---
name: "Alex McAvoy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alex-mcavoy"
fi1m_id: "alex-mcavoy"
imdb_id: "nm0564207"
tmdb_id: 994272
wikidata_id: "Q11160019"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 March 1928"
died: "16 June 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:06:45.069576+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Alex McAvoy

## Identity

Alex McAvoy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alex-mcavoy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alex-mcavoy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0564207
- **TMDB ID:** 994272
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11160019
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_McAvoy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11160019, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564207/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/994272

Actor. Born 10 March 1928 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Died 16 June 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 March 1928, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 16 June 2005
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_McAvoy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11160019, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564207/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/994272

## Biography

Alex McAvoy (10 March 1928 – 16 June 2005) was a Scottish actor. Born in Glasgow, he trained at the School of Art there and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama before joining the Citizens Theatre in the Gorbals. He later studied mime at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris.

He began in variety as foil to Andy Stewart and appeared in Scottish pantomime. On television he played Sunny Jim in the BBC Scotland series *The Vital Spark* (1965–1974) and had roles in *Dad's Army* (1972–1973), *Z-Cars* and *The Bill*. His film credits include *Country Dance* (1970), the Teacher in *Pink Floyd – The Wall* (1982), *Venus Peter* (1989) and *Strictly Sinatra* (2001). He also appeared in Pink Floyd's *The Final Cut* video EP (1983).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), Fi1m 69, as Teacher — [page](https://film.one/film/pink-floyd-the-wall.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Strictly Sinatra* (2001), as Aldo
- *Oliver Twist* (1999), series, as Well-Dressed Man
- *Dialogue in the Dark* (1989), as Manservant
- *Venus Peter* (1989), as Beadle
- *The Play on One* (1988), series, as Trinkle Kid
- *Down Where the Buffalo Go* (1988), as Trinkle Kid
- *The Monkey's Paw* (1988), as Mr. White
- *Portrait of Isa Mulvenny* (1985), as Joe Harper
- *Pink Floyd: The Final Cut* (1983), Actor
- *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), as Teacher — Fi1m 69, [page](https://film.one/film/pink-floyd-the-wall.md)
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Macintyre
- *Sunset Song* (1971), series, as Alec Mutch
- *The Massacre of Glencoe* (1971), as Narrator
- *Brotherly Love* (1970), as Andrew
- *Dad's Army* (1968), series, as Sergeant — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/dads-army.md)
- *The Vital Spark* (1965), series, as Sunny Jim

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