Malcolm Rennie

{{short description|British actor}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2019}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Malcolm Rennie

| birth_name = Malcolm Forbes Rennie

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|February 17, 1947|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Aberdeen, Scotland

| occupation = Actor

| spouse = {{marriage|Tamara Ustinov|1989}}

}}

Malcolm Forbes Rennie (born 17 February 1947) is a British actor.

Early life

Rennie was born on 17 February 1947, in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Career

He has often played authority figures, including judges and police officers in Coronation Street and The Execution of Gary Glitter. He also played Snout in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.{{fact|date=June 2021}} He appears as Fraser in Mr Selfridge.{{Cite web|title=Shackleton's doomed Trans-Antarctic Expedition|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/stage/11730660.shackletons-doomed-trans-antarctic-expedition/|access-date=2020-06-15|website=The Argus|language=en}}{{Cite web|author=Staff Reporter|title=TV and West End actor Malcolm Rennie brings his one-man show to Newbury {{!}} The Ocelot|url=https://www.theocelot.co.uk/tv-and-west-end-actor-malcolm-rennie-brings-his-one-man-show-to-newbury/|access-date=2020-06-15|language=en-GB}}

Personal life

He is married to the actress Tamara Ustinov, daughter of Peter Ustinov.{{Cite web|date=2013-01-30|title=Ustinov vs Ustinov: The ruinous legal battle tearing a family apart|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ustinov-vs-ustinov-ruinous-legal-battle-tearing-family-apart-8473938.html|access-date=2021-06-17|website=The Independent|language=en}} The website About Aberdeen lists him as a famous Aberdonian.[https://aboutaberdeen.com/Malcolm-Rennie Famous Aberdonians > Malcolm Rennie] Accessed online 11 February 2019

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"

|+

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1974

|Ransom

|Terry

|

2011

|Hysteria

|Lord St. John-Smythe

|

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1970–2011

|Coronation Street

|Judge / Eddie Pritchard

|7 episodes

1973

|Scotch on the Rocks

|S.L.A. Sergeant

|Episode: "Phase 4"

1975

|Churchill's People

|MacDonnell

|Episode: "O Canada"

1975

|Softly, Softly: Task Force

|PC Perry

|12 episodes

1976

|When Santa Rode the Prairie

|Beastly Bill Bracken

|Television film

1976

|Crown Court

|Hamish Stewart-MacKenzie

|Episode: "Auld Lang Syne: Part 1"

1977

|Rentaghost

|Police Constable

|Episode #3.3

1977

|1990

|Emigration Officer

|Episode: "Creed of Slaves"

1980

|Pride and Prejudice

|Mr Collins

|2 episodes

1982

|Cloud Howe

|Hairy Hogg

|4 episodes

1982–1983

|King's Royal

|Peter Ross

|13 episodes

1983

|The Consultant

|Tuckman

|Episode: "Extension of Credit"

1987–1988

|The Lenny Henry Show

|Sgt. Lillie

|12 episodes

1989

|Screen One

|Forsyth

|Episode: "The Accountant"

1991

|Devices and Desires

|Mr. Mair

|Episode #1.2

1991, 2009

|The Bill

|Thomas Lovell / Griffiths

|2 episodes

1992

|Bookmark

|Hugh Pollock

|Episode: "Sunny Stories"

1993

|Taggart

|Willie Fraser

|3 episodes

1997

|Highlander: The Series

|Drimble / Smythe

|2 episodes

1999

|Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married

|Karen's Dad

|Episode: "To Scotland and Back"

2000

|Midsomer Murders

|Alderman

|Episode: "Judgement Day"

2002

|Monarch of the Glen

|McGregor

|2 episodes

2005

|Pride and Prejudice Revisited

|Mr Collins

| rowspan="2" |Television film

2006

|Losing It

|Mr. Pringle

2006–2008

|Doctors

|Various roles

|6 episodes

2008

|Never Better

|Peter

|Episode: "Good Samaritan"

2009

|Monday Monday

|Bryan

|Episode #1.4

2009

|The Execution of Gary Glitter

|Judge

| rowspan="2" |Television film

2009

|Doctor Who: Mission to Magnus

|Anzor

2012

|Sherlock

|Judge

|Episode: "The Reichenbach Fall"

2013–2016

|Mr Selfridge

|Fraser

|32 episodes

2021

|Ted Lasso

|Renee

|Episode: "Beard After Hours"

2024

|Heartstopper

|Grandad Roger

|Episode: "Winter"

References

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