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John Dair

1933-03-03 Dundee, Scotland, UK

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Biografia

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, Dair was 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, and also had a part as a gambler in their No.1 selling single "Two Tribes" video directed by Godley & Creme. He also appeared in commercials including the acclaimed 1985 advertisement for Levi Strauss & Co. jeans with Nick Kamen that was set in a Laundromat. Dair died of lung cancer in 2005.

Películas

Captain Jack 1st Quaker Man 1999-05-28
Loch Ness Macleash 1996-08-23
Hear My Song Derek 1991-12-27
Sweet Nothing Fat Man 1990-09-23
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl John 1990-05-16
Batman Ricorso 1989-06-21
Mr. Corbett's Ghost 1987-12-31
Yellowbeard Big John 1983-06-24
Porridge Sampson 1979-08-12