Campbell Morrison

{{Short description|Scottish actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Campbell Morrison | image =  | alt =  | caption = | birth_name = William Morrison | birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|06|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|01|10|1952|06|21|df=y}} | death_place = Warminster, England | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1975–2006 | known_for = Eldorado, EastEnders | spouse = Nicki Ballantyne | children = 3, including Luke }}

'''Campbell Morrison''' (born '''William Morrison'''; 21 June 1952 – 10 January 2008)<ref name="death">{{cite news | url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/wtcommunity/celebrating/1981108.obituary_mr_campbell_morrison/ | title=OBITUARY: Mr Campbell Morrison | work=Wiltshire Times | date=21 January 2008 | accessdate=8 October 2015}}</ref> was a Scottish actor.

He played one of the main characters, Drew Lockhead in the soap opera ''Eldorado'' and also appeared in ''EastEnders'' playing DCI Charlie Mason. Morrison was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the early eighties.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Shakespeare in the Theatre: Nicholas Hytner|last=Rokison-Woodall|first=Abigail|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2017|isbn=978-1472581600|location=London}}</ref>

Other roles included Police Constable Eustace Oates in ''Jeeves & Wooster'' and Gordon Gallagher in the Sky One series Dream Team.

He had two sons, Tom and Luke, from a previous marriage, and a daughter, Lily, with his wife, Nicki Ballantyne.<ref name="death" />

==Filmography==

===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1975 | ''{{sortname|The|Boat|nolink=y}}'' | | Short |- | 1987 | ''Hidden City'' | Man at Rubbish Tip | |- | 1991 | ''{{sortname|The|Pope Must Die}}'' | Big Security Guard | |- | 1991 | ''Close My Eyes'' | Scotsman | |- | 1995 | ''{{sortname|The|Innocent Sleep}}'' | Mac | |- | 1998 | ''Middleton's Changeling'' | Lollio | |- | 2002 | ''Mad Dogs'' | Dr. Mackenzie | |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1979 | ''Play for Today'' | At the Shipyard | Episode: "Just a Boys' Game" |- | 1982–83 | ''Educating Marmalade'' | Bonzo Brown | Episodes: "Short Sharp Shock" & " Marmalade at the Albert Hall" |- |1983 |''Crown Court'' |Hugo Maitland |Episode: "Mother's Boy: Part 1" |- | 1983 | ''Gunfight at the Joe Kaye Corral'' | Gratt Clanton | TV movie |- | 1985 | ''Bulman'' | Jerry | Episode: "The Daughter Was a Dancer" |- | 1987 | ''Bread'' | 1st Dealer | Episode #3.2 |- | 1987 | ''{{sortname|The|Bill}}'' | Mr Weir | Episode: "Overnight Stay" |- | 1988 | ''Game, Set and Match'' | Journalist | Episode: "Berlin Game: Part 1 & 2" |- | 1988 | ''God's Frontiersmen'' | Blacksmith | TV mini-series documentary |- | 1988–89 | ''Life Without George'' | Sammy | Main cast |- | 1989 | ''Square Deal'' | Sgt. Frank Ellis | Episode #2.6 |- | 1989 | ''Boon'' | Brian, Black Knight | Episode: "All in a Day's Pork" |- | 1990 | ''This is David Harper'' | Jimmy Taylor | Episode: "Making History" |- | 1990 | ''{{sortname|The|Bill}}'' | Wagon Driver | Episode: "Decisions" |- | 1990 | Taggart | Willie Jamieson | Episode: "Hostile Witness" |- | 1991 | ''Spatz'' | Boris Kitchenko | Episode: "From Russia with Love" |- | 1991 | ''Jeeves and Wooster'' | Oates | Episodes: "The Silver Jug (or Jeeves Saves the Cow Creamer)" & "The Bassetts' Fancy Dress Ball (or A Plan for Gussie)" |- | 1991 | ''Specials'' | Sgt. McAllister | Main cast |- | 1992 | ''Screen Two'' | Policeman in Cell | Episode: "The Grass Arena" |- | 1992 | ''Moon and Son'' | Murphy | Episode: "Past, Present and Future" |- | 1992–93 | ''Eldorado'' | Drew Lockhead | Main cast |- | 1994 | ''{{sortname|The|Bill}}'' | Larry Wilson | Episode: "One Born Every Minute" |- | 1995 | ''99-1'' | Brock | Episode: "Shooting Party" |- | 1995 | ''Casualty'' | DC Pete Sherwin | Episode: "Turning Point" |- | 1996 | ''Rab C. Nesbitt'' | Donga | Episode: "Pie" |- | 1996 | ''{{sortname|The|Bill}}'' | George Jonson | Episode: "Cuckoo" |- | 1996 | ''Bad Boys'' | Scud | Episode: "No Pain, No Gain" |- | 1995–97 | ''Hamish Macbeth'' | Harry Balfour | |- | 1997 | ''Ain't Misbehavin''' | Sergeant Fullerton / Flight Sergeant Fullerton | Episode 1.2 & 1.3 |- | 1998 | ''{{sortname|A|Respectable Trade}}'' | Jack Kedge | Episode 1.2 |- | 1999 | ''Home Farm Twins'' | Danny Jones | Episode: "Welcome to Home Farm" |- | 1999 | ''{{sortname|The|Scarlet Pimpernel|dab=TV series}}'' | Thouret | Episode: "The Scarlet Pimpernel" |- | 1999 | ''Psychos'' | Bob Logan | Episode 1.3 |- | 1999 | ''Badger'' | Don King | Episode: "The World According to Carp" |- | 1996–99 | ''EastEnders'' | DCI Charlie Mason | 19 episodes |- | 1999 | Taggart | Ricky Strachan | Episode: "Fearful Lightning" |- | 1999–2000 | ''Dream Team'' | Gordon Gallagher | 24 episodes |- | 2000 | ''Coronation Street'' | Neville Rose | Episode 1.4802 & 1.4804 |- | 2000 | ''Casualty'' | Eddie Harris | Episode: "Coming Clean" |- | 2001 | ''Starhunter'' | Arielo | Episode: "The Most Wanted Man" |- | 2002 | ''{{sortname|The|Bill}}'' | DCC Gordon Cooper | 4 episodes |- | 2003 | ''Overnite Express'' | Wullie | Episode 1.2 |- | 2003 | ''Two Thousand Acres of Sky'' | H Armstrong | Episode 3.1 |- | 2004 | Taggart | Martin Turner | Episode: "Saints and Sinners" |- | 2005 | ''Holby City'' | Brian Shearlaw | Episode: "Actions Speak Louder" |- | 2005 | ''Doctors'' | Gerry McCann | Episode: "Watch the Birdie" |- | 2005 | ''William and Mary'' | Dave | Episode 3.4 |- | 2006 | ''New Tricks'' | D.C.I. Ian Sinclair | Episode: "Wicca Work" |- | 2006 | ''Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup'' | McTavish | TV movie |- | 2006 | ''{{sortname|A|Touch of Frost}}'' | Colin Edwards | Episode: "Endangered Species" |- |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morrison, Campbell}} Category:1952 births Category:2008 deaths Category:Scottish male television actors Category:Royal Shakespeare Company members