Andrew Keir

1926-1997

Biography: life and films

Andrew Keir was a Scottish actor whose birth name was Andrew Buggy. He was born in Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK on 3rd April 1926 and died in London, England on 5th October 1997, aged 71.

His best films as an actor include Gordon Flemyng's thriller Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966), Terence Fisher's Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Roy Ward Baker's Quatermass and the Pit (1967), Seth Holt's Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) and Ted Nicolaou's Dragonworld (1994).

Andrew Keir appeared in 39 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: John Gilling (3 films), Philip Leacock (2), Gordon Flemyng (2) and Don Sharp (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (24 films), Thriller (10), War (6), Horror (5), romance (4), history (4), Fantasy (4), Biography (3) and comedy (2).

Our average rating for Andrew Keir over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

Key: a = actor

The Gorbals Story (1950) [a]

The Lady Craved Excitement (1950) [a]

The Brave Don't Cry (1952) [a]

Laxdale Hall (1953) [a]

The Maggie (1954) [a]

High Flight (1957) [a]

Suspended Alibi (1957) [a]

Heart of a Child (1958) [a]

Tread Softly Stranger (1958) [a]

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) [a]

Tunes of Glory (1960) [a]

Pirates of Blood River (1962) [a]

Beta Som (1963) [a]

Cleopatra (1963) [a]

The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) [a]

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) [a]

Lord Jim (1965) [a]

Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966) [a]

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) [a]

The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966) [a]

Quatermass and the Pit (1967) [a]

The Long Duel (1967) [a]

The Viking Queen (1967) [a]

Attack on the Iron Coast (1968) [a]

The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) [a]

Adam's Woman (1970) [a]

The Last Grenade (1970) [a]

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) [a]

Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) [a]

The Night Visitor (1971) [a]

Zeppelin (1971) [a]

The Aries Computer (1972) [a]

Absolution (1978) [a]

The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) [a]

Lion of the Desert (1981) [a]

Haunters of the Deep (1984) [a]

Dragonworld (1994) [a]

Rob Roy (1995) [a]



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