Duncan macrae actor biography clinton

Scottish actor (1905–1967)

Not to be confused with Duncan McRae (actor).

John Duncan Macrae (20 August 1905 – 23 March 1967) was one of the leading Scottish actors of his generation.

Duncan macrae actor biography clinton

He worked mainly as a stage actor and also made five television appearances and seventeen films.

Life and career

Macrae was born at 118 Kirkland Street, Maryhill, Glasgow, the fourth of the six children of James Macrae, a sergeant in the Glasgow police force, and his wife, Catherine Graham.^[1] He attended Allan Glen's School and matriculated in the engineering faculty at Glasgow University in 1923–1924, but did not graduate.

He trained as a schoolteacher at Jordanhill College, where he met Ann H Mcallister, the voice coach, who was a profound influence on his life. He taught in Glasgow until he became a professional actor in 1943, after a successful amateur drama career.

He first made his name as a comic actor of distinction with Curtain Theatre, an amateur