Campbell Morrison
{{Short description|Scottish actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Campbell Morrison
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = William Morrison
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|06|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|01|10|1952|06|21|df=y}}
| death_place = Warminster, England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1975–2006
| known_for = Eldorado, EastEnders
| spouse = Nicki Ballantyne
| children = 3, including Luke
}}
Campbell Morrison (born William Morrison; 21 June 1952 – 10 January 2008){{cite news | url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/wtcommunity/celebrating/1981108.obituary_mr_campbell_morrison/ | title=OBITUARY: Mr Campbell Morrison | work=Wiltshire Times | date=21 January 2008 | accessdate=8 October 2015}} was a Scottish actor.
He played one of the main characters, Drew Lockhead in the soap opera Eldorado and also appeared in EastEnders playing DCI Charlie Mason. Morrison was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the early eighties.{{Cite book|title=Shakespeare in the Theatre: Nicholas Hytner|last=Rokison-Woodall|first=Abigail|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2017|isbn=978-1472581600|location=London}}
Other roles included Police Constable Eustace Oates in Jeeves & Wooster and Gordon Gallagher in the Sky One series Dream Team.
He had two sons, Tom and Luke, from a previous marriage, and a daughter, Lily, with his wife, Nicki Ballantyne.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1975
| {{sortname|The|Boat|nolink=y}} | | Short |
| 1987
| Man at Rubbish Tip | |
| 1991
| {{sortname|The|Pope Must Die}} | Big Security Guard | |
| 1991
| Scotsman | |
| 1995
| {{sortname|The|Innocent Sleep}} | Mac | |
| 1998
| Middleton's Changeling | Lollio | |
| 2002
| Mad Dogs | Dr. Mackenzie | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1979
| At the Shipyard | Episode: "Just a Boys' Game" |
| 1982–83
| Bonzo Brown | Episodes: "Short Sharp Shock" & " Marmalade at the Albert Hall" |
| 1983
|Hugo Maitland |Episode: "Mother's Boy: Part 1" |
| 1983
| Gunfight at the Joe Kaye Corral | Gratt Clanton | TV movie |
| 1985
| Bulman | Jerry | Episode: "The Daughter Was a Dancer" |
| 1987
| Bread | 1st Dealer | Episode #3.2 |
| 1987
| {{sortname|The|Bill}} | Mr Weir | Episode: "Overnight Stay" |
| 1988
| Journalist | Episode: "Berlin Game: Part 1 & 2" |
| 1988
| God's Frontiersmen | Blacksmith | TV mini-series documentary |
| 1988–89
| Sammy | Main cast |
| 1989
| Sgt. Frank Ellis | Episode #2.6 |
| 1989
| Boon | Brian, Black Knight | Episode: "All in a Day's Pork" |
| 1990
| Jimmy Taylor | Episode: "Making History" |
| 1990
| {{sortname|The|Bill}} | Wagon Driver | Episode: "Decisions" |
| 1990
| Taggart | Willie Jamieson | Episode: "Hostile Witness" |
| 1991
| Spatz | Boris Kitchenko | Episode: "From Russia with Love" |
| 1991
| Oates | Episodes: "The Silver Jug (or Jeeves Saves the Cow Creamer)" & "The Bassetts' Fancy Dress Ball (or A Plan for Gussie)" |
| 1991
| Specials | Sgt. McAllister | Main cast |
| 1992
| Policeman in Cell | Episode: "The Grass Arena" |
| 1992
| Murphy | Episode: "Past, Present and Future" |
| 1992–93
| Eldorado | Drew Lockhead | Main cast |
| 1994
| {{sortname|The|Bill}} | Larry Wilson | Episode: "One Born Every Minute" |
| 1995
| 99-1 | Brock | Episode: "Shooting Party" |
| 1995
| Casualty | DC Pete Sherwin | Episode: "Turning Point" |
| 1996
| Donga | Episode: "Pie" |
| 1996
| {{sortname|The|Bill}} | George Jonson | Episode: "Cuckoo" |
| 1996
| Bad Boys | Scud | Episode: "No Pain, No Gain" |
| 1995–97
| Harry Balfour | |
| 1997
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Sergeant Fullerton / Flight Sergeant Fullerton | Episode 1.2 & 1.3 |
| 1998
| {{sortname|A|Respectable Trade}} | Jack Kedge | Episode 1.2 |
| 1999
| Danny Jones | Episode: "Welcome to Home Farm" |
| 1999
| {{sortname|The|Scarlet Pimpernel|dab=TV series}} | Thouret | Episode: "The Scarlet Pimpernel" |
| 1999
| Psychos | Bob Logan | Episode 1.3 |
| 1999
| Badger | Don King | Episode: "The World According to Carp" |
| 1996–99
| DCI Charlie Mason | 19 episodes |
| 1999
| Taggart | Ricky Strachan | Episode: "Fearful Lightning" |
| 1999–2000
| Gordon Gallagher | 24 episodes |
| 2000
| Neville Rose | Episode 1.4802 & 1.4804 |
| 2000
| Casualty | Eddie Harris | Episode: "Coming Clean" |
| 2001
| Arielo | Episode: "The Most Wanted Man" |
| 2002
| {{sortname|The|Bill}} | DCC Gordon Cooper | 4 episodes |
| 2003
| Overnite Express | Wullie | Episode 1.2 |
| 2003
| H Armstrong | Episode 3.1 |
| 2004
| Taggart | Martin Turner | Episode: "Saints and Sinners" |
| 2005
| Brian Shearlaw | Episode: "Actions Speak Louder" |
| 2005
| Doctors | Gerry McCann | Episode: "Watch the Birdie" |
| 2005
| Dave | Episode 3.4 |
| 2006
| D.C.I. Ian Sinclair | Episode: "Wicca Work" |
| 2006
| Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup | McTavish | TV movie |
| 2006
| {{sortname|A|Touch of Frost}} | Colin Edwards | Episode: "Endangered Species" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0607094}}
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Category:Scottish male television actors
Category:Royal Shakespeare Company members
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