 He was born in Redland on Mainland, Orkney.He worked as a joiner and wheelwright and had a workshop in the village of Finstown, in the parish of Firth.He wrote "Reminiscences of an Orkney Parish".Vampire Circus

Vampire Circus is a 1972 British horror film directed by Robert Young and starring Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters and Anthony Higgins (billed as Anthony Corlan).