John Byrne

John Byrne

Born: January 6, 1940
Died: November 30, 2023
in Paisley, Scotland, UK
John Byrne was an artist, writer and playwright. He was best known for the BBC television series Tutti Frutti and the play Slab Boys.

Movies for John Byrne...

Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
Title: Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
Character: Himself
Released: June 14, 2017
Type: Movie
Celebrating Billy Connolly's 75th birthday and 50 years in the business, three Scottish artists - John Byrne, Jack Vettriano and Rachel MacLean - each create a new portrait of the Big Yin. As he sits with each artist, Billy talks about his remarkable life and career which has taken him from musician and pioneering stand-up to Hollywood star and national treasure.
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American Cousins
Title: American Cousins
Character: Customs Official
Released: November 28, 2003
Type: Movie
Two American mafiosi, Gino and Settimo, take refuge in the Glasgow cafe owned by their Scottish/Italian cousin, but he isn't the tough guy they'd expected. Gino and Settimo try to repay Roberto's hospitality by chasing off a debt collector who wants his property, but their strong arm tactics alarm him and he realises they aren't the PR consultants they claimed to be.
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Byrne About Byrne
Title: Byrne About Byrne
Character: Self/Mobile Library Driver
Released: April 1, 1988
Type: Movie
In this diverse and inventive autobiography, painter and author John Byrne travels from his youth, through his art school years to the period of his stage and TV plays, and on to his death, sometime in the future. With him is Robbie Coltrane as himself and as a shamus invented by Byrne, who discovers there are as many aspects to the author as there are actors playing him.