Acting
Fulton Mackay
Born August 12, 1922 · Paisley, Scotland, UK
Died June 6, 1987 · aged 64
Fulton Mackay OBE (12 August 1922 - 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and playwright, best known for his role as prison officer Mr. Mackay in the 1970s sitcom Porridge.
Known For
Local Hero · 1983Local Hero
★ 6.81983
MovieComedyDrama
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
To Catch a King · 1984To Catch a King
★ 7.01984
MovieThrillerTV Movie
Robert Wagner plays an American who owns a Lisbon nightclub and Teri Garr is a slightly dippy chanteuse who has stumbled across a Nazi plot to kidnap the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, living at the time (1942) in Portugal.
Dreamchild · 1985Dreamchild
★ 6.61985
MovieDramaFantasy
80-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in honour of author Lewis Carroll. As a child, Alice's close friendship with the writer was the creative catalyst for Carroll's most beloved work. However, as Alice reflects on her experiences with the author, she slowly realises the complexity of their bond has had lasting, deeply felt ramifications.
Britannia Hospital · 1982Britannia Hospital
★ 6.21982
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.
Water · 1985Water
★ 6.11985
MovieAdventureComedy
The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.
Nothing But the Night · 1973Nothing But the Night
★ 6.21973
MovieCrimeHorror
When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Col. Bingham and his pathologist friend, Mark, begin looking into the deaths. They come to think the answer lies with one of the girls on the bus, who has vivid memories of things she could not possibly have seen.
Defence of the Realm · 1986Defence of the Realm
★ 6.41986
MovieActionThriller
A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force base. Has there been a Government cover-up? Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam, the MP's assistant, to find out the truth.
Going Gently · 1981Going Gently
★ 7.51981
MovieDramaTV Movie
Play about two elderly cancer patients suffering in hospital.
Filmography
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A Sense of Freedom · 1985A Sense of Freedom
★ 6.51985
MovieCrimeDrama
The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man.
Inspector Davidson
Gumshoe · 1971Gumshoe
★ 6.21971
MovieDramaComedy
A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.
John Straker
Hitler: The Comedy Years · 2007Hitler: The Comedy Years
★ 5.02007
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
Mr. Mackay (archive footage) (uncredited)




































