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词条 John Dair
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  1. Filmography

  2. References

  3. External links

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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, he had been 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 which was in Batman as crime boss Vinnie Ricorso, who is fatally stabbed in the throat with a quill pen by the Joker.

In 1984 he appeared in the iconic music video for the Frankie Goes to Hollywood song Relax as a man dressed as a Roman emperor in a gay nightclub. He also appeared in commercials including the acclaimed 1985 advertisement for Levi Strauss & Co. jeans with Nick Kamen that was set in a Laundromat. He died of lung cancer in 2005.[1][2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1979 Porridge Samson
1983 Yellowbeard Big John
1989 Batman Vinnie Ricorso
1990 Chicago Joe and the Showgirl John
1991 Hear My Song Derek
1996 Loch Ness Macleish
1999 Captain Jack 1st Quaker Man (final film role)

References

1. ^{{cite book|year=2001|author1=Richard Webster |author2=Dick Clement |author3=Ian la Frenais |isbn=0-7472-3294-6|title=Porridge The Inside Story|publisher=Headline Book Publishing}}
2. ^http://www.porridge.org.uk/john-dair.html John Dair at Porridge The Unofficial Home Page. Retrieved 8 May 2012

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0197419}}
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6 : 1933 births|2005 deaths|Scottish male film actors|Scottish male television actors|Male actors from Dundee|Deaths from cancer in England

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