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Iain Cuthbertson
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Born in Glasgow in 1930, Iain Cuthberston attended the University of Aberdeen where he gained an MA in French and Spanish. While there, he performed in his first radio play. Cuthbertson spent two years National Service in the Black Watch. During that time he was ordered to act as prisoner's friend at the court martial of a soldier accused of appearing late on parade, and then assaulting his superior officer when he eventually did turn up. He managed to get the soldier cleared of the more serious charge. The soldier's comment afterwards was "Thanks awfully fur pretendin ah didnae dae it sur". His original wish was for a job in the Foreign Office, but he became a radio journalist with the BBC in Glasgow. In 1958 Cuthbertson joined the Citizens Theatre, where his parts included Othello and Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He became general manager and director of productions at the Citizens in 1962 and during his time there created the part of Armstrong in John Arden’s play, Armstrong’s Last Goodnight. In 1965 Cuthbertson moved to the Royal Court Theatre in London as associate director and during his time at the Court he played Musgrave in another Arden play, Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, and translated and directed Alfred Jarry’s surreal play, Ubu Roi, with the comedian Max Wall in the lead. Iain Cuthbertson frequently appeared on television, most memorably as the tough Charlie Endell in the series “Budgie” with Adam Faith. He died in September, 2009.