Walter Carr (né Walter Anderson) (26 December 1925 – 30 May 1998) was a
Scottish actor and comedian.
He played the servant, Jock Carmichael, in the
Edinburgh Gateway Company's
Edinburgh International Festival production of
Robert McLellan's historical comedy ''The Flouers o Edinburgh'' in August 1957, and was in the cast of its production of ''All for Mary'' by
Kay Bannerman and Harold Brooke in February 1958. He played one of the Vices in
Tyrone Guthrie's Edinburgh Festival production of ''
Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaites'' at the
Church of Scotland
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Assembly Hall in August 1959, and Sandy the scout in the 1960 Festival production of
Sydney Goodsir Smith's ''The Wallace''. In 1963, he gave a memorable comedy performance as the imagined invalid in the Gateway's production of ''The Hypochondriack'',
Victor Carin's translation into
Scots of
Molière
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's ''
Le malade imaginaire''.
Possibly his best known role was as the mate Dougie in the TV series ''
The Vital Spark'' (1965–67).
He played Shooey in
Lex MacLean's TV series. Other television roles included Davy McNeil in ''
The Dark Island'' (1962), James Pigg in ''Mr. John Jorrocks'' (1966), and Advocate Fife in ''Weir of Hermiston'' (1973).
He had a minor part as the school teacher in the cult film ''
The Wicker Man'' (1973), and played a jeweller in the comedy ''
The Girl in the Picture'' (1985).
Theatre
Filmography
Film
Personal life
He had a long-term relationship with fellow actor, Leon Sinden (1927–2015) for 46 years, from 1952 until Carr's death in 1998.
[https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13951544.leon-sinden/] They shared an elegant home in Perth.
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1925 births
People from Larkhall
1998 deaths
Sinden family
Theatre in Scotland
Scottish male film actors
Scottish male television actors
20th-century Scottish male actors
Scottish male comedians
20th-century Scottish comedians
Male actors from South Lanarkshire
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