Angus MacKay (actor)

{{Short description|English actor (1926–2013)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Angus MacKay

| birth_name = Angus Newton MacKay

| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|7|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|06|08|1926|7|15|df=y}}

| death_place = London, England

| occupation = Actor

| notable_works = Doctor Who
Only Fools and Horses

}}

Angus Newton MacKay (15 July 1926{{spaced ndash}}8 June 2013){{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/angus-mackay-muchloved-character-actor-8730773.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/angus-mackay-muchloved-character-actor-8730773.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Angus Mackay: Much-loved character actor |publisher=independent.co.uk |date=2013-07-24 |accessdate=2013-07-25}}{{cbignore}} was an English actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2013/06/angus-mackay-1927-2013.html |title=Angus MacKay 1927-2013 |publisher=Doctor Who News |date= |accessdate=2013-06-24}}{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/tzq/angus-mackay|title=Angus Mackay - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0253b61|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002024511/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0253b61|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 October 2017|title=Angus Mackay|publisher=}}

He amassed numerous television credits during his career in programmes such as The Gentle Touch, One Foot in the Grave, Only Fools and Horses, Howards' Way, The Professionals, Steptoe and Son (as the salesman for the water bed), The Sweeney, Minder and Z-Cars.{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=22519|title=Angus MacKay|website=www.aveleyman.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/angus-mackay/|title=Angus MacKay|first=|last=TV.com|website=TV.com}}

In Doctor Who he was the first actor to play the character Borusa in the story The Deadly Assassin (1976); and was the Headmaster in the story Mawdryn Undead (1983).{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5wVN1DWZ6wBWjzwtddnTYlB/the-fourth-dimension|title=The Deadly Assassin, Season 14, Doctor Who - The Fourth Dimension - BBC One|website=BBC}}

==Filmography==

• Nothing But the Best (1964) - Clergyman
• Darling (1965) - Ivor Dawlish (uncredited)
• Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) - Best Man
• Secret Ceremony (1968) - Vicar (uncredited)
• Revenge (1971) - Priest
• Percy (1971) - TV producer
• Quest for Love (1971) - Dr. Rankin
• The Mirror Crack'd (1980) - Coroner (uncredited)
• National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) - Announcer at Court
• Clockwise (1986) - First Class Passenger
• Prick Up Your Ears (1987) - RADA Judge
• Bullseye! (1990) - Reverend Simkin
• King Ralph (1991) - Assistant Tailor