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Acting

Gordon Jackson

Career: Active from 1942 to 1991, busiest in 1959 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 33
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Greyfriars Bobby
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Gordon Jackson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.4, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.8, average 2.2
Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 4
Nostalgic 3
Political Intrigue 3
Character-Driven 3
Character Study 3
Cold War Espionage 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Tense Atmosphere 2
Emotional Journey 2
Non-Linear Storytelling 2
Period Drama 2
Class Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

113

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

1 title

Effie's Burning

as Jessop Brown

1980s

13 titles · average score 68

The Winslow Boy

as Arthur Winslow

Campion

70

TV show · as Professor Gardner Cairey

Noble House

73

TV show · as Supt. Armstrong

The Play on One

TV show · as Jessop Brown

The Lady and the Highwayman

53

as Harry

Gunpowder

as Sir Anthony Phelps

The Whistle Blower

73

as Bruce

My Brother Tom

as Lockie McGibbon

Shaka Zulu

74

TV show · as Prof. Bramston

The Shooting Party

67

as Tom Harker

The Masks of Death

53

as Inspector Alec MacDonald

A Town Like Alice

81

TV show · as Noel Strachan

1970s

21 titles · average score 62

Hart to Hart

60

TV show · as Sir William

The Last Giraffe

as Fielding

The Professionals

78

TV show · as George Cowley

Golden Rendezvous

49

as Dr. Marston

Spectre

58

as Inspector Cabell

Russian Roulette

48

as Brian Hardison

The Square of Three

as Major Browne

Madame Sin

47

as Commander Cavendish

Upstairs, Downstairs

81

TV show · as Angus Hudson

Kidnapped

59

as Charles Stewart

Budgie

73

TV show · as Soapy Simon

Scrooge

69

as Tom - Friend of Harry's

1960s

30 titles · average score 67

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

78

as Gordon Lowther

Run Wild, Run Free

70

as Mr. Ransome

Hamlet

63

as Horatio

Danger Route

55

as Brian Stern

The Fighting Prince of Donegal

43

as Captain Leeds

The Ipcress File

76

as Jock Carswell

The Great Escape

87

as MacDonald 'Intelligence'

Mutiny on the Bounty

64

as Seaman Edward Birkett

Two Wives at One Wedding

as Dr. Thomas Murray

Greyfriars Bobby

86

as Farmer

Snowball

71

as Bill Donovan

Tunes of Glory

72

as Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (Battalion Adjutant)

1950s

35 titles · average score 62

Devil's Bait

as Sergeant Malcolm

The Price of Silence

as Roger Fenton

Blind Date

63

as Sergeant

Yesterday's Enemy

75

as Sgt. MacKenzie

Blind Spot

56

as 'Chalky' White

Three Crooked Men

as Don Wescot

The Delavine Affair

55

as Peter J. Florian

Moby Dick—Rehearsed

as A Young Actor /Ishmael

Death Goes to School

58

as Detective Inspector Campbell

Meet Mr. Lucifer

55

as Hector McPhee

Happy Go Lovely

69

as Paul Tracy

Bitter Springs

64

as Mac

1940s

13 titles · average score 66

Whisky Galore!

85

as George Campbell

Floodtide

as David Shields

Stop Press Girl

as Jock Melville

Eureka Stockade

62

as Tom Kennedy

Against the Wind

60

as Scotty Duncan

Pink String and Sealing Wax

64

as David Sutton

Pursuit to Algiers

65

as Steward (uncredited)

Millions Like Us

62

as Fred Blake

Nine Men

63

as Young 'un

San Demetrio London

67

as Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio

The Foreman Went to France

67

as Alastair 'Jock' MacFarlan, 19th Fusillers

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

69

as (uncredited)