who directed a 1979 seven-part drama spy mini-series made by BBC TV, that starred a Scottish actor of film, stage and television ?
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (miniseries) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1979 seven-part drama spy mini-series made by BBC TV. John Irvin directed and Jonathan Powell produced this adaptation of John le Carré's novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (1974). The mini-series, which stars Alec Guinness, Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate, Ian Bannen, George Sewell, and Michael Aldridge, was shown in the United Kingdom from 10 September to 22 October 1979 and in the United States beginning on 29 September 1980.
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Ian Richardson Ian William Richardson, (7 April 19349 February 2007) was a Scottish actor of film, stage and television.
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Isla Cameron Isla Cameron (March 5, 1930 – May 1980) was a Scottish actress and singer.
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Timothy West Timothy Lancaster West, CBE (born 20 October 1934), is an English film, stage and television actor.
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James Raglan James Raglan (6 January 1901 – 15 November 1961) was a British film and television actor.
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James Beck Stanley James Carroll Beck (21 February 1929 – 6 August 1973) was an English actor best remembered for his role as Private Walker, the cockney spiv in the popular BBC sitcom "Dad's Army".
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Ian McElhinney Ian McElhinney (born 19 August 1948) is an actor and director from Northern Ireland. He has appeared in many television series in a career spanning more than thirty years. In recent times his best known roles are as Barristan Selmy in "Game of Thrones", and as General Dodonna in "Rogue One".
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Gerard Kelly Gerard "Gerry" Kelly (born Paul Kelly; 27 May 1959 – 28 October 2010) was a Scottish actor who appeared in many comedies, including "City Lights", "Rab C Nesbitt", "Scotch and Wry" and "Extras". He had more serious roles as well, including PC David Gallagher in "Juliet Bravo" (1982), the villainous Jimmy in "EastEnders" (1994) and the villainous Callum Finnegan in "Brookside" (1997–2000).
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Archie Duncan (actor) Archie Duncan (26 May 1914 – 24 July 1979) was a Scottish actor born in Glasgow.
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James Greene (actor) James Greene (born 19 May 1931 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an actor who has appeared in numerous plays and series on United Kingdom television over a 40-year period. He has often played lawyers, clergymen, army officers and latterly judges.
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William Devlin (actor) William Devlin (5 December 1911 – 25 January 1987) was a Scottish actor who appeared widely in films and television in a screen career that lasted from 1937 until 1967. The son of an architect, he was born in Aberdeen in 1911. His first stage appearance was with Nancy Price in the play "Nurse Cavell" by C. S. Forester and C. E. Bechhofer Roberts. In this play he had the role of the spy who betrayed Edith Cavell.
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Alex Norton Alexander Hugh "Alex" Norton (born 27 January 1950) is a Scottish television, film and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as DCI Matt Burke in the STV detective drama series "Taggart", Eric Baird in BBC Two sitcom "Two Doors Down", DCS Wallace in "Extremely Dangerous", Gerard Findlay in "Waterloo Road" and Eddie in the "Renford Rejects". He has also had roles in internationally successful films including "Braveheart", "Local Hero" and "Les Misérables".
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Peter Butterworth Peter William Shorrocks Butterworth (4 February 1919 – 16 January 1979) was an English comedy actor and comedian, best known for his appearances in the "Carry On" series of films. He was also a regular on children's television and radio. He was married to the actress and impressionist Janet Brown. He was also known for playing the Meddling Monk in "Doctor Who".
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David O'Hara David Patrick O'Hara (born 9 July 1965) is a Scottish actor.
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Donald Douglas (Scottish actor) Donald Douglas (born 7 March 1933) is a Scottish actor who has appeared in films and many well known television shows.
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Drummond Erskine James Drummond Erskine III (April 7, 1919 – March 21, 2009) was an American character actor. He appeared in more than 75 films during his decades long acting career, which spanned over 50 years.
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Ronnie Letham Dugald Ronald "Ronnie" Letham (10 September 1949 – 27 March 2008) was a Scottish actor.
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Jack Shepherd (actor) Jack Shepherd (born 29 October 1940) is an English actor, playwright, theatre director, saxophone player and jazz pianist, who made his film debut in 1969 with "All Neat in Black Stockings" and "The Virgin Soldiers". He is perhaps best known for his television roles, most notably the title role in Trevor Griffiths' series about a young Labour MP "Bill Brand" and later the detective drama "Wycliffe".
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John Stuart (actor) John Stuart (born John Alfred Louden Croall; 18 July 1898 – 17 October 1979), was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Dougray Scott Stephen Dougray Scott (born 26 November 1965), better known as Dougray Scott ( ), is a Scottish actor.
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Duncan Pow Duncan Pow (born 1980) is a British actor from Edinburgh, Scotland. He has appeared in numerous TV programmes and films including Black Mirror, 24: Live Another Day, The Night Manager, Humans, The Wrong Mans, Brief Encounters and most recently in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story". He is no doubt best known for his roles as Liam Mackay in the Sky 1 drama Dream Team, and as Dr Linden Cullen in the BBC One medical drama series Holby City.
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Leonard Rossiter Leonard Rossiter (21 October 1926 – 5 October 1984) was an English actor. He had a long career in the theatre but achieved his greatest fame for his television comedy roles, most notably starring as Rupert Rigsby in the ITV series "Rising Damp" from 1974 to 1980, as well as a film version, and Reginald Perrin in the BBC's "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" from 1976 to 1979.