James Grant

James Grant

Born: October 12, 1936
in Kiren, Argyllshire, Scotland, UK

Movies for James Grant...

Morning Echo
Title: Morning Echo
Character: Gordon Moffatt
Released: April 16, 2010
Type: Movie
The Moffatts are in trouble. Their sick young daughter Franny almost died in October, and, wanting to make her final days good ones, they held a fake Christmas for her. A couple of months later, as the Moffatt household wakes up on December 25th, Franny is still alive, and the rest of the family have fallen apart. Big sister Veronica has hidden the family cat in the cupboard, and spends her days searching the streets for a new family. Brother Neil has given up talking altogether, and barks like a dog at his parents who are arguing about health food. When Franny finally wakes up she announces, with a smile on her face, that today is Valentine's Day.
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The Girl in the Lay-by
Title: The Girl in the Lay-by
Character: Tom Morton
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A girl working as a hotdog server in a Scottish Highlands lay-by dreams of going to New York.
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Beyond Fear
Title: Beyond Fear
Character: Warren Slater
Released: March 30, 1997
Type: Movie
The true story of Stephanie Slater, a British estate agent who was kidnapped, raped, and held for ransom by Michael Sams, who imprisoned her in a coffin-like box for eight days.
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The Innocent
Title: The Innocent
Character: MacNamee
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: Movie
A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man’s best friend, he falls in love with a mysterious woman who will take him on the dark side of evil.
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Braindead
Title: Braindead
Character: Tram Driver
Released: August 13, 1992
Type: Movie
When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
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Prick Up Your Ears
Title: Prick Up Your Ears
Character: William Orton
Released: April 17, 1987
Type: Movie
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
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Blood Red Roses
Title: Blood Red Roses
Character: Sandy
Released: December 4, 1986
Type: Movie
A woman looks back on her life as a political activist in Scotland from the 1950s to the 1970s.
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Title: Lovejoy
Character: Montrose
Released: January 10, 1986
Type: TV
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
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Title: The Mysteries
Character: Peter / Wise Man
Released: December 22, 1985
Type: TV
National Theatre Cottesloe production filmed for Channel 4
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The Hothouse
Title: The Hothouse
Character: Gibbs
Released: March 27, 1982
Type: Movie
Mystery surrounds the death of a patient; another has given birth to a child, father unknown. 'Irregular' occurrences in a government psychiatric hospital build to a terrifying climax.
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Friends and Other Lovers
Title: Friends and Other Lovers
Character: Peter
Released: August 5, 1981
Type: Movie
Traces the history of Anna who leaves school and becomes a prostitute. Three years later she becomes involved with a lecturer at college in Oxford.
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Willie Rough
Title: Willie Rough
Character: Willie Rough
Released: March 9, 1976
Type: Movie
In the dark days of 1914 Willie Rough set out to find work in Greenock. He becomes a shipbuilding shop steward and soon finds himself involved in a bitter political and industrial conflict.
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Title: The Hanged Man
Character: Ian Duncan
Released: February 15, 1975
Type: TV
After surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to remain "dead" after the most recent one so he can go undercover and find out which of his close friends and business associates want him dead.
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Title: The Revenue Men
Character: Ross McInnes
Released: March 28, 1967
Type: TV
The Revenue Men is a British television series, produced and transmitted by the BBC between 1967 and 1968. The series dealt with cases handled by the Investigation Branch of Customs and Excise such as the illegal import of goods, illegal immigration and business transactions amongst travellers. The Revenue Men was produced by Gerard Glaister. The series lasted for three series and 39 episodes in total. In spite of this fact, all of the episodes were later wiped, with no episodes extant in the BBC archives as of 2009.