Gordon Jackson

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Gordon Cameron Jackson, was a Scottish actor best remembered for his roles as the butler Angus Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs and as George Cowley, the head of CI5, in The Professionals. He also portrayed Flt. Lt. Andrew MacDonald, "Intelligence", in The Great Escape.

Birth Name

Gordon Cameron Jackson

Born

Wednesday, 19 December 1923

Died

Monday, 15 January 1990

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!	Self	1990
Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood	Alec MacDonald	1989
Mystery!: Campion	Professor Gardner Cairey	1989
The Lady and the Highwayman	Harry	1988
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie	Self (segment "Put Down the Duckie") / Self	1988
Noble House	Supt. Armstrong	1988
Shaka Zulu	Prof. Bramston	1986
The Whistle Blower	Bruce	1986
The Gospel According to Vic	TV News Commentator / Himself (Uncredited)	1986
Gunpowder	Sir Anthony Phelps	1986

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!	Self	1990
Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood	Alec MacDonald	1989
Mystery!: Campion	Professor Gardner Cairey	1989
The Lady and the Highwayman	Harry	1988
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie	Self (segment "Put Down the Duckie") / Self	1988
Noble House	Supt. Armstrong	1988
Shaka Zulu	Prof. Bramston	1986
The Whistle Blower	Bruce	1986
The Gospel According to Vic	TV News Commentator / Himself (Uncredited)	1986
Gunpowder	Sir Anthony Phelps	1986
Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death	Alec MacDonald / Inspector Alec MacDonald	1984
The Shooting Party	Tom Harker	1984
A Town Like Alice	Noel Strachan	1981
Hart to Hart	Sir William Belgrave	1979
The Medusa Touch	Dr. Johnson / Doctor Johnson	1978
The South Bank Show	Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (clip from Tunes of Glory (1960))	1978
The Professionals	George Cowley	1977
Golden Rendezvous	Dr. Marston	1977
Supernatural	Howard Lawrence	1977
Spectre	Inspector Cabell	1977
Russian Roulette	Brian Hardison	1975
Madame Sin	Commander Cavendish	1972
Kidnapped	Charles Stewart	1971
Upstairs, Downstairs	Angus Hudson / Hudson, Angus Hudson, Hudson	1971
Budgie	Soapy Simon	1971
Scrooge	Tom - Friend of Harry's	1970
Hamlet	Horatio	1969
Hadleigh	Alan Mannett	1969
Sesame Street	Self	1969
Run Wild, Run Free	Mr. Ransome	1969
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	Gordon Lowther	1969
On the Run	Mr. Mallory	1968
Danger Route	Brian Stern	1967
The Night of the Generals	Captain Engel	1967
Triple Cross	British Sergeant Questioning Chapman	1966
The Fighting Prince of Donegal	Captain Leeds	1966
Cast a Giant Shadow	James MacAfee	1966
Mystery and Imagination	Gayton	1966
Call My Bluff	Self	1965
Mogul	Alan Prescott	1965
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes	MacDougal	1965
Operation Crossbow	R.A.F. Pilot	1965
The Ipcress File	Jock Carswell / Carswell	1965
Daylight Robbery	Sergeant	1964
Gideon C.I.D.	Sgt. McKinnon	1964
Theatre 625	Father Joseph	1964
The Long Ships	Vahlin	1964
The Great Escape	MacDonald 'Intelligence'	1963
Mutiny on the Bounty	Seaman Edward Birkett	1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook	Davie Todd	1962
Two Wives at One Wedding	Tom / Dr. Thomas Murray	1961
Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog	Farmer	1961
The Avengers	Ian	1961
Tunes of Glory	Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. / Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (Battalion Adjutant)	1960
Trouble in the Sky	Capt. Bateson / Capt. Jock Bateson	1960
Snowball	Bill Donovan	1960
The Navy Lark	Leading Seaman Johnson	1959
Devil's Bait	Sergeant Malcolm	1959
The Bridal Path	PC Alec	1959
Chance Meeting	Sergeant	1959
Yesterday's Enemy	Sgt. McKenzie / Sgt. MacKenzie	1959
The Price of Silence	Roger Fenton	1959
Mad Little Island	George Campbell	1958
Blind Spot	'Chalky' White	1958
Hell Drivers	Scottie	1957
Seven Days from Now	John Merritt	1957
Panic in the Parlor	Carnoustie Bligh	1956
Armchair Theatre	Major Browne, The Officer	1956
Women Without Men	Percy	1956
The Baby and the Battleship	Harry	1956
Blonde Bait	Percy	1956
Pacific Destiny	District Officer	1956
The Quatermass Xperiment	BBC TV producer	1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood	Andrew	1955
This Is Your Life	Self	1955
Passage Home	Ted Burns	1955
The Delavine Affair	Florian / Peter J. Florian	1955
The Magical World of Disney	Captain Leeds, Farmer	1954
The Vise	Simms	1954
The Love Lottery	Ralph	1954
Meet Mr. Lucifer	Hector	1953
The Quatermass Experiment	Television Director	1953
Malta Story	British Soldier / British Soldier at Anti-Aircraft Battery	1953
Death Goes to School	Detective Inspector Campbell	1953
Rheingold Theatre	Angus	1953
Castle in the Air	Hiker	1952
The Lady with a Lamp	Dr. Anson	1951
Happy Go Lovely	Paul Tracy	1951
Bitter Springs	Mac	1950
Whisky Galore!	George Campbell	1949
Stop Press Girl	Jock Melville	1949
Floodtide	David Shields	1949
Massacre Hill	Tom Kennedy	1949
Against the Wind	Duncan / Scotty Duncan	1948
The Captive Heart	Lieut. Lennox / Lt. David Lennox	1946
Pink String and Sealing Wax	David Sutton	1945
Pursuit to Algiers	Steward	1945
San Demetrio London	Messboy John Jamieson / Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio	1943
Millions Like Us	Fred Blake	1943
Nine Men	The Young 'un / Young 'un	1943
Women Aren't Angels	Man in small orchestra	1943
Somewhere in France	Alastair 'Jock' MacFarlan, 19th Fusillers / Alastair 'Jock' MacFarlan	1942