  25. 1977

    The ProfessionalsTV

    as George Cowley (57 episodes)

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