Andrew Cruickshank
Andrew John Maxton Cruickshank ( born December 25, 1907 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, † April 29, 1988 in London, England ) was a British actor.
Life
Cruickshank attended the Grammar School in Aberdeen and studied civil engineering. However, in his learned profession he had never worked, instead he took a career as a theater actor. First, he was part of the ensemble of local theater, 1930, he played in Othello at the Savoy Theatre and in 1934 he made his debut on Broadway. On his return to London he played in 1935 at the Gate Theatre in Victoria Regina. From 1937 he played with the Old Vic Company, among others, in Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet. Until 1987, he joined, mostly on in London in numerous theater productions; 1951-1952 he returned back again to Broadway, where he appeared next to Uta Hagen in George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan drama as Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
Cruickshank first met in 1937 in a feature film. Among other things, he was in The Great Atlantic, Richard III. , To see ironclad Graf Spee and The 39 Steps. In Miss Marple film Four Women and a murder he played as Judge Crosby at the side of Margaret Rutherford. Larger notoriety in the British television audience he gained through his portrayal of Dr. Angus Cameron in the television series Dr. Finlay's Casebook, originated from the 1962-1971 total of 191 episodes.
Cruickshank was married and had three children. In his memory, a street in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire has been named after him.