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Andrew Keir

Andrew Keir
Andrew Keir
Born: Apr 03, 1926 in Scotland, UK
Died: Oct 05, 1997
Occupation: Actor
Active: '50s-'70s, '90s
Major Genres: Drama, Adventure
Career Highlights: Quatermass and the Pit, Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Rob Roy
First Major Screen Credit: The Brave Don't Cry (1952)
Filmography
ABSOLUTION 1981
9 Videos for Andrew Keir
Rob Roy (1995) Absolution (1979) The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
The Shell Seekers (1989) The Thirty-Nine Steps (1978) Cleopatra (1963)
Lion of the Desert (1981) The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) The Maggie (1954)
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Biography:

Sturdy Scots actor Andrew Keir played Prince John on the 1958 British TV series Ivanhoe and was seen in such swordfests as The Pirates of Blood River (1961) and The Viking Queen (1967). Keir's other screen assignments have included the role of Agrippa in the 1963 spectacle Cleopatra and the 1971 Hammer horror Blood From the Mummy's Tomb (1971).

Keir is best known to Fantastic Cinema fanatics for his portrayal of Professor Quatermass in the 1967 film Quatermass and the Pit, and for his performance as Wyler in the Doctor Who feature Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966). Andrew Keir was most recently seen in the boisterous historical epic Rob Roy (1995).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.