Alexander Morton was born on 24 March 1945 and is a Scottish actor.
11 Facts About Alexander Morton
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Glasgow-born Morton trained in London at the Central School of Speech and Drama from 1965 to 1968 and is well known for his roles in several leading drama series, such as Taggart, Second Sight, Between the Lines, Minder, and Casualty; movies such as Croupier and London to Brighton; and single dramas The One That Got Away, Looking After Jo Jo, and The Man-Eating Wolves of Gysinge.
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Alexander Morton is best known for playing the ghillie Golly Mackenzie in the BBC TV series Monarch of the Glen, and before that made regular appearances over the 1980s and 1990s as the evil Andy Semple in Scottish soap Take the High Road.
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From 2012 to 2015, Alexander Morton played Criminal Billy Kennedy in Scottish soap opera River City.
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Alexander Morton appeared again as Billy Kennedy in the 20th anniversary episode of the show in 2022.
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Alexander Morton was a founder member, along with Robert Carlyle, Caroline Paterson and Stuart Davis and others.
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Alexander Morton worked regularly with theatre companies 7:84 and Borderline, and has appeared at the Traverse, the Lyceum, the Bush, the Royal Court, as well as appearing in pantomime, notably two years running at the Eden Court Theatre in Inverness with Andy Gray, and at Glasgow's King's Theatre.
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In 2006, Alexander Morton played the Prince of Darkness in the BBC Radio adaptation of Dracula.
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Alexander Morton was the first actor to play Detective Inspector John Rebus in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Ian Rankin's Rebus series of books.
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Alexander Morton provided voices for video games, including Heavenly Sword, Viking: Battle for Asgard and he played Zoltan Chivay in series 2 and 3 of The Witcher.
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Alexander Morton was his landlady while he was doing television work in London.