Alexander Morton

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Alexander "Sandy" Morton (born March 24, 1945 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish actor.

Career

Alexander Morton was born in Glasgow on March 24, 1945. After completing his school career, he attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London from 1965 to 1968 and began working full-time as an actor.

He achieved national fame primarily through his participation in the TV series Taggart , Second Sight , Between the Lines , Minder and Casualty , as well as through his roles in the films Croupier , London to Brighton and dramas such as The One That Got Away , Looking After Jo Jo , and The Man-Eating Wolves of Gysinge .

He became known to the television audience in particular through the roles of the gamekeeper Golly Mackenzie in the BBC TV series Monarch of the Glen (2000-2005). Before that, he also had several regular guest appearances in the 1980s and 1990s as Andy Semple in the Scottish soap opera Take the High Road .

Major theatrical roles played by Morton include the Scots performances of Macbeth in William Shakespeare's Macbeth and the role of RP McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , both of which were directed by Robert Carlyle . Together with Carlyle, Morton had also founded the Raindog Theater Company. He has also worked regularly with the theater groups 7:84 and Borderline and has also performed at the Traverse Theater , the Lyceum , the Bush , the Royal Court and as a pantomime artist at the King's Theater in Glasgow.

Morton's fourth area of ​​activity is the recording of radio plays . In 2007, for example, he spoke Count Dracula in the BBC radio version of Dracula (Voyage of the Demeter, 2006) or Inspector Rebus in the first adaptation of Ian Rankin's Rebus series. He also spoke voice memos for the video games Heavenly Sword , Witcher and Viking: Battle for Asgard .

In 2011, Morton was hired for the first time for spoken word passages on a music album, the concept album Helvetios by the Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie . Eluveitie front man Chrigel Glanzmann became aware of Morton through the film Walhalla Rising , and explained his motivation for the actor's commitment to the music press: “The idea of ​​the text [spoken by Morton] is that an old man, who experienced the horrors of the Gallic War first hand on the battlefield in his youth , but survived all the war years, looks back at the end of his life ... and tells. "He also commented on the recordings as follows:

“We are happy and proud that we were able to win our dream candidate for these parts. [...] With his deep, rough and sonorous voice, Sandy is simply perfect for the parts on 'Helvetios'! [...] He put himself into the characters of the album, felt himself into the lyrics and conveyed the 'spirit' absolutely convincingly! "

- Chrigel Glanzmann

Private life

Morton was married three times and has two children, Kerry (* 1970) and Jamie (* 1980). His first wife was the actress Pam Scotcher.

In 1972, Alexander Morton was the protagonist in a cartoon for the satirical magazine Punch .

Filmography (selection)

Theater roles (selection)

Selected theater roles
year piece role Remarks
1976 An Me Wi a Bad Leg Tae Peter Original performance of Billy Connolly 's first play, directed by Stuart Mungall
1979 Slab Boys trilogy Mr. Curry / Workman John Byrne's most successful stage trilogy
1984 William Wallace William Wallace Borderline Theater Company, directed by Stuart Mungall.
1985 The Bruce Robert I. At the Edinburgh Festival
1986 Robert Burns Robert Burns Written by Joe Corrie, Scottish Theater Company , directed by David Hayman
1986 The Gorbals Story Peter O'Reilly Written by Robert Mcleish. 7:84 Theater Co., directed by David Hayman
1989 The Sash William MacWilliam Written by Hector MacMillan. 7:84 Theater Co., directed by Gerard Kelly
1991 Red Riding Hood : The Sequel Wolverine Directed by Andy Gray .
1991 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest RPMcMurphy Raindog Theater Company, directed by Robert Carlyle
1992 Macbeth : In the Scots Tongue Macbeth Raindog Theater Company, director Robert Carlyle won the Best Director Award for it
1994 Dick Wittington King Council King's Theater (Glasgow), with Christopher Biggins
1995 Follow Follow: The Rangers Story Max Factor King's Theater Glasgow / Glasgow Rangers FC , directed by Ron Bain
1996 The Architect Leo Black Traverse Theater (Edinburgh), directed by Philip Howard
1998 Buried Treasure Frank McCoig Lyric Theater (London), directed by Robin Lefevre

Radio plays

Selected BBC radio plays
year piece role Remarks
1982 The Thirty Nine Steps Franklin P. Scudder Adaptation of John Buchan 's book of the same name, (see also The 39 Steps (1978) )
1988 Death of a Fly Alec Bodine Detective story told from the perspective of a fly
1995 The Serpent's Back Cully First adaptation of Ian Rankin's Cully series
1997 Let it bleed Inspector Rebus First adaptation of Ian Rankin's Rebus series
1998 Tunes of Glory Basil Barrow
2004 Dr Korczak's Example Dr. Janusz Korczak BBC Radio 4 (Saturday Play), directed by Lu Kemp
2005 The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch Swatchell BBC Radio 3 , directed by Lu Kemp
2007 Voyage of the Demeter Count Dracula
2008 They Have Oak Trees in North Carolina Ray BBC Radio 4 (Friday Play), directed by Gaynor Macfarlane
2011 Occupation Kenny Gall BBC Radio 4 (Afternoon Play), directed by Gaynor Macfarlane

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Christian "Chrigel" Glanzmann: Studio blog: Narrations (first guest musician known). eluveitie.ch, September 26, 2011, accessed on October 23, 2011 .
  2. ↑ soulsatzero: INTERVIEWS: Chrigel von Eluveitie. metalnews.de, January 18, 2012, archived from the original on May 5, 2012 ; accessed on March 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ BBC - The Wire - The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch , bbc.co.uk, accessed on April 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ BBC - Friday Play - They Have Oak Trees in North Carolina , bbc.co.uk, accessed April 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ BBC - Afternoon Play - Occupation , bbc.co.uk, accessed April 6, 2012 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Morton, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morton, Sandy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow , Scotland