Duncan Lamont


Duncan William Ferguson Lamont was a British actor. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, and brought up in Scotland, he had a long and successful career in film and television, appearing in a variety of high-profile productions.

Career

He trained as an actor at RADA in London, and had a considerable amount of stage experience before the Second World War. He acted in repertory, and at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. During the War he served as a sergeant pilot in the Glider Pilot Regiment of the British airborne forces. He resumed acting after the War, and entered films in the early 1950s.
On film, he appeared in The Man in the White Suit, The Adventures of Quentin Durward, The 39 Steps, Ben-Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Arabesque and Battle of Britain. Lamont is particularly memorable in his role as the wry, urbane Viceroy in Jean Renoir's The Golden Coach.
From 1958 to 1960, Lamont was a semi-regular as David MacMorris in the CBS western television series, The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun.
Lamont also appeared in guest roles in a range of popular British programmes from the 1950s to the 1970s, including The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dixon of Dock Green, Danger Man, The Avengers, Callan, Secret Army, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Persuaders! and Doctor Who.
In 1953, he appeared in the major role of astronaut Victor Carroon in Nigel Kneale's ground-breaking BBC science-fiction serial The Quatermass Experiment, and fourteen years later returned to the series when he played the role of Sladden in the Hammer Films version of the third serial, Quatermass and the Pit.
He died in 1978 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, of a heart attack at the age of 60. He was working at the time on "Hostage", an episode of the BBC science-fiction series Blake's 7. Although he had completed location work for the episode, he died before the studio scenes had been shot, necessitating a re-mount of the location material performed by his replacement John Abineri.
He was married to the Irish actress Patricia Driscoll until his death in 1978. They had two children together.

Filmography

Waterfront – 3rd Engineer On Ship The Woman in Question – Barney She Shall Have Murder – Police SergeantThe Galloping Major – 2nd TrainerThere Is Another Sun – Policeman The Man in the White Suit – HarrySong of Paris – Undetermined Role Emergency Call – Police ConstableThe Lost Hours – BristowThe Night Won't Talk – Sergeant RobbinsThe Golden Coach – Ferdinand, Le ViceroyThe Final Test – Unpleasant Pub Customer The Intruder – Donald CopeThe End of the Road – BarneyMeet Mr. Malcolm – Superintendent SimmonsTime Is My Enemy – Inspector Charles WayneThe Teckman Mystery – Insp. HiltonThe Passing Stranger – FredBurnt Evidence – Jack TaylorPassage Home – 1st Mate LlewllynStrike The Adventures of Quentin Durward – Count William De La MarckThe Baby and the Battleship – Master-at-ArmsHigh Flight – Weapons CorporalA Tale of Two Cities – Ernest DefargeI Was Monty's Double – Wing Cdr. BatesThe 39 Steps – KennedyBen-Hur – Marius A Touch of Larceny – 1st Special Branch man GregsonA Circle of Deception – Jules BurlardThe Queen's Guards – WilkesSodom and Gomorrah Mutiny on the Bounty – John WilliamsPanic – Inspector SaundersMurder at the Gallop – HillmanThe Scarlet Blade – Maj. BellThe Devil-Ship Pirates – The BosunThe Evil of Frankenstein – Chief of PoliceCoast of Skeletons – Charlie Singer The Brigand of Kandahar – Colonel DreweThe Murder Game – Inspector TelfordArabesque – WebsterThe Witches – Bob CurdFrankenstein Created Woman – The PrisonerQuatermass and the Pit – SladdenThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Sergeant GrimesDecline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher – Inspector BruceBattle of Britain – Flight Sgt. ArthurBurke & Hare – Dr. SaintPope Joan – 1st Wounded SoldierNothing But the Night – Dr. KnightThe Creeping Flesh – InspectorDoctor Who – Death to the Daleks – Dan Galloway Poldark – Bartholomew TregirlsEscape from the Dark Robin's Nest – Mr MacGregor