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Douglas Sannachan est un Acteur né le 16 mars 1962 à Glasgow (Royaume-uni)
Douglas Sannachan (born 1962 in Glasgow) is a Scottish actor most widely known for playing Billy the window cleaner in Gregory's Girl. His famous line was "If I don't see you through the week, I'll see you through a window". He grew up in the Calton area of Glasgow and was a pupil at John Street Secondary School, Glasgow. When he was 16 years old he was the subject of a chapter of a book called The Year of the Child by Bel Mooney.
Sannachan was a member of the Glasgow Youth Theatre and is a friend of John Gordon Sinclair and Robert Buchanan. He appeared in other films directed by Bill Forsyth such as That Sinking Feeling in which he played Simmy, and as well as playing Willy, was also the voice of the ice cream van, in Comfort and Joy. He also played Gerry in Submarine Escape, Edward in the Cold War drama Winter Flight and Tam in Living Apart Together.
On television, Douglas was in the children's programme Waiting for Elvis which was part of Dramarama (TV series) written by Alex Norton. The episode featured Fergie (played by Sannachan), a young singer, trying to impress Elvis Presley during his short stop at Prestwick Airport in 1960 on his only confirmed visit to the UK. He played Billy a paramedic, in Life Support (BBC1), Jim in Strathblair (BBC1), Sneck in End of the Line (BBC1) and a murderer Jimmy, in Taggart - Murder in Season on STV when Mark McManus played the title role.
He played a pantomime dame in the Simply Red video for the track Jericho from the album Picture Book. He has continued to act on stage and screen and played the owner of a sauna in Rebus - Resurrection Men. He has also appeared on stage in productions such as The Jesuit in Edinburgh, The Lyons of Lisbon Glasgow, A Family Affair Edinburgh, Rents London and The Lemmings are Coming, London.
He has made over thirty appearances at the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, including Peter Pan, Cinderella, The Wizard of Never Woz Please Stay, The Bigot and Paras Over the Baras.
He has also recorded his voice for radio The Bell and the Tree (Radio Clyde), Choke the Gaffer (Radio Scotland) and Short Plays for Radio (Radio 4) and recorded voiceovers for adverts and a website (Placeconnect.com)link.
Currently he is directing an independent film "Starcache" Link. The film is based on the worldwide hobby of Geocaching, but rather than people finding caches hidden in the woods, they are more likely to be killed in unusual and gruesome ways. This has led Sannachan to coin the phrase "Slasher Cacher" to describe the genre. The film should be completed in late 2014.
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Sannachan was a member of the Glasgow Youth Theatre and is a friend of John Gordon Sinclair and Robert Buchanan. He appeared in other films directed by Bill Forsyth such as That Sinking Feeling in which he played Simmy, and as well as playing Willy, was also the voice of the ice cream van, in Comfort and Joy. He also played Gerry in Submarine Escape, Edward in the Cold War drama Winter Flight and Tam in Living Apart Together.
On television, Douglas was in the children's programme Waiting for Elvis which was part of Dramarama (TV series) written by Alex Norton. The episode featured Fergie (played by Sannachan), a young singer, trying to impress Elvis Presley during his short stop at Prestwick Airport in 1960 on his only confirmed visit to the UK. He played Billy a paramedic, in Life Support (BBC1), Jim in Strathblair (BBC1), Sneck in End of the Line (BBC1) and a murderer Jimmy, in Taggart - Murder in Season on STV when Mark McManus played the title role.
He played a pantomime dame in the Simply Red video for the track Jericho from the album Picture Book. He has continued to act on stage and screen and played the owner of a sauna in Rebus - Resurrection Men. He has also appeared on stage in productions such as The Jesuit in Edinburgh, The Lyons of Lisbon Glasgow, A Family Affair Edinburgh, Rents London and The Lemmings are Coming, London.
He has made over thirty appearances at the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, including Peter Pan, Cinderella, The Wizard of Never Woz Please Stay, The Bigot and Paras Over the Baras.
He has also recorded his voice for radio The Bell and the Tree (Radio Clyde), Choke the Gaffer (Radio Scotland) and Short Plays for Radio (Radio 4) and recorded voiceovers for adverts and a website (Placeconnect.com)link.
Currently he is directing an independent film "Starcache" Link. The film is based on the worldwide hobby of Geocaching, but rather than people finding caches hidden in the woods, they are more likely to be killed in unusual and gruesome ways. This has led Sannachan to coin the phrase "Slasher Cacher" to describe the genre. The film should be completed in late 2014.
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Comfort and Joy (1984)
, 1h46Réalisé par Bill Forsyth
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Noël
Acteurs Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Patrick Malahide, Alex Norton, Rikki Fulton
Rôle Trevor's Workman
Note65%
A few days before Christmas, Glasgow radio disc jockey Allan "Dicky" Bird is stunned when Maddy (Eleanor David), his kleptomaniac girlfriend of four years, suddenly announces that she is moving out. His doctor friend Colin (Patrick Malahide) tries to console him, but Bird is heartbroken.
Une fille pour Gregory (1981)
, 1h32Réalisé par Bill Forsyth
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Comédie romantique, Romance
Thèmes Sport, Football
Acteurs John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Clare Grogan, Robert Buchanan, Douglas Sannachan, Alex Norton
Rôle Billy
Note70%
Grégory, un garçon boutonneux et timide, pense beaucoup aux filles mais n'ose pas les aborder. Il tombe malgré tout amoureux de la belle Dorothy. Avec beaucoup d'efforts, il arrive tout de même à lui proposer un rendez-vous mais c'est une autre fille qui se présente.
That Sinking Feeling (1980)
, 1h33Réalisé par Bill Forsyth
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Comédie, Action, Policier
Thèmes Hold up
Acteurs John Gordon Sinclair, Robert Buchanan, Douglas Sannachan
Rôle Simmy
Note66%
Ronnie (Robert Buchanan), Wal (Billy Greenlees), Andy (John Gordon Sinclair) and Vic (John Hughes) are four bored, unemployed teenagers from Glasgow. One day Ronnie comes up with the idea of stealing stainless steel sinks from a warehouse and selling them. Their plan involves dressing up as girls and using a chemical 'stop-motion' potion.