Roddy McMillan
Birthday: Born in 1923-03-23 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Deathday: 1979-07-09
TV Credits
Softly, Softly
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Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern, supposedly in the Bristol area of England....
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Character: Mr Strachan
Dr Finlay's Casebook is a BBC television series that was broadcast 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....
Shirley's World
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Shirley's World is a British television sitcom initially aired on ABC during the U.S. 1971-72 television season, then by ITV in the United Kingdom. Co-produced by the British ITC Entertainment and American producer Sheldon Leonard, the short-lived series stars Shirley MacLaine as photojournalist Shirley Logan and John Gregson as her editor Dennis Croft....
No Hiding Place
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No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart....
The Expert
Character: Ernst Farago
The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases. The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by a...
Suspense
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Anthology series telling suspenseful tales....
The View from Daniel Pike
Character: Daniel Pike
The View from Daniel Pike is a 1971–73 Scottish TV drama series created and written by Edward Boyd, and starring Roddy McMillan as Daniel Pike, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow. A few of the stories were later adapted into book form....
Thriller
Character: Inspector Fillory
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits....
The Borderers
Character: Cocklaws
The Borderers is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1970....
Gideon's Way
Character: Det. Insp. Caldwell
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam...
A Little Bit Of Wisdom
Character: Mr. Big
Incidents and mishaps propel Norman Wisdom into a series of extraordinary escapades in his final leading role on television....
Doomwatch
Character: Scobie
Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers. The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999....
Theatre 625
Character: Bert
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time....
Hazell
Character: DI 'Choc' Minty
Hazell is a British television drama based on the novel series by Terry Venables and Gordon Williams (collectively known as P.B. Yuill), and starring Nicholas Bell as James Hazell, a 'smart parody' of Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade. The programme ran for two series, from January 1978 to July 1979....
Theatre Night
Character: Inspector Goblet
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London....
Mystery and Imagination
Character: Steenie
Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 on ITV and produced by ABC and Thames Television....
The Vital Spark
Character: Peter 'Para Handy' MacFarlane
The Vital Spark is a British television comedy set in the western isles of 1930s Scotland, based on the Para Handy books by Neil Munro. Starring Roddy McMillan as Peter 'Para Handy' MacFarlane, captain of the puffer Vital Spark, the series followed its adventures around the coastal waters of west Scotland and the various schemes that Para Handy would get himself and his crew involved in. The programme first broadcast in August 1965 as an episode of Comedy Playhouse. Two series, of six and seven...
Armchair Theatre
Character: Joe Muggins - Fireman
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968....
Movie Credits
Chato's Land
Character: Gavin Malechie
In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory....
The Boy Who Wanted Peace
Character: Stranger
Two underprivileged Glaswegian youngsters are caught up in sectarian gang warfare after discovering crates stuffed with banknotes in the basement they use for a clubhouse....
Ring of Bright Water
Character: Bus driver
Stuck in a dead-end job, Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated village in western Scotland. Together they set out to explore the curious and magnificent natural wonders that surround their seaside home. Soon, Graham finds himself falling in love with the beautiful town doctor, Mary. Before long, the three become inseparable friends....
The Trouble with Our Ivy
Character: Joe Muggins - Fireman
A feud over rose-growing escalates to manic proportions when one neighbor acquires a fast-growing creeper....
Male of the Species
Character: Billy
Never trust a man whoever he is. This is the bitter lesson learned by Mary MacNeil in her relationships with three different men: her father, a mendacious womanizer; a smooth-talking office flirt, Cornelius; and an aging barrister, Emlyn, who is enchanted by Mary's youthful vitality and charm....
Cat & Mouse
Character: Mr. Pomeroy
A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems....
The Battle of the Sexes
Character: Macleod
Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out....
A Prize of Arms
Character: Sergeant McVie
A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll....
Justice Is a Woman
Character: Mr. Miller
Julia Stafford is asked to defend a posh youth, an outsider in a conservative Scottish town, who is accused of murdering a girl....
The Gorbals Story
Character: Hector
A successful artist recalls his life in the tenements of the Glasgow slums. In flashback his recalls the events and characters he shared with in a slum tenement building....
The Patriot Game
Character: Scot O'Brien
Dominic Behan's play concerning the IRA’s bombing campaign in London in 1939...
The 'Maggie'
Character: Inverkerran Driver
The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old 'puffer' boat tricks an American tycoon into paying him to transport his personal cargo. When the tycoon learns of the trick, he attempts to track down the boat and remove his possessions....
Sweeney 2
Character: Colly
The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragem...
Matchfit
Character: Billy Marshall
A grumpy Scottish soccer boss meets a young fan in a TB sanatorium....
Morning Departure
Character: Leading Seaman Andrews
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?...
The Amorous Prawn
Character: Pvt. McTavish
While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into a fishing resort for rich American tourists in order to raise money for their dream retirement cottage....
The Bevellers
Character: Bob Darnley
An ambitious apprentice glassmaker clashes with his new colleagues in a Glasgow workshop....
Willie Rough
Character: Jake
In the dark days of 1914 Willie Rough set out to find work in Greenock. He becomes a shipbuilding shop steward and soon finds himself involved in a bitter political and industrial conflict....
The Big Day
Character: Bob
A drama unfolding in the business world where shrewd methods are adopted by a boss to select a suitable yes-man for the Board....
A Killer with Two Faces
Character: Inspector Fillory
A crazed killer escapes from an asylum and assumes the identity of his twin brother, a famous and respected architect....
Snowball
Character: Bus Driver
A boy tells his parents that a bus conductor turned him off the bus home for not having a ticket. The story gets out of control and the conductor, a war veteran with memory problems, is harassed until events take a tragic turn....
Orkney
Character: Snoddy
Three stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present....
The Bridal Path
Character: Murdo
Based on a novel by Nigel Tranter, The Bridal Path is a light-hearted look at the somewhat unfortunate results that can come of the continued marrying of fairly close cousins in a restricted and remote community. Set in the Hebrides off Scotland, the story tells how Ewan MacEwan leaves the isle of Eorsa in search of the perfect wife, but finally returns to marry Katie....
You're Only Young Twice!
Character: Milligan
Ada Shore (Diane Hart) arrives at Skerryvore University in Scotland in search of her long-lost uncle Connell O’Grady (Joseph Tomelty), who was once a subversive Irish poet but is now working under an assumed name as a University porter. Ada is mistaken by Principal Archibald Asher (Patrick Barr) as his new secretary, and she goes along with the impersonation. Archibald and Ada fall in love, which incurs the disapproval of the puritanical Professor Hayman (Duncan Macrae)....
The Mouse on the Moon
Character: Benter
Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle. To get the money necessary to put in a new set of plumbing, they request foreign aid from the U.S. for Space Research. The Russians then send aid as well to show that they too are for the internationalization of space. While the grand Duke is dreaming of hot baths, their one scientist is slapping together a rocket. The U.S. and Soviets get wind of the impending launch and try and beat them t...
An Enemy of the People
Character: Geikie
Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People as a direct response to the public's outcry over his earlier play Ghosts. Channeling his feelings into on Dr. Stockman, whose single voice of reason is drowned out by those with paranoid and ulterior interests, Ibsen had no qualms remarking on the irrational nature of the masses and the corrupt political systems which encourage them....