Stewart McLean (actor)

William Stewart McLean (7 March 1941 in Scotland, UK – 6 August 2006 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK) was a much respected and admired Scottish actor, theatre administrator, and businessman.

In his early years, he made his mark as an accomplished businessman in the setting up and managing of photo processing firms across Scotland. After which he pursued another passion of his, and some would say more enticing one, by working with stars of pantomime, drama, and musicals in the south of England. He turned this passion of his into a permanent one when he went professional in the theatre world at the ripe young age of 52 in 1993. As they say, he became the oldest new boy in the business.

Mr. McLean enjoyed the respect from every performer he worked with either as an actor and as a theatre administrator. He worked with such UK stars as Allan Stewart, Andy Gray, Britt Ekland, Su Pollard, Gary Wilmot, Lesley Joseph, Dorothy Paul, and many others.

As an actor, he was busy in the arenas of television, theatre, and pantomime. On the Scottish small screen he had roles in "Taggart", "Monarch of the Glen", "Doctor Finlay", "River City", "Rab C. Nesbitt" and many others. In the theatre world, he worked on the UK tours of "High Society", "See How They Run", and "A Happy Medium". And in pantomime, he worked in "Cinderella", "Dick Whittington", "Aladdin", and "Peter Pan".

He was also a much respected tour and stage manager. He worked in most of Scotland's most notable theatres such as The King's Theatre in Edinburgh, where he managed the annual pantomime show, which was about to celebrate its 100th Christmas season (2006), the Byre Theatre in St. Andrews, HM Theatre in Aberdeen, and the Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy.

Stewart McLean died on 6 August 2006 at his home in Glasgow's West End just a year after a heart bypass operation. He was divorced and survived by a son and daughter and two grandchildren.

Selected TV Credits

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Year Title Role Production
1995 Jolly: A Life[1] Minister BBC
1996 Doctor Finlay: Episode: All Jock Tamson's Bairns Fraser Crichton BBC
1999 High Road Ken STV
Rab C. Nesbitt Minister BBC
2001 Monarch Of The Glen: Episode #2.4 Gordon BBC
Other roles: River City unknown role BBC
Taggart unknown role STV
Annie's Bar[2] unknown role
F.O.T. unknown role BBC Scotland
Roughnecks[3] unknown role

Selected Stage Credits

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Year Title Role Production
1996 High Society Seth UK Tour
1998 See How They Run Reverend Humphries UK Tour
1999 My Fair Lady Colonel Pickering Perth Theatre[4] (Scotland, UK)
Cinderella Lord Chamberlain E & B Productions UK
2000 La Cage Aux Folles Albin The King's Theatre Glasgow[5] (Scotland, UK)
Mistress Of The Inn Marquis of Forlipoppoli Perth Theatre[6] (Scotland, UK)
2002 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Reverend Tooker The Byre Theatre[7] (Scotland, UK)
Parking Lott In Pittsburgh Priest/ Dr. Collins/ Archie/ Dr. Stewart/ Andrew Gibbs The Byre Theatre[8] (Scotland, UK)
2004 A Happy Medium Mr. Proudfoot UK Tour

Theatre Administration

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As Company Manager involved with such tours as:

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