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Andrew Keir

Highest Rated: 88% Quatermass and the Pit (Five Million Years to Earth)(The Mind Benders) (1967)

Lowest Rated: 13% The Night Visitor (1970)

Birthday: Apr 3, 1926

Birthplace: Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

Andrew Keir was born in a small coal mining town and as a teenager worked in the mines alongside his father before gaining a spot as an actor in the town's local theater company after a regular performers didn't show up for a performance. Keir liked his first acting experience so much that he decided to pursue it further by attending the Unity Theatre in Glasgow at the age of 20 before later joining Glasgow's Citizens' Theatre. Keir's film career started in the early 1950s with character roles in the comedy "The Lady Craved Excitement," the mine accident drama "The Brave Don't Cry," and the romantic comedy "Scotch on the Rocks." He would continue to land various character roles in both film and television throughout the 1950s before getting larger roles mostly in horror films produced by Hammer Productions during the 1960s. He appeared in "Pirates of Blood River," "Dracula: Prince of Darkness," and his most notable role as Professor Bernard Quatermass in "Quatermass and the Pit." "Quatermass and the Pit" proved to be Keir's most recognizable and popular work.He would continue to provide solid character performances in film and television throughout the 1970s and 1980s with parts in drama series like the religious drama "Adam Smith," "The Outsiders," and "King's Royal." Keir would take fewer parts in the 1990s including a supporting role alongside Liam Neeson in the biographical drama "Rob Roy." Keir worked until his death at the age of 71.

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Highest-Rated Movies

88% 74% Quatermass and the Pit (Five Million Years to Earth)(The Mind Benders)
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81% 66% Dracula, Prince of Darkness
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80% 65% The Maggie
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75% 93% Lion of the Desert
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73% 75% Rob Roy
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69% 54% Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
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67% 55% Mary, Queen of Scots
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56% 67% Cleopatra Watchlist
13% 51% The Night Visitor
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Filmography

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Dragon Tales 2022 Actor Dragonworld II 1999 Angus Actor The Princess Stallion 69% 1997 Fergus Actor Rob Roy 73% 75% 1995 Duke of Argyll Actor Dragonworld 61% 1994 Angus McGowan Actor Blood Hunt 1986 Actor Haunters of the Deep 1985 Captain Tregellis Actor Lion of the Desert 75% 93% 1981 Salem Actor The 39 Steps 52% 1978 Lord R Actor Absolution 48% 1978 Headmaster Actor Catholics 56% 1973 Father Matthew Actor The Aries Computer 1972 Actor Blood From the Mummy's Tomb 33% 1971 Professor Julian Fuchs Actor Zeppelin 48% 1971 Von Gorian Actor Mary, Queen of Scots 67% 55% 1971 Ruthven Actor The Last Grenade 1970 Gordon Mackenzie Actor Adam's Woman 1970 O'Shea Actor The Night Visitor 13% 51% 1970 Dr. Kemp Actor Attack on the Iron Coast 31% 1968 Capt. Owen Franklin Actor Five Million Years to Earth 100% 1967 Prof. Bernard Quatermass Actor The Viking Queen 15% 1967 Octavian Actor Quatermass and the Pit (Five Million Years to Earth)(The Mind Benders) 88% 74% 1967 Actor The Long Duel 1967 Gungaram Actor Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. 69% 54% 1966 Wyler Actor The Fighting Prince of Donegal 17% 1966 Lord McSweeney Actor
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