Jack Galloway
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| Born | Jack Stewart Galloway 14 May 1947 Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Occupations | Film and television actor |
Jack Stewart Galloway (born 14 May 1947)[1] is a Scottish film and television actor.[2][3][4] He is best known for playing Robert Mackenzie in the British drama television series Mackenzie.
Early life
[edit]Galloway was the son of a builder. In his early years, he travelled to Canada and Australia before returning to Great Britain to live in Somerset. Upon leaving school, he travelled around the world in a variety of jobs including being a painter, postman, seaman in the Dutch Merchant Navy and working in a bottle factory and clothes shop. It was while working as a waiter in a London restaurant frequented by actors from TV studios that inspired Galloway to become an actor. After speaking with the clients, he attended an audition at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a speech from The Hasty Heart and was instantly accepted. His debut came at the 1971 Edinburgh International Festival in The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner leading to working in repertory theatres across Britain for the next eight years. Galloway's talents were soon noticed by BBC producers, leading to a career in television.[2][5][6]
Career
[edit]In 1985, he starred as Luke Carpenter in the first series of the BBC2 sitcom television series The Mistress. He guest-starred in television programmes including Doctor Who (as Joseph Willow), Crown Court, Bergerac, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Highlander: The Series. He played the recurring role of Jack Nesbit in the BBC crime drama television series The Paradise Club, and the recurring role of Inspector Janvier in the ITV crime drama television series Maigret.[7] He also appeared in films such as A Bridge Too Far, Dirty Weekend, Mrs Dalloway and Foreign Body.[1] In 1990, he appeared in the BBC Wales production I Used To Live Here Before I Was Born.[8][9]
Galloway retired from acting in 2018, last appearing in the film A Reel Life.[1]
Personal life
[edit]In 1980, Galloway married landscape artist Tessa Perceval. They have a son, John J. Galloway,[10] who works in visual effects and has been credited on movies including Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and various Star Wars entries. The couple live in Herefordshire, where he has battled bowel cancer.[11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Jack Galloway". AllMovie. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Me a sex symbol: No way says Jack". Daily Record. Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland. 8 October 1980. p. 9. Retrieved 4 September 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The TV World". Daily Record. Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland. 24 July 1982. p. 78. Retrieved 4 September 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Jack's The Lad Again". Daily Record. Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland. 17 January 1985. p. 19. Retrieved 4 September 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "'McKenzie' - A Chip Off The Old Block". Irvine Times. Irvine, Strathclyde, Scotland. 17 October 1980. p. 14. Retrieved 6 September 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Mackenzie...in bed with four hot water bottles!". Leicester Mercury. Leicester, Leicestershire, England. 22 October 1980. p. 6. Retrieved 4 September 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ O'Connor, John J. (8 October 1992). "Review/Television; A Belgian Detective With a Muted Approach". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- ↑ "Longtown actor lands TV part". The Hereford Times. Hereford, Hereford and Worcester, England. 5 April 1990. p. 38. Retrieved 4 September 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "New Drama For Jack". The Hereford Times. Hereford, Hereford and Worcester, England. 13 December 1990. p. 85. Retrieved 4 September 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "All right for Jack". The Hereford Times. London, London, England. 27 January 1985. p. 27. Retrieved 6 September 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Living longer: Herefordshire & Worcestershire cases". BBC News. 4 November 2010.
External links
[edit]- Jack Galloway at IMDb
- Jack Galloway at Theatricalia (the costume designer credits belong to a different Jack Galloway)
- Rotten Tomatoes profile
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