John Fraser

John Fraser

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Alexander Fraser (1931 - 2020 was a Scottish actor and author. 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). One of his earliest roles was as Inigo Jollifant in the second film version of J. B. Priestley's The Good Companions (1957). He went on to have leading roles in films such as El Cid, The Trials of Oscar Wilde (playing Lord Alfred Douglas), Roman Polanski's Repulsion, Isadora, and Schizo. He made appearances on television series including Danger Man (1964), Randall and Hopkirk (1969), Columbo (1972), Doctor Who (1981), and The Bill (1995). In 2004, he published his autobiography, Close Up, in which he wrote frankly about his gay life and friendships.

  • Title: John Fraser
  • Popularity: 2.481
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1931-03-18
  • Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Homepage: http://www.johnfraser.org.uk/
  • Also Known As: John Alexander Fraser
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John Fraser Movies

  • 1965
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    Repulsion

    Repulsion

    7.4 1965 HD

    Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen,...

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  • 1965
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    Operation Crossbow

    Operation Crossbow

    6.7 1965 HD

    Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between...

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  • 1962
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    Waltz of the Toreadors

    Waltz of the Toreadors

    4.8 1962 HD

    General Fitzhugh, an ageing Lothario has an over-active eye for a pretty woman. Despite a long and satisfying career as a seducer extraordinaire,...

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  • 1960
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    Tunes of Glory

    Tunes of Glory

    7.1 1960 HD

    Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader,...

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  • 1959
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    The Gentle Flame

    The Gentle Flame

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Arcata Promise

    The Arcata Promise

    1 1974 HD

    A down on his luck actor is haunted by his failed career and the promise he made to a young girl he loved but couldn’t keep thanks to his...

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  • 1961
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    El Cid

    El Cid

    6.9 1961 HD

    Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still...

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  • 1958
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    The Wind Cannot Read

    The Wind Cannot Read

    6.3 1958 HD

    A British officer falls in love with his Japanese instructor at a military language school. They start a romance, but she is regarded as the enemy...

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  • 1966
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    Doctor in Clover

    Doctor in Clover

    6 1966 HD

    Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in the story, looking for love and romance from the...

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  • 1963
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    Tamahine

    Tamahine

    4.7 1963 HD

    The headmaster of a stuffy British boys' school receives a surprise visit from the now-grown, and very voluptuous, daughter he fathered years earlier...

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  • 1960
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    The Trials of Oscar Wilde

    The Trials of Oscar Wilde

    6.4 1960 HD

    England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with...

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  • 1969
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    The Ha-Ha

    The Ha-Ha

    1 1969 HD

    A young woman has a mental breakdown in a state institution.

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  • 1961
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    Fury at Smugglers' Bay

    Fury at Smugglers' Bay

    4.6 1961 HD

    It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupation for most fishermen around the British shores....

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  • 1957
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    The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

    1 1957 HD

    The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.

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  • 1953
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    Valley of Song

    Valley of Song

    1 1953 HD

    A little Welsh village is sundered by rival factions when a coveted contralto role in the "Messiah" is given to Mrs. Davies instead of Mrs. Lloyd....

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  • 1955
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    Touch and Go

    Touch and Go

    6.3 1955 HD

    When Jim Fletcher is told by his firm that his new furniture designs are not in keeping with the firm's image he threatens to resign, and decides to...

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  • 1961
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    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    1 1961 HD

    Despite an increasingly sinful life, Dorian Gray keeps on looking young and handsome and innocent - but the portrait of him hidden in his attic keeps...

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  • 1953
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    The Desert Rats

    The Desert Rats

    6.2 1953 HD

    In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important...

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  • 1972
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    The Man and the Snake

    The Man and the Snake

    1 1972 HD

    A young man visits the house of a snake collector...horror ensues

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  • 1970
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    The People’s Jack

    The People’s Jack

    1 1970 HD

    A musical version of the life of the 17th Century English radical politician, John Wilkes, who campaigned for the right for voters to determine...

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  • 1970
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    The Day They Buried Cleaver

    The Day They Buried Cleaver

    1 1970 HD

    The Chief Constable of a grimy northern town runs it his particular way with all natural human failings, bending the rules for the benefit of the...

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  • 1953
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    The Good Beginning

    The Good Beginning

    1 1953 HD

    After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one...

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  • 1975
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    The Doll

    The Doll

    7 1975 HD

    Thriller based on Francis Durbridge

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  • 1976
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    Schizo

    Schizo

    5.6 1976 HD

    A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of...

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  • 1968
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    Isadora

    Isadora

    6 1968 HD

    A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance...

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  • 1981
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    Doctor Who: Logopolis

    Doctor Who: Logopolis

    6.5 1981 HD

    After an encounter with the Master, an airline stewardess named Tegan Jovanka becomes an unwitting stowaway aboard the TARDIS as it travels to the...

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  • 1961
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    The Horsemasters

    The Horsemasters

    7 1961 HD

    American students are having a difficult time at a prestigious English riding school. Dinah Wilcox is overly cautious because of memories of an...

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  • 1954
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    Loves of Three Queens

    Loves of Three Queens

    1 1954 HD

    At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict,...

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  • 1955
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    The Dam Busters

    The Dam Busters

    6.8 1955 HD

    The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617...

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  • 1965
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    A Study in Terror

    A Study in Terror

    6.3 1965 HD

    When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is...

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  • 1954
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    The Fate of Two Queens

    The Fate of Two Queens

    1 1954 HD

    Anthology film in which Hedy Lamarr plays 2 queens during 2 different time periods. Ulmer directed the Genoveffa di Brabante part whereas...

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  • 1983
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    The Secret Adversary

    The Secret Adversary

    6.8 1983 HD

    After a chance meeting and an indiscreet conversation, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley become involved in a convoluted intrigue...

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  • 1964
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    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    1 1964 HD

    Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves...

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  • 1963
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    The Patriots

    The Patriots

    1 1963 HD

    Thomas Jefferson has just returned from France, hoping to relax with his daughters at Monticello. George Washington however, has a favor to ask of...

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  • 1975
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    The Man from Hong Kong

    The Man from Hong Kong

    6.7 1975 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Bill

    The Bill

    6.6 1984 HD

    The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and...

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.864 1963 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1962
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    Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    6 1962 HD

    Dr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella ‘Country...

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  • 1971
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    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    7.3 1971 HD

    Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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  • 1952
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    Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

    3.5 1952 HD

    Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an...

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  • 1966
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    Mystery and Imagination

    Mystery and Imagination

    5.5 1966 HD

    Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to...

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  • 1980
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    Lady Killers

    Lady Killers

    5 1980 HD

    Compelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which both male and female defendants stood accused of the...

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  • 1994
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    Scarlett

    Scarlett

    6.6 1994 HD

    Scarlett O’Hara’s flight from the scrutiny of Atlanta society takes her on a journey to Savannah and Charleston, to England, and to...

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  • 1979
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    Thundercloud

    Thundercloud

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1971
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    Columbo

    Columbo

    8.1 1971 HD

    Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing...

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  • 1974
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    NOVA

    NOVA

    6.8 1974 HD

    PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and...

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  • 1975
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    The Doll

    The Doll

    1 1975 HD

    A Francis Durbridge Mystery.

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  • 1983
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    Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

    Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

    6.071 1983 HD

    Spirited dialogue, posh Roaring '20s style, and devious mysteries abound as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford mix marriage and mystery solving.

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  • 1954
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    The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

    7.6 1954 HD

    Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series...

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  • 1950
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    Sunday Night Theatre

    Sunday Night Theatre

    3.5 1950 HD

    Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The...

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