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name: "Phil McCall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/phil-mccall"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 November 1925"
died: "29 January 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:59.812679+00:00"
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# Phil McCall

Actor. Born 26 November 1925 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Died 29 January 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 November 1925, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 29 January 2002

## Biography

Phil McCall (1925–2002) was a Scottish stage, film and television actor born in Glasgow. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and worked in repertory theatre in Scotland and England.

His film roles include appearances in *Ring of Bright Water* (1969) and as the Grandfather in Lars von Trier's *Breaking the Waves* (1996). Television credits encompass *Casualty*, *Monarch of the Glen*, *Coronation Street* and *Minder*. He served as chairman of the Scottish committee of the actors' union Equity for 17 years.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Breaking the Waves* (1996), Fi1m 82, as Grandfather — [page](https://film.one/film/breaking-the-waves.md)

## Also known for

- *Casualty* (1986), Starchy Harris

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