Norman McKinnel

Norman McKinnel was a Scottish stage and film actor and playwright, active from the 1890s until his death. He appeared in many stage roles in the UK and overseas as well as featuring in a number of films, the best known of which is Alfred Hitchcocks 1927 production Downhill. His surname was sometimes mistranscribed as McKinnell.

McKinnel was born in 1870 at Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbrightshire and originally intended to follow his father into the engineering business before deciding to enter the acting profession. As a playwright he is known for the play, The Bishops Candlesticks, an adaptation of a section of Victor Hugos Les Miserables.

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