Acting

William McBain

William Macbain is known for Cat Run (2011), Complicity (2000) and One Last Chance (2004).

Known For

The NegotiatorThe Negotiator · 1994
The Negotiator
9.01994
Movie
A serious heart condition puts an end to Charlie King's job as a "street copper", but he refuses the offer of a desk job and a promotion. When a secret team of negotiators approaches him with the offer of a job, he's intrigued, but who is he dealing with?
HeartlessHeartless · 2005
Heartless
7.42005
MovieTV MovieComedy
Comedy drama about a vain barrister who undergoes a personality change after having a heart transplant. Believing that this could be linked to the character of the donor, he travels to a village in Scotland to find out more about him, and there falls for the man's widow.
The Adventures of Greyfriars BobbyThe Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby · 2005
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
5.62005
MovieDramaFamily
This is the true story of a little dog that refused to leave his master's graveside in Edinburgh. The dog visited the grave for years.
A Shot at GloryA Shot at Glory · 2000
A Shot at Glory
5.72000
MovieDrama
The irascible manager of a lower-division Scottish football side must contend with problems off and on the field when his team's impatient American owner demands they win the Scottish Cup or else be relocated to Ireland, while also dealing with the forced arrival of a new star striker - who happens to be his estranged son-in-law, whom he blames for the breakdown of his relationship with his daughter.
Man to ManMan to Man · 2005
Man to Man
6.32005
MovieDrama
An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape.
Flowers of the ForestFlowers of the Forest · 1996
Flowers of the Forest
7.01996
MovieDramaTV Movie
Two young children are brought to Janet Hinton, a social worker in the Scottish Highlands. When both she and an independent expert become convinced that the children are part of a ritual child abuse network, the small community is thrown into disarray.
One Last ChanceOne Last Chance · 2004
One Last Chance
5.72004
MovieComedyDrama
A group of slackers think they have found gold in the Highlands.
Summer SolsticeSummer Solstice · 2005
Summer Solstice
2005
MovieRomanceDrama
Summer Solstice is a collection of love stories about, and for, people of all different ages and generations. Each character's tale connects, weaving in and out of the others, mirroring and countering them so that, as the long hot summer draws to its close, each is forced to examine their lives and decide to whom their loyalties lie or else risk loosing everything they hold so dear.

Movies

The NegotiatorThe Negotiator · 1994
The Negotiator
9.01994
Movie
A serious heart condition puts an end to Charlie King's job as a "street copper", but he refuses the offer of a desk job and a promotion. When a secret team of negotiators approaches him with the offer of a job, he's intrigued, but who is he dealing with?
HeartlessHeartless · 2005
Heartless
7.42005
MovieTV MovieComedy
Comedy drama about a vain barrister who undergoes a personality change after having a heart transplant. Believing that this could be linked to the character of the donor, he travels to a village in Scotland to find out more about him, and there falls for the man's widow.
The Adventures of Greyfriars BobbyThe Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby · 2005
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
5.62005
MovieDramaFamily
This is the true story of a little dog that refused to leave his master's graveside in Edinburgh. The dog visited the grave for years.
A Shot at GloryA Shot at Glory · 2000
A Shot at Glory
5.72000
MovieDrama
The irascible manager of a lower-division Scottish football side must contend with problems off and on the field when his team's impatient American owner demands they win the Scottish Cup or else be relocated to Ireland, while also dealing with the forced arrival of a new star striker - who happens to be his estranged son-in-law, whom he blames for the breakdown of his relationship with his daughter.
Man to ManMan to Man · 2005
Man to Man
6.32005
MovieDrama
An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape.
Flowers of the ForestFlowers of the Forest · 1996
Flowers of the Forest
7.01996
MovieDramaTV Movie
Two young children are brought to Janet Hinton, a social worker in the Scottish Highlands. When both she and an independent expert become convinced that the children are part of a ritual child abuse network, the small community is thrown into disarray.
One Last ChanceOne Last Chance · 2004
One Last Chance
5.72004
MovieComedyDrama
A group of slackers think they have found gold in the Highlands.
Summer SolsticeSummer Solstice · 2005
Summer Solstice
2005
MovieRomanceDrama
Summer Solstice is a collection of love stories about, and for, people of all different ages and generations. Each character's tale connects, weaving in and out of the others, mirroring and countering them so that, as the long hot summer draws to its close, each is forced to examine their lives and decide to whom their loyalties lie or else risk loosing everything they hold so dear.
ComplicityComplicity · 2000
Complicity
5.82000
MovieThrillerRomance
Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed on behalf of the underdog. The stories begin to merge and Cameron find himself inextricably and inextricably implicated by the brutal killer. The arms dealer that Cameron plans to expose is found literally 'disarmed' before he can put pen to paper. The brewery chief, loathed by Cameron, who sold up at the expense of his workers, finds himself permanently unemployable. The police are convened of Cameron's guilt and so are half his friends and colleagues. Cameron is forced to employ all his investigative skills to find the real killer and his motive.
It Could Happen to AnybodyIt Could Happen to Anybody · 1984
It Could Happen to Anybody
1984
MovieDramaTV Movie
"It never done a woman any harm to be at the end o' a back-hander." In a society where drunkenness and battered wives are treated as 'normal', Jean McLeod attempts to hold her family together. But after a particularly severe beating she decides to fight back.

TV Shows

Holby CityHolby City · 1999
Holby City
5.81999
SeriesDrama
Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.
Screen TwoScreen Two · 1985
Screen Two
7.11985
SeriesDrama
Series of single made-for-television dramas.
The Count of Monte CristoThe Count of Monte Cristo · 2025
The Count of Monte Cristo
7.82025
SeriesDrama
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
The Young OnesThe Young Ones · 1982
The Young Ones
7.91982
SeriesComedy
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
TaggartTaggart · 1983
Taggart
6.41983
SeriesCrimeDrama
Taggart is a Scottish detective television program. The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the Greater Glasgow area, and as of the most recent series the team have operated out of the fictional John Street police station across the street from the City Chambers.
Monarch of the GlenMonarch of the Glen · 2000
Monarch of the Glen
7.32000
SeriesDramaComedy
Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where he is told he is the new Laird of Glenbogle.
The ChiefThe Chief · 1990
The Chief
7.01990
SeriesDrama
The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.
HannayHannay · 1988
Hannay
6.51988
SeriesMystery
Hannay is a 1988 spin-off prequel series to the 1978 film adaptation of John Buchan's novel The Thirty-Nine Steps which stars Robert Powell as Richard Hannay, a role which he reprises in the series, an Edwardian mining engineer from Rhodesia of Scottish origin. It features his adventures in pre-World War I Great Britain. These stories had little in common with Buchan's novels about the character, although some names are taken from his other novels.
Winter SolsticeWinter Solstice · 2003
Winter Solstice
5.02003
SeriesDrama