Sean Scanlan

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1948|08|18}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland, UK

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2017|04|17|1948|08|18}}

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| occupation = Actor

| known_for = Rab C. Nesbitt, Two Thousand Acres of Sky

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Sean Scanlan (18 August 1948 – 17 April 2017) was a Scottish actor.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19811231&id=esBAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1qUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5639,4914744|title=Glasgow Background Brings Sean into the Picture Again|last=Young|first=Andrew|work=The Herald|location=Glasgow, UK|date=31 December 1981|page=3}} He is known primarily for his many television and stage roles.

Career

Scanlan appeared in a large number of plays and television programmes,{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/features/features-editors-picks/double-trouble-as-sean-takes-on-two-roles.13881802|title=Double trouble as Sean takes on two roles|last=Beacom|first=Brian|work=Evening Times|location=Glasgow|date=30 May 2011|accessdate=3 June 2014}} including as Dougie the ship's mate in The Tales of Para Handy and Shug in Rab C. Nesbitt.{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/features/features-editors-picks/perfect-partnership.13972143|title=Perfect Partnership|last=Beacom|first=Brian|work=Evening Times|location=Glasgow, UK|date=7 June 2011|accessdate=3 June 2014}}

He had a major role in Two Thousand Acres of Sky, playing Gordon Macphee, the ferryboat captain. Smaller parts include playing Kenneth McIver, the unlucky criminal brother of regular cast member TV John McIver in Hamish Macbeth. He also played the part of Duncan 'Jock' Mcevoy in Yorkshire TV's 1982 production of Airline alongside Roy Marsden and Richard Heffer.

In 2011, he performed in Sins of the Father while rehearsing Lark, Clark and the Puppet Handy.

Personal life

Born in Glasgow, Scotland,{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/family-drama-as-barbara-rafferty-hits-1104205|title=Family Drama as Barbara Rafferty hits stage with her husband and son|last=Scott|first=Marion|work=Daily Record|location=Glasgow, UK|date=29 May 2011|accessdate=3 June 2014}} went to St Aloysius College,{{Cite web |date=2017-04-19 |title=Obituary – Sean Scanlan, leading actor in Scottish television and theatre |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15231497.obituary---sean-scanlan-leading-actor-scottish-television-theatre/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The Herald |language=en}} he was married to Barbara Rafferty, whom he met while performing Playing for Real.{{cite news|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/stage/theatre/article3731596.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607023240/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/stage/theatre/article3731596.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 June 2014|title=Old Blood, Òran Mór, Glasgow|last=Radcliffe|first=Allan|work=The Times|location=London, UK|date=5 April 2013|access-date=3 June 2014}}

Sean Scanlan died on 17 April 2017 to throat cancer, aged 68.{{cite news |title=Rab C Nesbitt and River City star loses cancer fight |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/15231467.sean-scanlan-star-of-rab-c-nesbitt-and-river-city-loses-cancer-fight/ |access-date=3 January 2024}}[http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15231497.Obituary___Sean_Scanlan__leading_actor_in_Scottish_television_and_theatre/? Obituary - Sean Scanlan, leading actor in Scottish television and theatre], heraldscotland.com; accessed 20 April 2017.

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Category:1948 births

Category:2017 deaths

Category:Scottish male stage actors

Category:Scottish male television actors

Category:Male actors from Glasgow

Category:British people of Irish descent

Category:20th-century Scottish male actors

Category:21st-century Scottish male actors