A legendary Glasgow-born actor John Cairney has died at the age of 93, according to the BBC.
John also appeared in the films Jason and the Argonauts and the Titanic Drama - A Night to Remember, as well as also appearing in BBCand Drama and was a stage actor before moving to television and films.John also played a part in the British premiere of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible in Bristol and played Hamlet’s at Glasgow Citizens theatre.
The Glasgow actor's long association with the poet Robert Burns started when he portrayed him in the play There Was A Man at The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh in the mid-1960s.with his one-man play on Robert Burns. During his life, he moved across the world to New Zealand with his second wife however, the couple moved back to his hometown at the turn of the century where he started painting."We are so incredibly sad to hear of John Cairney's death. John was a member of our very first acting programme and was literally first in the classroom door when it opened in 1950.
"Throughout his life he was a passionate advocate for the power of performance and the transformative potential of the arts and arts
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