Also available as part of a Whisky Galore group.

One of Scotland’s leading stage actors, Glasgow-born Duncan Macrae appeared in few but classic film & TV productions.

Macrea featured in the Ealing comedy “Whisky Galore!“, a Scottish cinema must-watch, alongside Jean Cadell, Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Gordon Jackson, Morland Graham, Duncan Macrae, & John Gregson. The follow-up, called “Rockets Galore!”, including Ronnie Corbett & John Laurie, had its world premiere at the Odeon Marble Arch on the 19th of September 1958.

Other film credits include “Our Man in Havana” with Alec Guinness & Maureen O’Hara; “The Brothers”; “The Woman in Question” with Dirk Bogarde; “You’re Only Young Twice” with Charles Hawtrey; “Geordie” with Alastair Sim, Bill Travers, & Stanley Baxter; “Tunes of Glory” with Dennis Price, John Fraser, Susannah York, Peter McEnery, & Andrew Keir; “Girl in the Headlines” with Ian Hendry & Kieron Moore; the bonkers 1967 Bond-spoof “Casino Royale” with Peter Sellers, David Niven, David Prowse, Orson Welles, Caroline Munro, and the soundtrack performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass; and his final film “30 is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia” with Patricia Routledge & Frank Thornton.

TV credits include “The Avengers” episode “Esprit de Corps” with Honor Blackman, Patrick Macnee, & John Thaw; “The Prisoner” episode “Dance of the Dead” with Fenella Fielding‘s voice; “Comedy Playhouse” with Bernard Cribbins & Yootha Joyce; “Play of the Week” with Harry H. Corbett; and “Dr. Finlay’s Casebook”.

A regular on “The White Heather Club”, Macrae’s annual performances were a mainstay of Hogmanays in the early 60s.