Alex Mackenzie

Biography

Alex Mackenzie was a Scottish character actor, born in 1885 in Glasgow. He was a schoolteacher in Clydebank until he was 61, before taking up a new profession in the cinema. He appeared in a number of movies including: Kidnapped (1959), High and Dry (1954) and The Battle of the Sexes (1960). He died in December 1965 in Glasgow.

Known For

Greyfriars Bobby

as Old Jock

The Three Lives of Thomasina

as Tammas

The 'Maggie'

as Captain McTaggart, the Skipper

The Battle of the Sexes

as Robertson

That Sinking Feeling

as The Tramp

Kidnapped

as The Ferryman

Geordie

as Macrimmon

Rockets Galore

as Joseph Macleod

Street Trash

as Soldier

The Kid from Canada

as Mr. Macfarlane