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Gordon Jackson

1923 - 1990

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Gordon Cameron Jackson (19 December 1923 – 15 January 1990) was a Scottish actor. He is best remembered for his roles as the butler Angus Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs and as George Cowley, the head of CI5, in The Professionals. He also portrayed Capt Jimmy Cairns in Tunes of Glory, and Flt. Lt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gordon Jackson is the 2,657th most popular actor (up from 2,962nd in 2019), the 2,598th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,539th in 2019) and the 333rd most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Gordon Jackson ranks 2,657 out of 13,578. Before him are William Forsythe, Franka Potente, Grey DeLisle, Pamela Bach, Mary Ure, and Girish Karnad. After him are Nieves Navarro, Gale Sondergaard, Jill St. John, Bill Irwin, E. G. Daily, and Heather Graham.

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Among people born in 1923, Gordon Jackson ranks 191. Before him are Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Brian Naylor, Richard Herrmann, Jimmy Mullen, Lucía Hiriart, and Nirmala Srivastava. After him are Alexander Yakovlev, Evelyn McHale, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Sam Phillips, and Václav Ježek. Among people deceased in 1990, Gordon Jackson ranks 130. Before him are Matvey Blanter, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Dodie Smith, Hans Freudenthal, Kelly Johnson, and Dámaso Alonso. After him are Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Aldo Fabrizi, Luís Carlos Prestes, Rodolfo Orlandini, Del Shannon, and Vladimir Stoychev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gordon Jackson ranks 2,599 out of 8,785. Before him are Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), Alfred Tysoe (1874), Mary Ure (1933), Henry Percy (1364), A. H. M. Jones (1904), and William Curtis (1746). After him are Glen Matlock (1956), Tom Hiddleston (1981), Edward Vernon (1684), Lewis Gilbert (1920), Damien Hirst (1965), and Lady Caroline Lamb (1785).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Gordon Jackson ranks 333. Before him are Eric Porter (1928), Miriam Margolyes (1941), Barbara Steele (1937), Lesley Nicol (1953), Robert Morley (1908), and Mary Ure (1933). After him are Tom Hiddleston (1981), Stuart Wilson (1946), Frank Finlay (1926), John Mahoney (1940), Patricia Quinn (1944), and Janet McTeer (1961).

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