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[[ | [[file:andrewkeir.jpg|right|frame|Andrew Keir as Professor Bernard Quatermass in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1967)]]'''Andrew Keir''' ([[3rd April]] [[1926]]-[[5th October]] [[1997]]), born '''Andrew Buggy''' in [[Shotts]], [[North Lanarkshire]], played [[Wyler]] in ''[[Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD]]''. He remains well-known for his roles in several Hammer Films horror film productions during the [[1960s]]. | ||
Keir, the son of a coal-miner, initially worked in the coal mines of his home town himself, leaving school to become a miner at the age of fourteen. He avoided being drafted into service during [[World War II]] and worked the mines for six years until [[1946]], when, at the age of twenty, he joined the [[Glasgow#Real World|Glasgow]] Citizen's Theatre to train as an actor. | Keir, the son of a coal-miner, initially worked in the coal mines of his home town himself, leaving school to become a miner at the age of fourteen. He avoided being drafted into service during [[World War II]] and worked the mines for six years until [[1946]], when, at the age of twenty, he joined the [[Glasgow#Real World|Glasgow]] Citizen's Theatre to train as an actor. |