Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gordon Cameron Jackson, OBE (19 December 1923 – 15 January 1990) was a Scottish Emmy Award-winning actor best remembered for his roles as the butler Angus Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs and George Cowley, the head of CI5, in The Professionals. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Jackson (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Effie's Burning
1991
as Jessop Brown
An elderly lady suffers from the mysterious condition of spontaneous combustion.
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
as Self
Big Bird and his pals are making musical mayhem as they sing the goofiest, nuttiest, silliest songs ever. Join in with Sesame Street favorites Oscar, ...
The Winslow Boy
1989
as Arthur Winslow
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as Harry
During one of his robberies, a highwayman, who steals from the rich and gives to the poor, falls in love with an aristocratic lady. Now, he is forced ...
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
1988
as Self
The stars come out on Sesame Street in this fun-filled video featuring the show's most memorable moments. Sing-along in this star-studded celebration!
The Whistle Blower
1986
as Bruce
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold ...
My Brother Tom
1986
as Lockie McGibbon
Set in Australia, against the backdrop of World War II, this epic miniseries centers on the religiously divided town of St. Helens and the innocent ro...
Heavenly Pursuits
1986
as Himself (Uncredited)
Vic Mathews teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Some at the school are trying to discover the two more miracles t...
Gunpowder
1986
as Sir Anthony Phelps
Dr. Vache (Miller) has a plan to destroy the world's economy by flooding it with gold. Two spies, Gunn and Powder (Potter and Gilliam) are on a missio...
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
1986
as Self
This 1986 documentary features interviews with director Alexander Mackendrick, actor Burt Lancaster, producer James Hill, and others.
The Shooting Party
1985
as Tom Harker
1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal d...
The Masks of Death
1984
as Inspector Alec MacDonald
Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes. There have been some mysterious murders, and there are ...
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self (uncredited)
Mel Brooks delivers an enjoyable hour of comic diversion with his lovely actress-wife Anne Bancroft, writer comedian Ronny Graham and British Shakespe...
The Last Giraffe
1979
as Fielding
An engaging tale of the efforts of a real-life American wildlife photographer and her safari guide husband to save the endangered Rothschild giraffe o...
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Doctor Johnson
A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He re...
Golden Rendezvous
1977
as Dr. Marston
Action-packed suspense thriller finds innocuous-looking purser Carter (Harris) the unlikely hero when the floating casino on which he works is hijacke...
Spectre
1977
as Inspector Cabell
An occult criminologist investigates a businessman who dabbles in the black arts while trying to survive against a powerful demon and an evil cult.
Sonntagsgeschichten
1976
as Mr. Dunner
Russian Roulette
1975
as Brian Hardison
An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. When the prisoner is...
Lothian Landscape
1974
as Narrator
A look at the sights of East Lothian, Scotland.
The Square of Three
1973
as Major Browne
An army private decides one day that he's not taking any more orders, precipitating a crisis of confidence for the Medical Corps major assigned to inv...
Madame Sin
1972
as Commander Cavendish
A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
GR Stein Refractories
1972
as Narrator
The process of making refractory bricks.
Kidnapped
1971
as Charles Stewart
Scottish orphan David Balfour is betrayed by his wicked uncle Ebeneezer, who arranges for David to be kidnapped and sold into slavery so that he canno...
Scrooge
1970
as Tom - Friend of Harry's
A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.
Hamlet
1969
as Horatio
Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almo...
Run Wild, Run Free
1969
as Mr. Ransome
A young boy, unable to speak, befriends a wild colt with blue eyes and a falcon named "Lady".
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969
as Gordon Lowther
A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with he...
Wind Versus Polygamy
1968
as Father Joseph
When Councillor Ogidt and Mr. Madu come to Chief Ozuomba's court, both wanting to marry Elina, the Chief sees his chance to oppose the new anti-polyga...
On the Run
1968
as Mr. Mallory
The story of the attempted kidnapping of the son of a visiting African potentate.
Danger Route
1967
as Brian Stern
Jonas Wilde, a British secret agent licensed to kill, wants to resign from his murderous work, but his superiors pressure him into taking on a new ass...
The Night of the Generals
1967
as Captain Engel
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, tw...
Triple Cross
1966
as British Sergeant Questioning Chapman (uncredited)
A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.
The Fighting Prince of Donegal
1966
as Captain Leeds
Ireland 1587. Hugh O'Donnell inherits the title of The O'Donnell, the prince of Donegal, and tries to unite Ireland to make war on England. But then H...
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
as James MacAfee
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish herita...
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
as MacDougal
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the Engl...
The Ipcress File
1965
as Carswell
Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-deal...
Daylight Robbery
1964
Three children are locked in a store by accident. They help catch a gang who break into the store the same day in order to get to the bank next door.
The Long Ships
1964
as Vahlin
Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent...
The Great Escape
1963
as MacDonald 'Intelligence'
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-secu...
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
as Seaman Edward Birkett
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as ...
Two Wives at One Wedding
1961
as Dr. Thomas Murray
Tom Murray's wedding day takes a turn for the worse when a mysterious woman arrives uninvited and claims to be his wife.
Greyfriars Bobby
1961
as Farmer
In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to hi...
Tunes of Glory
1960
as Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (Battalion Adjutant)
Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, wit...
Cone of Silence
1960
as Capt. Jock Bateson
A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for ...
Snowball
1960
as Bill Donovan
A boy tells his parents that a bus conductor turned him off the bus home for not having a ticket. The story gets out of control and the conductor, a w...
Devil's Bait
1959
as Sergeant Malcolm
The police, with the help of a baker, try to find the owner a loaf of bread accidentally poisoned with potassium cyanide.
Yesterday's Enemy
1959
as Sgt. MacKenzie
Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enem...
The Bridal Path
1959
as PC Alec
Based on a novel by Nigel Tranter, The Bridal Path is a light-hearted look at the somewhat unfortunate results that can come of the continued marrying...
Blind Date
1959
as Sergeant
Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau, an elegant, sophisticated Frenchwoman, slightly his elder, whose r...
The Price of Silence
1959
as Roger Fenton
Roger Fenton has been released from prison and stared to build a new life. But his past catches up when an elderly visitor is murdered in his office.
The Navy Lark
1959
as Leading Seaman Johnson
An Inshore Minesweeping Unit has been forgotten by the Navy after World War II on the peaceful island of Boonsley and they have adapted to their circu...
Rockets Galore
1958
as George Campbell
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world ...
Three Crooked Men
1958
as Don Wescot
Three men arrive in a small town to pull the local bank heist.
Blind Spot
1958
as 'Chalky' White
US Army Officer Dan Adams, blinded during the war, is framed for a diamond smuggling rap. Upon regaining his sight, Adams goes after the real thieves ...
Black Ice
1957
British B-movie adventure.
Man in the Shadow
1957
as Jimmy Norris
The wife of a condemned man tries to save him in England by finding the real killer.
Hell Drivers
1957
as Scottie
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
Let's Be Happy
1957
as Dougal McLean (uncredited)
On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the family's Scottish roots. On the plane she meets busine...
Abandon Ship
1957
as John Merritt
After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboat, built for only nine, that is stuffed with over ...
The Film That Never Was
1957
Scotland Dances
1957
as Narrator
A look at the traditional dances of Scotland.
Sailor Beware
1956
as Carnoustie Bligh
Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor Albert,rai...
Women Without Men
1956
as Percy
In love with a man who wants to marry her after he returns from a trip to sea, chorus girl Angela Booth tries to quit her seamy job and become a model...
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Harry
After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to ret...
Blonde Bait
1956
as Percy
Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Scotland Yard, as his girlfriend, Angela Booth, is cu...
Pacific Destiny
1956
as District Officer
Life is strange and worrying for a cadet who arrives in the Pacific in the colonial service. And the testy resident commissioner, who had been expecti...
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
as BBC TV producer
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and ...
Moby Dick Rehearsed
1955
as A Young Actor /Ishmael
A play-within-a-play of Moby Dick by Orson Welles.
Passage Home
1955
as Ted Burns
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passe...
The Delavine Affair
1955
as Peter J. Florian
Peter Reynolds stars as Rex Banner, a newspaperman who makes it his life's mission to track down a vicious gang of thieves. When his informant winds u...
The Love Lottery
1954
as Ralph
Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he rel...
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953
as Hector
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
Malta Story
1953
as British Soldier
Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese gi...
Death Goes to School
1953
as Detective Inspector Campbell
Detective Inspector Campbell (Gordon Jackson) looks into the murder of a teacher at a girls school where there are a number of suspects, including her...
Castle in the Air
1952
as Hiker
The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He decides to use the ghost as a tourist attraction fo...
The Lady with a Lamp
1951
as Dr. Anson
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19...
Happy Go Lovely
1951
as Paul Tracy
B.G. Bruno, a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of sto...
Bitter Springs
1950
as Mac
A family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native Australians. The two groups clash.
Whisky Galore!
1949
as George Campbell
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, hea...
Stop Press Girl
1949
as Jock Melville
A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange abili...
Floodtide
1949
as David Shields
David Shields refuses to go into agriculture and opts instead for ship building
Eureka Stockade
1949
as Tom Kennedy
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.
Against the Wind
1948
as Scotty Duncan
A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to res...
The Captive Heart
1946
as Lt. David Lennox
A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier ...
Pink String and Sealing Wax
1945
as David Sutton
Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkar...
Pursuit to Algiers
1945
as Steward (uncredited)
After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean ...
San Demetrio London
1943
as Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio
Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the A...
Millions Like Us
1943
as Fred Blake
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a fa...
Nine Men
1943
as Young 'un
The Nine men of the title are a British WWII Army patrol stuck in a desert fort during the African campaign. The Men must defend the fort against the ...
The Foreman Went to France
1942
as Alastair 'Jock' MacFarlan, 19th Fusillers
Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942
as (uncredited)
On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Nazi-held Holland. Parachuting into Dutch farmlands ...