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name: "James McKechnie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-mckechnie"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 April 1911"
died: "7 May 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:59:19.207025+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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# James McKechnie

Actor. Born 8 April 1911 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Died 7 May 1962.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 April 1911, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 7 May 1962
- **Also known as:** James Mc Kechnie
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50284228, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571129/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/146551

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp*](https://film.one/film/the-life-and-death-of-colonel-blimp.md) (91)

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## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp* (1943), Fi1m 91, as Spud Wilson — [page](https://film.one/film/the-life-and-death-of-colonel-blimp.md)

## Also known for

- *Caesar and Cleopatra* (1945), 2nd. Centurion
- *Scott of the Antarctic* (1948), Surgeon Lt. E.L. Atkinson R.N.

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