Jake D'Arcy
{{Short description|Scottish actor (1945–2015)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jake D'Arcy
| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|7|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chichester, West Sussex, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|05|28|1945|7|20|df=y}}
| death_place = Glasgow, Scotland
| nationality = Scottish
| occupation = Actor
| years_active =
}}
John Paterson Sinclair{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/still-game-actor-jake-darcys-funeral-held-1503157|title=Still Game actor Jake D'Arcy's funeral held|website=www.scotsman.com|date=6 June 2015 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results|title=Search results|website=ScotlandsPeople|access-date=18 October 2019|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121173828/https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results|url-status=dead}} (20 July 1945 – 28 May 2015), better known as Jake D'Arcy, was a Scottish actor. He appeared in a number of television series, including as "Pete the Jakey" in the comedy programme Still Game from 2002 until 2007,{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-32943015|title=Tributes after Still Game actor Jake D'Arcy dies|work=BBC News |date=30 May 2015}} and as 'Fud' O'Donnell in the 1987 Tutti Frutti. In films he played Coach Phil Menzies in Gregory's Girl (1981).
Theatre
| class="wikitable" | |||||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Company ! Director ! Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | The Ship | Bob | The Ship's Company, Govan | Bill Bryden | play by Bill Bryden staged at Harland and Wolff, Govan |
Television and film
Starting in the early 1970s, D'Arcy had roles in films and television, appearing in such TV dramas and films as Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Minder, Tutti Frutti, Rab C. Nesbitt, Takin' Over the Asylum, Hamish Macbeth, Taggart and Still Game.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fa1fd20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824075141/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fa1fd20|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 August 2017|title=Jake D'arcy|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=4064|title=Jake D'Arcy|website=www.aveleyman.com}} He appeared in the 2009 Christmas special of British comedy show Outnumbered.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pk6h2|title=Christmas Special 2009, Outnumbered - BBC One|publisher=BBC|accessdate=3 June 2017}}
D'Arcy also had a brief guest appearance as Archie Gordon, the Father of the Samantha Womack character Antonia "Toni" Gordon in the popular CITV show Spatz in 1990. (Series 1, Episode 2).{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc5l5tjLq2A |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Nc5l5tjLq2A |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Spatz S1E3 (1990) - FULL EPISODE|date=27 June 2017 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}
In 2014, he played Smokey in the film What We Did on Our Holiday.{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/stars-mourn-still-game-and-gregory-s-girl-actor-jake-d-arcy-10286694.html|title=Jake D'Arcy dies: Stars mourn Still Game and Gregory's Girl actor|first=Gareth|last=Vipers|date=30 May 2015|website=www.standard.co.uk}}
Death
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=2|1981
| Robbie | |
| Gregory's Girl
| Coach Phil Menzies | |
| 1986
| Wee Man in Bar | |
| rowspan=2|1994
| Tam | |
| Staggered
| Pilot | |
| 1996
| Chief MacKenzie | |
| rowspan=2|2000
| Farmer McClaughlin | |
| Beautiful Creatures
| Train Guard | |
| 2014
| Smokey | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0195438}}
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Category:Scottish male film actors
Category:Scottish male television actors
Category:Male actors from Chichester
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