Fulton Mackay

Fulton Mackay
Birth date:	12 August 1922
Death date:	6 June 1987
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	Dr John Quinn
Main jobs:	Actor
Stories:	Doctor Who and the Silurians
Main time period active:	1970
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	The Army Game, Coronation Street, Emergency-Ward 10, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, The Saint, Special Branch, Z-Cars, Porridge, The Life and Times of David Lloyd-George, Local Hero, Fraggle Rock, Lovejoy
IMDb profile

Fulton Mackay (12 August 1922-6 June 1987) played Dr John Quinn in the Doctor Who television story Doctor Who and the Silurians. He was also considered for the role of the Fourth Doctor when Jon Pertwee left Doctor Who in 1974. (INFO: Doctor Who and the Silurians)

He is best remembered as the stiff, no nonsense prison warden Mr Mackay on the sitcom Porridge, as well as its big screen version and the spin-off Going Straight. He also played Det. Chief. Supt. Inman on Special Branch and the Captain on the UK version of Fraggle Rock.

External links

• Fulton Mackay at the Internet Movie Database