Scottish guitarist
Entered films in 1915.
Diminutive, wizened Scottish character actor in American films. Notably employed as a voice actor by Disney.
Played the Lead Bank Robber in The original trailer for Spider-Man which depicted a theft of a bank, with the robbers making a getaway in a helicopter. A close-up of the helicopter was shown, until the helicopter stopped, apparently caught in mid-air. As the camera zoomed out, it was shown that the helicopter was caught in a spider web, suspended between the two towers of the World Trade Center. After the attacks on the towers 11 September 2001, however, the trailer was changed.
He is dressed as a hillbilly, wearing a white cowboy hat and an extreme sunburn on the hard and soft book jackets for the English edition of That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx (Author) Publisher: Fourth Estate (6 Jan 2003) Photographer: Herman Agopian / Getty Images.
He was awarded the Australian National Medal in March 1991.
He was awarded the Australian National Medal-First Clasp on March 9, 1991 for diligent long service to the community in hazardous circumstances, including in times of emergency and national disaster, in direct protection of life and property.
He was warded the O.A.M. (Order of Australia Medal) in the 2007 Queens New Years Honours List for services to horticulture, particularly as a contributor to a range of gardening-related television and radio programs and publications.
(January 2009) Malerny, Queensland, Australia
