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John Laurie (John Paton Laurie) was born on 25 March, 1897 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK, is an actor. Discover John Laurie's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

Popular As John Paton Laurie
Occupation actor
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 25 March, 1897
Birthday 25 March
Birthplace Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
Date of death 23 June, 1980
Died Place Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Nationality United Kingdom

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John Laurie Height, Weight & Measurements

At 83 years old, John Laurie height is 5' 10½" (1.79 m) .

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Height 5' 10½" (1.79 m)
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Who Is John Laurie's Wife?

His wife is Oonah Veronica Todd-Naylor (1928 - 23 June 1980) ( his death) ( 1 child), Florence Saunders (1924 - 24 January 1926) ( her death)

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Wife Oonah Veronica Todd-Naylor (1928 - 23 June 1980) ( his death) ( 1 child), Florence Saunders (1924 - 24 January 1926) ( her death)
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John Laurie Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is John Laurie worth at the age of 83 years old? John Laurie’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated John Laurie's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1856

Son of William (1856-1903) and Jessie Ann Laurie (née Brown) (1858-1935).

1921

John Laurie was a Scotsman who would play many character roles in his long career - a lot of Scotsmen to be sure - but an enthusiastic and skilled actor in nearly 120 screen roles. He was the son of a mill worker, and studied for a career in architecture which he indeed began. But with World War I he left his position to join the British army. After the war he set his sights in a different direction, training to become an actor by attending the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. His first stage play was in 1921.

1922

He honed his skills thereafter (from 1922 to 1939) principally as a Shakespearian actor at the Old Vic in London or at Stratford-upon-Avon - and later the Open Air in Regent's Park.

1930

But by 1930 he was giving time to films as well.

His first movie was the Sean O'Casey play Juno and the Paycock (1930), one of Alfred Hitchcock's early sound efforts. With his craggy profile and arcing bulbous nose, and rather stern visage (though it could as quickly break into a broad smile), he was right for many a memorable character.

1935

Hitchcock made sure of that first off by calling on him again to play the dour, suspicious, and miserly farmer, John Crofter, in The 39 Steps (1935).

1936

Laurie became a good friend of another Shakespearean, Laurence Olivier, and the two, Olivier as a lead, were in Hungarian director/producer Paul Czinner's As You Like It (1936).

1937

The year 1937 was a busy one, with six films, the most important giving him one of his few leading roles.

This was director/screen writer Michael Powell's intriguing The Edge of the World (1937), doubly important in that it was the film that sold Powell to producers like Alexander Korda. The film was shot on location on the remote Shetland isle of Foula, the furthest point of Britain. It dealt with the impact of the modern world on the lives of the inhabitants of an economically decaying island.

1938

Into 1938 and 1939 Laurie was involved in British experimental TV movies, that medium to be revisit later frequently.

1939

In 1939 he was taped by Alexander Korda for his classic film production of The Four Feathers (1939) in which Laurie, who could fit his Scots voice to any part, played the zealous Mahdi (the Khalifa). He is hardly to be recognized in character.

1940

As any good character actor, Laurie could play comedy as well and set a number of roles to that end into the 1940s.

1943

He and Roger Livesey were cast in Emeric Pressburger and Powell's first color film, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943).

1944

During the war Oliver was planning one of the important morale movies of World War II; his Henry V (1944), and Laurie was asked to play a memorable Capt. Jamie.

1945

And Laurie was a jubilant John Campbell in the Powell/Pressburger wonderful and thoughtful comedy of more insular Scots life, I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) with a delightful young Wendy Hiller and worldly-wise Livesey.

1948

Olivier also called on him for his two other Shakespeare ventures: Hamlet (1948) and Richard III (1955).

1950

Through the remainder of the decade and into the 1950s, Laurie's face showed up in a variety of films - with greater frequency as assorted Scotsmen-comedic an otherwise - and further down the credits list of supporting actors.

He was familiar in the decade invasion to the UK of American co-productions, such as Disney's Treasure Island (1950) and Kidnapped (1959). And he even trod the uncertain path of a few sci-fi films - that shall remain nameless here. But he was certainly always busy - when all told - the actor's foremost blessing.

1953

Television drama and series gave him better opportunities for a veteran actor, beginning with a Henry V (1953) where he played the comic role of Pistol. Along with some BBC TV theater (more Shakespeare and some American playhouse as well) and sporadic serials, he had a stint on the long-running BBC children's reading program "Jackanory".

1956

He played Ebenezer Balfour in both Kidnapped (1956) and Kidnapped (1959).

1968

And he is probably best remembered as the dour James Frazer on the popular "Dad's Army" series (1968-1977).

1980

A memorial service was held for him at St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden on 3rd November 1980.