Gordon Jackson (actor)

Gordon Cameron Jackson, OBE was a Scottish Emmy Awardwinning actor best remembered for his roles as the butler Angus Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs and as George Cowley, the head of CI5, in The Professionals. He also portrayed Flt. Lt. Andrew MacDonald, Intelligence, in The Great Escape.

Gordon Jackson was born in Glasgow in 1923, the youngest of five children. He attended Hillhead High School, and in his youth he took part in BBC radio shows including Childrens Hour. He left school agedand became a draughtsman for RollsRoyce.

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