
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.

Jason and the Argonauts
1963 · as Hylas

A Night to Remember
1958 · as Mr. Murphy

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012 · as Self

A Study in Terror
1965 · as Michael Osborne

Victim
1961 · as Bridie

Lucky Jim
1957 · as Roberts

Ill Met by Moonlight
1957 · as Elias

Shake Hands with the Devil
1959 · as Mike O'Callaghan

The Flesh and the Fiends
1960 · as Chris Jackson

The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964 · as Harry

Henry IV Part 1
1979 · as Archibald

Windom's Way
1957 · as Jan Vidal

Memory & Desire
1998 · as Marriage Celebrant

Sporting Chance
1975 · as The Jenkin Brothers (archive footage)

Miracle in Soho
1957 · as Tom

Nightmare Man
1999 · as Trapper

Operation Bullshine
1959 · as Gunner Willie Ross

The Great Mill Race
1975