---
name: "Andrew Armour"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-armour"
fi1m_id: "andrew-armour"
imdb_id: "nm0035560"
tmdb_id: 1427529
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 October 1924"
died: "9 November 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T20:23:24.284009+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."
---

# Andrew Armour

## Identity

Andrew Armour

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-armour
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrew-armour
- **IMDb ID:** nm0035560
- **TMDB ID:** 1427529
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035560/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1427529

Actor. Born 10 October 1924 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Died 9 November 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 October 1924, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 9 November 2008
- **Active:** 2006–2008
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035560/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1427529

## Biography

Andrew Armour was a Scottish character actor. Born Andrew Wilson Armour in Glasgow in 1924, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art after earlier work as a Hollywood showbiz reporter and theatre publicist. He appeared under the name Richard Armour in numerous British television series during the 1960s and 1970s, including a role as Jack Cardigan in the original BBC adaptation of *The Forsyte Saga* (1967).

Armour's acting career resumed in later years under his own name. He played Alfred in the award-winning film *Red Road* (2006), a Scottish detective in *New Tricks* (2003), a Nazi war criminal in *Waking the Dead* (2007) and Burleigh, the butler, in *The Duchess* (2008). He died in London in 2008.

*Sources: imdb.com, heraldscotland.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Duchess* (2008), Fi1m 66, as Burleigh — [page](https://film.one/film/the-duchess.md)
- *Red Road* (2006), Fi1m 74, as Alfred — [page](https://film.one/film/red-road.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Scaredy Cats* (2021), series, Third Assistant Director
- *The Duchess* (2008), as Burleigh — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-duchess.md)
- *Red Road* (2006), as Alfred — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/red-road.md)
- *Red Rose* (2005), as Lord Miller
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Marek Dusniak
- *Beau Geste* (1982), series, as Recruiting Sergeant-Major
- *Sutherland's Law* (1972), as Mr. Robertson
- *New Scotland Yard* (1972), series, as DI Harris
- *The Big Man Coughed and Died* (1966), as Man
- *Londoners* (1965), series, as Planning Officer
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as MacAllister
- *Story Parade* (1964), series, as Post Office Clerk

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