Andrew Keir

Active - 1950 - 1997  |   Born - Apr 3, 1926   |   Died - Oct 5, 1997   |   Genres - Drama, Adventure, Action

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Sturdy Scots actor Andrew Keir played Prince John on the 1958 British TV series Ivanhoe and was seen in such swordfests as The Pirates of Blood River (1961) and The Viking Queen (1967). Keir's other screen assignments have included the role of Agrippa in the 1963 spectacle Cleopatra and the 1971 Hammer horror Blood From the Mummy's Tomb (1971). Keir is best known to "Fantastic Cinema" fanatics for his portrayal of Professor Quatermass in the 1967 film Quatermass and the Pit, and for his performance as Wyler in the "Doctor Who" feature Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966). Andrew Keir was most recently seen in the boisterous historical epic Rob Roy (1995).

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