John Cairney

John Cairney
Cairney as Robert Burns (1965)
Born(1930-02-16)16 February 1930
Glasgow, Scotland
Died6 September 2023(2023-09-06) (aged 93)
NationalityScottish
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
Years active1957–1999
Spouses
Sheila Parker Cowan
(m. 1954; div. 1979)
    Alannah O'Sullivan
    (m. 1980)

    John Cairney (16 February 1930 – 6 September 2023) was a Scottish stage, film and television actor who found fame through his one-man shows on Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Service, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William McGonagall.