Fulton Mackay

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Fulton Mackay (August 12, 1922 - June 6, 1987) was a Scottish actor.

Mackay was born in Paisley, Scotland. He trained as a quantity surveyor and served with the Black Watch during the Second World War. After training as an actor at RADA he appeared in several films and television programmes, but was best remembered for his role as the warder, Mr Mackay, in the British sitcom, Porridge. He also played a leading role in the hit film, Local Hero (1983) and was the original lighthouse-keeper in the British version of the children's series, Fraggle Rock.

He also played misguided scientist Doctor Quinn in the Doctor Who story Doctor Who and the Silurians in 1970 (and was also in the running to play the Doctor himself when Jon Pertwee gave up the role) and played a regular officer running a training course in the Dad's Army episode, We Know Our Onions and played DCI Inman in the first two series of the TV series Special Branch.

Fulton died in 1987 from cancer of the stomach.

[edit] External links

• Fulton Mackay at the Internet Movie Database