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

Old Jock

Geordie

Macrimmon

Kidnapped

The Ferryman

The 'Maggie'

Captain McTaggart, the Skipper

That Sinking Feeling

The Tramp

Street Trash

Soldier

The Kid from Canada

Mr. Macfarlane

The Three Lives of Thomas...

Tammas

The Battle of the Sexes

Robertson

Rockets Galore

Joseph Macleod