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{{Short description|Scottish actor and author (1931–2020)}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = John Fraser
| image = John_Fraser_(actor).jpg
| caption = ''[[Picturegoer]]'' postcard, 1950s
| birth_name = John Alexander Fraser
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|3|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|6|1931|3|18|df=y}}
| death_place =
| occupation = {{hlist | Actor | writer}}
| years_active = 1952–1996
}}

'''John Alexander Fraser''' (18 March 1931 – 6 November 2020) was a Scottish actor and author.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f9c18ae|title=John Fraser|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref><ref name="HuffingtonPost">{{cite news|last1=Percival|first1=Ash|title=John Fraser, The Dam Busters Star, Dies Aged 89|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/john-fraser-dead-dies-dam-busters_uk_5faaaa08c5b623bfac54002d|work=The Huffington Post|date=10 November 2020}}</ref> He is best known for his performances in the films ''[[The Dam Busters (1955 film)|The Dam Busters]]'' (1955),
''[[The Good Companions (1957 film)|The Good Companions]]'' (1957), ''[[The Trials of Oscar Wilde]]'' (1960), ''[[El Cid (film)|El Cid]]'' (1961), ''[[Repulsion (film)|Repulsion]]'' (1965) and ''[[Isadora (film)|Isadora]]'' (1968).

==Career==
One of his earliest roles was as Inigo Jollifant in [[The Good Companions (1957 film)|the second film version]] of [[J.B. Priestley]]'s ''[[The Good Companions]]'' (1957).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ab5be42|title=The Good Companions (1957)|website=BFI}}</ref> Later, Fraser had leading roles in films such as ''[[El Cid (film)|El Cid]]'', ''[[Tunes of Glory]]'', ''[[The Trials of Oscar Wilde]]'' (playing [[Lord Alfred Douglas]]), [[Roman Polanski]]'s ''[[Repulsion (film)|Repulsion]]'', ''[[Isadora (film)|Isadora]]'' and ''[[Schizo (1976 film)|Schizo]]''.<ref name=bfi/> He made appearances on television series including ''[[Danger Man]]'' (1964), ''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)|Randall and Hopkirk]]'' (1969), ''[[Columbo (TV series)|Columbo]]'' (1972), ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (1981) and ''[[The Bill]]'' (1995).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=6063|title=John Fraser|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/john-fraser/|title=John Fraser|last=TV.com|website=TV.com}}</ref>

He released several singles in the late 1950s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/7n15118|title=John Fraser - Trolley Stop|via=www.45cat.com}}</ref>

In 2004, he published his autobiography, ''Close Up'', in which he wrote frankly about his gay life and friendships.<ref>{{cite book|title=Close Up : An Actor Telling Tales The Autobiography of John Fraser |last=Fraser |first=John |year=2004 |publisher=Oberon Books |location=London UK |isbn=978-1-84002-457-9 |edition=1st, Sarah Zaluckyj}}</ref> In the book, Fraser wrote that actor [[Laurence Harvey]] was gay and that his long-term lover was his manager [[John and James Woolf|James Woolf]].<ref name=Guardian>''The Guardian'' [https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,,1318021,00.html "Sexy self-image that revved up Dirk Bogarde"], 2 October 2004</ref> Of [[Dirk Bogarde]], Fraser wrote, "Dirk's life with [Anthony] [[Anthony Forwood|Forwood]] had been so respectable, their love for each other so profound and so enduring, it would have been a glorious day for the pursuit of understanding and the promotion of tolerance if he had screwed up the courage ... to make one dignified allusion to his true nature. Self-love is no substitute for self-respect."<ref name=Guardian/>

==Personal life and death==
Fraser died from [[oesophageal cancer]] on 6 November 2020 at the age of 89.<ref name="HuffingtonPost" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=6063|title=John Fraser|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishpictures.com/|title=It's not just Michael Powell: British films of the 30s, 40s and 50s|website=www.britishpictures.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=John Fraser, prolific film actor of 1950s and 1960s once dubbed most handsome man in Britain – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/11/09/john-fraser-prolific-film-actor-1950s-1960s-dubbed-handsome/|work=The Telegraph|date=9 November 2020}} {{paywall}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=In pictures: Scottish screen legend John Fraser dead at 89 after battle with cancer|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18861484.scots-actor-john-fraser-dead-89-cancer-battle/|access-date=2021-08-03|website=HeraldScotland|language=en}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Year!!Title!!Role!!Awards
|-
|1996||''Truth or Dare''||Gordon Hillan||
|-
|1982||''[[Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House]]''||Uncle Gideon||
|-
|1981||''[[Doctor Who]]'': ''[[Logopolis]]''||The Monitor||
|-
|1976||''[[Schizo (1976 film)|Schizo]]''||Leonard Hawthorne||
|-
|1975||''The Doll''||Peter Matty||
|-
|1968||''[[Isadora (film)|Isadora]]''||Roger||
|-
|1966||''[[Doctor in Clover]]''||Miles Grimsdyke||
|-
|1965||''[[A Study in Terror]]''||Lord Carfax||
|-
|1965||''[[Repulsion (film)|Repulsion]]''||Colin||
|-
|1965||''[[Operation Crossbow (film)|Operation Crossbow]]''||Flight Lieutenant Kenny||
|-
|1963|| ''[[Tamahine]]''||Richard Poole||
|-
|1962||''[[Waltz of the Toreadors (film)|Waltz of the Toreadors]]''||Lt. Finch||
|-
|1961||''[[El Cid (film)|El Cid]]''||Prince Alfonso||
|-
|1961||''[[Fury at Smugglers' Bay]]''||Christopher Trevenyan||
|-
|1960||''[[The Trials of Oscar Wilde]]''||[[Lord Alfred Douglas]]||BAFTA nomination<ref name=bafta>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1961/film/british-actor|title=BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref>
|-
|1960||''[[Tunes of Glory]]''||Corporal Piper Ian Fraser||
|-
|1958||''[[The Wind Cannot Read]]''||Peter Munroe||
|-
|1957||''[[The Good Companions (1957 film)|The Good Companions]]''||Inigo Jollifant||
|-
|1955||''[[Touch and Go (1955 film)|Touch and Go]]''||Richard Kenyon||
|-
|1955||''[[The Dam Busters (film)|The Dam Busters]]''||Flight Lieutenant John Hopgood DFC||
|-
|1954||''[[The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships]]''||Drago||
|-
|1953||''[[The Good Beginning]]''||Johnny Lipson||
|-
|1953||''[[Valley of Song]]''||Cliff Lloyd||
|-
|1953||''[[The Desert Rats (film)|The Desert Rats]]''||Artillery Man||
|-
|1953||''[[Titanic (1953 film)|Titanic]]''||Steward||
|}

==Selected recordings==
* 1957 - Bye Bye Love / Why Don't They Understand
* 1958 - Presenting John Fraser (EP) with Tony Osborne, the Beryl Stott Group, the Kim Drake Orchestra
* 1958 - Trolley Stop / Bye Bye Love with the Beryl Stott Group
* 1959 - Bye Bye Baby Goodbye
* 1960 - Jaula Dorada / Adios Adios Muchacha / Adios Amor / Por Que No Comprenden

==Footnotes==
<references />

==Bibliography of works==
* {{Cite book
|last=Fraser
|first=John
|title=Close Up
|isbn=1-84002-504-2
|publisher=Oberon
|year=2004
}}
* {{Cite book
|last=Fraser
|first=J.
|title=In Place of Reason
|isbn=0-333-40718-0
|year=1986
|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]
}}
* {{Cite book
|last=Fraser
|first=J.
|title=The Bard in the Bush
|year=1978
|publisher=[[Panther (publisher)|Granada]]
|isbn=0-246-11014-7
}}
* {{Cite book
|last=Fraser
|first=J.
|title=Clap Hands If You Believe in Fairies
|isbn=0-00-221116-5
|year=1969
|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]
}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|292159}}
* {{discogs artist|John Fraser (4)}}
* [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/11/john-fraser-obituary The Guardian obituary]

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