Donald Douglas

Donald Douglas was a Scottish actor who worked in film, television and theater. He was born in Falkirk and studied at Edinburgh College of Art and RADA, then made his first professional stage appearance at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, later acting in repertory theaters in England and in the West End. His films included the Bridget Jones series, where he was Admiral Darcy, plus A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Highlander: Endgame (2000). He played Tsar Alexander I in the BBC's 1972 War and Peace, with Anthony Hopkins. He also played Malcolm McNeil in the original Poldark series and appeared in Doctor Who and Blake's 7, as well as The Avengers. In the 1990s he was Franklin Clarke in the Poirot film The ABC Murders (1992) and Dr. Gordon McKendrick in Monarch of the Glen, and he appeared in EastEnders, Kavanagh QC and Casualty. On Broadway he played Aegeus in Medea in 1994.