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	'''William Fulton Beith Mackay''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}} (12 August 1922 – 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and [[playwright]], best known for his role as [[w:Corrections officer\|prison officer]] [[Mr. Mackay]] in the 1970s television [[w:situation comedy\|sitcom]] ''[[w:Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]''.		'''William Fulton Beith Mackay''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}} (12 August 1922 – 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and [[w:playwright\|playwright]], best known for his role as [[w:Corrections officer\|prison officer]] [[w:Mr. Mackay\|Mr. Mackay]] in the 1970s television [[w:situation comedy\|sitcom]] ''[[w:Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]''.

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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	\| name = Fulton Mackay		\| name = Fulton Mackay
	\| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]]		\| honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]]
	\| image = ~~Fultonmackay~~.jpg		\| image = Fulton Mackay.jpg
	\| imagesize =		\| imagesize =
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	\| birth_name = William Fulton Beith Mackay		\| birth_name = William Fulton Beith Mackay
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1922\|08\|12\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1922\|08\|12\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Paisley, Renfrewshire]], Scotland		\| birth_place = [[w:Paisley, Renfrewshire\|Paisley]], Scotland
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1987\|06\|6\|1922\|08\|12\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1987\|06\|06\|1922\|08\|12\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[London]], England		\| death_place = [[w:London\|London]], England
	\| resting_place = [[East Sheen Cemetery]], London		\| resting_place = [[w:East Sheen Cemetery\|East Sheen Cemetery]], London
	\| occupation = Actor, playwright		\| occupation = Actor, playwright
	\| years_active = 1952–1987		\| years_active = 1952–1987
	\| spouse = [[Sheila Manahan]] (−1987; his death)		\| spouse = [[w:Sheila Manahan\|Sheila Manahan]] (−1987; his death)
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	'''William Fulton Beith Mackay''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}} (12 August 1922 – 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and [[playwright]], best known for his role as [[Corrections officer\|prison officer]] [[Mr. Mackay]] in the 1970s television [[situation comedy\|sitcom]] ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]''.		'''William Fulton Beith Mackay''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}} (12 August 1922 – 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and [[playwright]], best known for his role as [[w:Corrections officer\|prison officer]] [[Mr. Mackay]] in the 1970s television [[w:situation comedy\|sitcom]] ''[[w:Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]''.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Mackay was born in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire\|Paisley]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)\|Renfrewshire]], Scotland. He was brought up in [[Clydebank]] by a widowed aunt after the death of his mother from [[diabetes]]. His father was employed by the [[NAAFI]].<ref name="Cox1">{{cite book \|last=Cox \|first1=Brian\|author-link=Brian Cox (actor)\|title=Salem to Moscow: An Actor's Odyssey\|publisher=Methuen Drama\|year=1992\|page=28\|isbn=978-0413664501}}</ref>		Mackay was born in [[w:Paisley, Renfrewshire\|Paisley]], [[w:Renfrewshire (historic)\|Renfrewshire]], Scotland. He was brought up in [[w:Clydebank\|Clydebank]] by a widowed aunt after the death of his mother from [[w:diabetes\|diabetes]]. His father was employed by the [[w:NAAFI\|NAAFI]].<ref name="Cox1">{{cite book \|last=Cox \|first1=Brian\|author-link=w:Brian Cox (actor)\|title=Salem to Moscow: An Actor's Odyssey\|publisher=Methuen Drama\|year=1992\|page=28\|isbn=978-0413664501}}</ref>

	On leaving school, he trained as a [[quantity surveyor]] and later volunteered for the [[Royal Air Force]] in 1941 but was not accepted because of a [[perforated eardrum]]. He then enlisted with the [[Black Watch]] and he served for five years during the [[Second World War]], which included three years spent in [[British India\|India]].		On leaving school, he trained as a [[w:quantity surveyor\|quantity surveyor]] and later volunteered for the [[w:Royal Air Force\|Royal Air Force]] in 1941 but was not accepted because of a [[w:perforated eardrum\|perforated eardrum]]. He then enlisted with the [[w:Black Watch\|Black Watch]] and he served for five years during the [[w:Second World War\|Second World War]], which included three years spent in [[w:British India\|India]].

	==Career==		==Career==
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{{short description|Scottish actor}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Fulton Mackay
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
| image = Fultonmackay.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption =
| birth_name = William Fulton Beith Mackay
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|08|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Paisley, Renfrewshire]], Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|06|6|1922|08|12|df=y}}
| death_place = [[London]], England
| resting_place = [[East Sheen Cemetery]], London
| occupation = Actor, playwright
| years_active = 1952–1987
| spouse = [[Sheila Manahan]] (−1987; his death)
}}

'''William Fulton Beith Mackay''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (12 August 1922 – 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and [[playwright]], best known for his role as [[Corrections officer|prison officer]] [[Mr. Mackay]] in the 1970s television [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]''.

==Early life==
Mackay was born in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]], Scotland. He was brought up in [[Clydebank]] by a widowed aunt after the death of his mother from [[diabetes]]. His father was employed by the [[NAAFI]].<ref name="Cox1">{{cite book |last=Cox |first1=Brian|author-link=Brian Cox (actor)|title=Salem to Moscow: An Actor's Odyssey|publisher=Methuen Drama|year=1992|page=28|isbn=978-0413664501}}</ref>

On leaving school, he trained as a [[quantity surveyor]] and later volunteered for the [[Royal Air Force]] in 1941 but was not accepted because of a [[perforated eardrum]]. He then enlisted with the [[Black Watch]] and he served for five years during the [[Second World War]], which included three years spent in [[British India|India]].

==Career==

===Theatre work===
After being [[Demobilization|demobbed]], Mackay began training as an actor at [[RADA]]. His first work was with the [[Citizens' Theatre]], [[Glasgow]], where he performed in nine seasons between 1949 and 1958. He also worked at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, [[Edinburgh]] before gaining notice at the Arts Theatre Club, London, where in 1960, he played the part of Oscar in ''The Naked Island'', a play about POWs in [[Singapore]].

In 1962, he appeared at the same theatre, in [[Russia]]n playwright [[Maxim Gorki]]'s play ''[[The Lower Depths]]'' for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]. He then acted with the [[Old Vic]] company and the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], performing in such productions as ''[[Peer Gynt]]'' and ''[[The Alchemist (play)|The Alchemist]]''. Other roles for the RSC included Mr Squeers in ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' and the drunken gaoler in ''[[Die Fledermaus]]''. In 1972, he played the part of Hughie in the [[Royal Lyceum Theatre Company]]'s production of [[Bill Bryden]]'s play, ''[[Willie Rough]]''.

Mackay was a director of the Scottish Actors' Company and, in 1981, a founder of the [[Scottish Theatre Company]], playing Willie Souden in the company's production of [[Bill Bryden]]'s play, ''Civilians'', set in wartime [[Greenock]].<ref>Stevenson, Randall (1981), ''Scottish Theatre Company: First days, First Nights'', in Murray, Glen (ed.), ''Cencrastus'' No. 7, Winter 1981 - 82, pp. 10 - 13.</ref> Surprisingly, despite his status, he appeared in few films. After his screen debut in the 1952 film ''[[I'm a Stranger]]'', his most notable roles were those in ''[[Gumshoe (film)|Gumshoe]]'', ''[[Britannia Hospital]]'', ''[[Local Hero (film)|Local Hero]]'' and ''[[Defence of the Realm]]''.

===Television work===
Mackay was acknowledged as a strong [[character actor]] in various television series.

He is best remembered for his namesake role from 1973 to 1977 as the comically ferocious prison warder, [[Mr Mackay]], in the [[British sitcom]] ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]'' alongside the comedian and comedy actor [[Ronnie Barker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.porridge.org.uk/fulmac.html|title=Fulton Mackay profile|publisher=Porridge.org.uk|access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref> He also appeared in the [[Porridge (film)|film version]] of the series. The ensemble playing of Mackay, Barker, [[Richard Beckinsale]] and [[Brian Wilde]], and the writing by [[Dick Clement]] and [[Ian La Frenais]], made ''Porridge'' one of the most successful comedy series of the 1970s.<ref>[http://www.porridge.org.uk/fulmac.html Fulton Mackay's role in the TV comedy series "Porridge"], porridge.org.uk; Retrieved 22 August 2014.</ref> He returned to the role of Mr Mackay, now nearing retirement from the Prison Service, in the first episode of ''[[Going Straight]]'' (1978), the sequel series to ''Porridge''.

Before coming to prominence in ''Porridge'', Mackay made several appearances in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', one particular episode being ''Return of the Cybernauts'' in which he played Professor Chadwick; he also played DI Inman in ''[[Special Branch (TV series)|Special Branch]]'' (1969–71).<ref name="imdb"/> His other work included ''[[Coronation Street]]'' and ''[[Z-Cars]]''. He appeared as RAF psychiatrist Fowler in an episode of ''[[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em]]'' and as a doctor in ''[[Doctor at Large (TV series)|Doctor at Large]]'' in 1971.

In 1968 he played John Everett in ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint: The Best Laid Schemes]]''. He was cast as misguided scientist Doctor John Quinn in the 1970 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' and was later seriously considered by producer [[Barry Letts]] to play the [[Fourth Doctor]] when [[Jon Pertwee]] announced he was leaving the role in 1973.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/19477/who-couldve-been-who-an-alternate-history-of-doctor-who | title= Who could've been Who? An alternate history of Doctor Who | work=Den of Geek | first=Alex | last=Westthorp | date=24 April 2008 | access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref>

He played a regular officer running a training course in the ''[[Dad's Army]]'' episode "[[We Know Our Onions]]" (1973), a doctor in "[[The Miser's Hoard]]" (1977), and a detective in a ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse]]'' episode (1978). <ref name="imdb"/>

He often stayed true to his Scottish roots, acting in productions such as ''Three Tales of Orkney'' and ''[[The Master of Ballantrae]]'', and as former Prime Minister [[Bonar Law]] in the 1981 TV series ''[[The Life and Times of David Lloyd George]]''. He played the Captain in the British version of the Jim Henson children's series, ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' (1984–1987). In one of his last performances, Mackay portrayed an art forger in the ''[[Lovejoy]]'' episode "Death and Venice".<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|0533161}}</ref>

===Playwriting===
Under the pseudonym of Aeneas MacBride, he wrote plays for the BBC.<ref name="MacBride 1">{{cite news |last=Donaldson |first=Anne |title=What's on his plate after 'Porridge' ? |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |location=Glasgow |date=8 December 1979 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Fulton Mackay's grave.jpg|thumb|Mackay and his wife's [[Sheila Manahan|Sheila's]] grave in [[East Sheen Cemetery]], [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|Richmond upon Thames]], [[London]]]]
Mackay was married to Irish actress [[Sheila Manahan]].

He did much work for the Glasgow children's charity Child and Family Trust.

He was awarded the OBE in 1984 and greatly enjoyed oil painting.<ref name='LG1983'>{{London Gazette|issue=49583|date=31 December 1983|page=11|supp=y}}</ref>

Mackay died on 6 June 1987 at the age of 64,<ref name='LG1987'>{{London Gazette|issue=50975|date=24 June 1987|page=8105}}</ref> from [[stomach cancer]]. He was buried at [[East Sheen Cemetery]] in southwest London.<ref>[https://www.richmond.gov.uk/people_of_historial_note_buried_in_the_borough_m_to_z richmond.gov.uk]</ref> His widow, Sheila, died in 1988 and was buried with her husband.

==Partial filmography==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Film
!Year
!Character
|-
|''[[I'm a Stranger]]''
|1952
|Alastair Campbell
|-
|''[[The Brave Don't Cry]]''
|1952
|Dan Wishart
|-
|''[[Laxdale Hall]]''
|1953
|Andrew Flett
|-
|''[[Private Potter]]''
|1962
|Soldier
|-
|''[[A Prize of Arms]]''
|1962
|Corporal Henderson
|-
|''[[Mystery Submarine (1963 film)|Mystery Submarine]]''
|1963
|McKerrow
|-
|''[[Vendetta for the Saint]]''
|1969
|Euston
|-
|''[[Gumshoe (film)|Gumshoe]]''
|1971
|John Straker
|-
|''[[Nothing But The Night]]''
|1973
|Cameron
|-
|''[[Porridge (film)|Porridge]]''
|1979
|[[Mr Mackay]]
|-
|''[[If You Go Down in the Woods Today]]''
|1981
|Colonel Norris
|-
|''[[Going Gently]]''
|1981
|Austin Miller
|-
|''[[Britannia Hospital]]''
|1982
|Chief Superintendent Johns
|-
|''[[Local Hero (film)|Local Hero]]''
|1983
|Ben Knox
|-
|''[[Night Train to Murder]]''
|1984
|Mackay
|-
|''[[Sleepwalker (1985 film)|Sleepwalker]]''
|1984
|Restaurant Proprietor
|-
|''[[Water (1985 film)|Water]]''
|1985
|Reverend Eric
|-
|''[[Defence of the Realm]]''
|1985
|Victor Kingsbrook
|-
|''[[Dreamchild]]''
|1985
|Gryphon (voice)
|-
|''[[Mann's Best Friends]]''
|1985
|Hamish James Ordway
|-
|''[[Slip-Up]]''
|1986
|McColl
|}

=== TV ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Play
!Year(s)
!Character
!Note
|-
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
|1970
| Dr. John Quinn
| S7, Doctor Who and The Silurians
|-
|''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]''
|1974-1977
|[[Mr Mackay]]
|Was also in the sitcom's 1979 [[Porridge (film)|film]]
|-
|''[[Willie Rough]]''
|1976
|Hughie
|Performed as part of ''[[Play for Today]]'', the play was written by [[Bill Bryden]]
|-
|''[[Going Straight]]''
|1978
|[[Mr Mackay]]
| '' Porridge'' Spin-off
|-
|''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]''
|1982 (1979-1988)
|Edward
|The Moles
|-
|''[[Shelley (TV series)|Shelley]]''
|1983 (1979-1984)
|The Tramp
|S6 E3
|-
|''[[Fraggle Rock]]''
|1983-1984
|The Captain
|
|-
|''[[Lovejoy]]''
|1986
|Luciano
|S1 E10
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0533161|Fulton Mackay}}

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