Phil McCall
Birthday: Born in 1925-11-26 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Deathday: 2002-01-29
TV Credits
Minder
Character: Scotch Harry
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley....
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Character: Glaswegian
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. There were 26 television episodes over two series; and a subsequent 45-minute Christmas special was aired on 24 December 1974. The cast were reunited in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series 1, transmitted on Radio 4 ...
Snakes and Ladders
Character: Gavin's Dad
In the future (1999), the UK is subdivided into two regions by barbed wire and border patrols. Northern Britain is cold, bleak and impoverished, while sunny South Britain is a place of relative luxury. When Lord Tewkesbury, the owner of rich conglomerate, decides his son Giles needs more real-life experience, he arranged for Giles to work under an assumed name. Unfortunately, this results in Giles being sent to North Britain to do menial labor, while previously impoverished Gavin is trans...
Casualty
Character: Starchy Harris
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives....
Bill Brand
Character: Gus Lynch
Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency....
Dempsey and Makepeace
Character: Mac
Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989. The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals....
Shine on Harvey Moon
Character: Jock McClusky
Shine on Harvey Moon! is a British comedy-drama series made by Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to 23 August 1985 and briefly revived in 1995 by Meridian. This generally light-hearted series was created by comedy writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. The series is set in the East End of London shortly after the Second World War. Upon being demobbed RAF serviceman Harvey Moon, played by Kenneth Cranham, returns home and finds his family involved in various troubles. His wife Rit...
BBC2 Play of the Week
Character: Ernest
An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979....
Movie Credits
Breaking the Waves
Character: Grandfather
In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living....
Ring of Bright Water
Character: Frank
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....
Puccini
Character: Gnicche
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 s...
Glasgow Belongs to Me
Character: Taxi Driver
An Englishman has just got off the train at St. Enoch Station and is asking a cab driver to show him around Glasgow. Naturally, the cab driver is happy to oblige and the visitor gets to see the City first hand....
Night People
Character: Ernest
A classical string quartet stop at a motorway cafe in early hours. Among the people they meet are a football supporter, a commercial traveller and an elderly couple on their way to Gretna Green to get married....
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
Character: Man at Bus Stop
A shy, awkward Scottish lad secretly carries a torch for a local lass....
Brigadista
Character:
When best-selling author James Fuller Hayes comes to Glasgow to publicise his personal account of the Spanish Civil War, a surprise reunion with two of his old comrades from the International Brigade reveals contradictory & devastating information. Technically, this was the last Play For Today ever made by the BBC, but it wasn't broadcast under the strand....
The Big Man
Character: Sandy the Chemist
An unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet....
Silent Mouse
Character: Patter Nostler
On Christmas Eve, 1818, in Austria the Oberndorf organ broke down. The assistant priest writes a carol to be accompanied by guitar. The carol was "Silent Night"....
Postmortem
Character: George Statler Sr.
The only thing James wants is to remain away from Scotland. One day, however, he receives a fax, a printout of an unknown person's obituary. The next day, he is charged and arrested for the murder of this person....
Just Another Saturday
Character: Joe
It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns the truth behind the costumes and songs....
One Bummer News Day
Character: Jock
What happens to provincial journalists when there's nothing in the news and they have a paper to fill?...
The Thin End of the Wedge
Character: Electricity Man
A student faced with an ultimatum to find £5 by morning - or lose his girlfriend - searches for friends he can tap and discovers that the crises in their lives are even greater than his own....
Ploughman's Share
Character: Handy Andy
When a farmer's land is wanted for a new town development, a lot of people find their lives put in the melting pot....
Orkney
Character: Missionary
Three stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present....