James Grant
Biography
James Grant was born on October 12, 1936 in Kiren, Argyllshire, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Dead Alive (1992), The Revenue Men (1967) and Prick Up Your Ears (1987).
Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles
Drama Series - 2000, 16 episodes • as Hamish McKinnon
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.
Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes • as Montrose
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
Movie - 1992, 2h 15m • as Tram Driver
When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes • as Arthur Young
After completing a two-year prison sentence for a bribe he didn't take, former DI Alan Lomax wants answers. With at least one luxury left - a narrowboat, and it's on the canals, among the day trippers and travellers, that he means to seek revenge. Not an easy task for an ex-detective isolated on the wrong side of the law.
Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • as MacNamee
A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man’s best friend, he falls in love with a mysterious woman who will take him on the dark side of evil.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as William Orton
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Peter / Wise Man
National Theatre Cottesloe production filmed for Channel 4
Movie - 1986, 2h 15m • as Sandy
A woman looks back on her life as a political activist in Scotland from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Movie - 1997, 2h 15m • as Warren Slater
The true story of Stephanie Slater, a British estate agent who was kidnapped, raped, and held for ransom by Michael Sams, who imprisoned her in a coffin-like box for eight days.
Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • as Tom Morton
A girl working as a hotdog server in a Scottish Highlands lay-by dreams of going to New York.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Willie Rough
In the dark days of 1914 Willie Rough set out to find work in Greenock. He becomes a shipbuilding shop steward and soon finds himself involved in a bitter political and industrial conflict.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Gordon Moffatt
The Moffatts are in trouble. Their sick young daughter Franny almost died in October, and, wanting to make her final days good ones, they held a fake Christmas for her. A couple of months later, as the Moffatt household wakes up on December 25th, Franny is still alive, and the rest of the family have fallen apart. Big sister Veronica has hidden the family cat in the cupboard, and spends her days searching the streets for a new family. Brother Neil has given up talking altogether, and barks like a dog at his parents who are arguing about health food. When Franny finally wakes up she announces, with a smile on her face, that today is Valentine's Day.
Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as Gibbs
Mystery surrounds the death of a patient; another has given birth to a child, father unknown. 'Irregular' occurrences in a government psychiatric hospital build to a terrifying climax.