Джон Фрейзер: Жизнь и творчество актера и писателя

Scottish actor and author (1931–2020)

John Alexander Fraser (18 March 1931 – 6 November 2020) was a Scottish actor and author. He is best known for his performances in the films The Dam Busters (1955),
The Good Companions (1957), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), El Cid (1961), Repulsion (1965) and Isadora (1968).

One of his earliest roles was as Inigo Jollifant in the second film version of J. B. Priestley's The Good Companions (1957). Later, Fraser had leading roles in films such as El Cid, Tunes of Glory, The Trials of Oscar Wilde (playing Lord Alfred Douglas), Roman Polanski's Repulsion, Isadora and Schizo. He released several singles in the late 1950s. In 2004, he published his autobiography, Close Up, in which he wrote frankly about his gay life and friendships. In the book, Fraser wrote that actor Laurence Harvey was gay and that his long term lover was his manager James Woolf. Of Dirk Bogarde, Fraser wrote, "Dirk's life with [Anthony] Forwood had been so respectable, their love for each other so profound and so enduring, it would have been a glorious day for the pursuit of understanding and the promotion of tolerance if he had screwed up the courage to make one dignified allusion to his true nature. Self love is no substitute for self respect."

YearTitleRoleAwards1953The Good BeginningJohnny Lipson1953Valley of SongCliff Lloyd1953The Desert RatsArtillery Man1953TitanicSteward1954The Face That Launched a Thousand ShipsDrago1955Touch and GoRichard Kenyon1955The Dam BustersFlight Lieutenant John Hopgood DFC1957The Good CompanionsInigo Jollifant1958The Wind Cannot ReadPeter Munroe1960The Trials of Oscar WildeLord Alfred DouglasBAFTA nomination1960Tunes of GloryCorporal Piper Ian Fraser1961El CidPrince Alfonso1961Fury at Smugglers' BayChristopher Trevenyan1962Waltz of the ToreadorsLt. Finch1963 TamahineRichard Poole1965A Study in TerrorLord Carfax1965RepulsionColin1965Operation CrossbowFlight Lieutenant Kenny1966Doctor in CloverMiles Grimsdyke1968IsadoraRoger1975The DollPeter Matty Three episodes1976SchizoLeonard Hawthorne1978 Wilde Alliance ('The Private Army of Colonel Stone', episode)Colonel Stone1981Doctor Who: LogopolisThe Monitor1982Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor HouseUncle Gideon1996Truth or DareGordon Hillan