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| Born | John Chandos McConnell 27 July 1917 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Died | 21 September 1987 (aged 70) Chichester, West Sussex, England |
| Years active | 1941–1969 |
John Chandos McConnell (27 July 1917 – 21 September 1987) was a Scottish film and television actor.[1]
He won a scholarship to RADA in 1936. During the Second World War he served with the Seaforth Highlanders, Parachute Regiment[2] and the GHQ Liaison Regiment.[3]
He appeared in the 1967 The Avengers episode entitled "Murdersville".
Filmography
[edit]- 49th Parallel (1941) - Lohrmann
- The Next of Kin (1942) - No 16: his contact
- The First of the Few (1942) - Krantz
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947) - Employment Agent (uncredited)
- Secret People (1952) - John
- Derby Day (1952) - Man on Train (uncredited)
- The Crimson Pirate (1952) - Stub Ear
- Trent's Last Case (1952) - Tim O'Reilly (uncredited)
- The Long Memory (1953) - Boyd
- 36 Hours (1953) - Orville Hart
- The Million Pound Note (1954) -2nd. Businessman at Bumbles Hôtel (uncredited)
- The Love Lottery (1954) - Gulliver Kee
- Twist of Fate (1954 film) (1954) - Nino, The Hairdresser (U.S. ' Beautiful Stranger ')
- Beau Brummell (1954) - Silva (uncredited)
- Carrington V.C. (1955) - Adjutant John Rawlinson
- Simba (1955) - Settler at Meeting
- The Ship That Died of Shame (1955) - Raines
- One Way Out (1955) - Danvers
- The Green Man (1956) - McKechnie
- The Battle of the River Plate (1956) - Dr. Otto Langmann - German Minister, Montevideo
- Time Without Pity (1957) - First Journalist
- Doctor at Large (1957) - O'Malley
- I Accuse! (1958) - Drumont
- The Witness (1959) - Lodden
- Jungle Street (1960) - Jacko Fielding
- The Little Ones (1965) - Lord Brantley
- Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969) - Advertising Executive (final film role)
References
[edit]- ↑ "John Chandos". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
- ↑ "Mocavo and Findmypast are coming together – findmypast.com". www.mocavo.com.
- ↑ Christie, Stuart (11 November 2017). My Granny Made Me an Anarchist: The Cultural and Political Formation of a West of Scotland "baby-boomer". ChristieBooks.com. ISBN 9781873976142 – via Google Books.
External links
[edit]- John Chandos at IMDb
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- British male film actors
- British male television actors
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- British Parachute Regiment soldiers
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