Tags: None. Scottish actor John Fraser has died at the age of 89 after a battle with cancer, his family has said. Senior Member. November 6, 1932 - July 20, 2019 (86 years old) Billerica, MA Services By McDonald-Finnegan Funeral Home Inc Tributes have been paid in memory of Frasier actor John Mahoney, who died this week at the age of 77. John Fraser (actor) (1931–2020), Scottish actor; John MacLeod Fraser (1935–2010), former Canadian ambassador to China; John Fraser (novelist, poet) (born 1939), English professor, novelist, and poet; John A. Fraser (businessman) (born 1951), Australian businessman; John Fraser, a musician in the James Wright Group; Other uses. [4][5], In 2004, he published his autobiography, Close Up, in which he wrote frankly about his gay life and friendships. John Fraser (actor) John Alexander Fraser (18 March 1931 – 6 November 2020) was a Scottish actor and author. John Fraser as Flt Lt John Hopgood in The Dam Busters. His cause of death has now been revealed. See all photos. [1][2] He is best known for his performances in the films The Dam Busters (1955), The Dam Busters. The Bill is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. John Fraser, who has died aged 89, was a British film star who captured the public’s imagination when he appeared in The Dam Busters as Flight Lieutenant JV “Hoppy” Hopgood, … Tigon Man. Weitere bedeutende Rollen spielte er in Anthony Manns Historienfilm El Cid (als „König Alfonso“), in Roman Polańskis Thriller Ekel als unglücksseliger Verehrer von Catherine Deneuves Hauptfigur sowie in Karel Reiszs Filmbiografie Isadora über die Tänzerin Isadora Duncan. John William Fraser was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada on 22 September 1922 and joined the RCAF soon after the war started. He was best known for his roles in The Good Companions (1957), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), El Cid (1961), Repulsion (1965) and Isadora (1968).. References The Scottish actor, John Fraser, died this week at the age of 89. He was nominated for a British Academy Award as Best Actor for his performance, opposite Peter Finch, as Bosie in The Trials of Oscar Wilde. John Fraser has sadly died (Picture: REX) The Dam Busters star John Fraser has died aged 89 following a battle with cancer. [2] Bekannt wurde Fraser vor allem in den 1960er Jahren, als er zu Großbritanniens führenden Kinoschauspielern gehörte und häufiger Hauptrollen spielte. The Scottish actor and author was John Alexander Fraser. [4] Um die Jahrtausendwende hatte Fraser seine Schauspielkarriere weitgehend beendet und verbrachte seinen Ruhestand mit seinem Lebensgefährten auf einem Landsitz in der Toskana. Filmography. The programme originated from a one-off drama, Woodentop, broadcast in August 1983. John Fraser was born on March 18, 1931 in Glasgow, Scotland as John Alexander Fraser. Close Up: An Actor Telling Tales, by John Fraser, Oberon Books, London, 2004. He is best known for his performances in the films The Good Companions (1957), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), El Cid (1961), Repulsion (1965) and Isadora (1968). John Fraser, prolific film actor of 1950s and 1960s once dubbed most handsome man in Britain – obituary. Ab 1953 kam er zu verschiedenen Rollen im Kino und spielte in Kriegsstreifen mehrfach junge Soldaten. He was an ... Born: March 18, 1931 Died: November 7, 2020 (age 89) Photos. [3] Later, Fraser had leading roles in films such as El Cid, Tunes of Glory, The Trials of Oscar Wilde (playing Lord Alfred Douglas), Roman Polanski's Repulsion, Isadora and Schizo. The account of his Glasgow upbringing is a fascinating piece of sociology and helps to shed light on the adult actor. Mit welcher Häufigkeit wird der John fraser voraussichtlich eingesetzt? Tweet. The Scottish actor - once dubbed the "most handsome man in Britain" - starred as Flight Lieutenant J V 'Hoppy' Hopgood … John Fraser (* 18. 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