John Laurie
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John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 – 23 June 1980) was a Scottish stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in scores of feature films with directors including Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Michael Powell and Laurence Olivier, generally playing memorable small or supporting roles. As a stage actor, he was cast in Shakespearean roles and was a speaker of verse, especially of Robert Burns. He is also well known for his role in the sitcom Dad's Army (1968–1977) as Private Frazer, a member of the Home Guard.
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- Oliver Goldsmith: The Deserted Village - The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry - John Laurie
- Robert Burns: Bonny Lesley - The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry - John Laurie
- Sir Walter Scott: Jock of Hazeldean - The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry - John Laurie
- Sir Walter Scott: Pibroch of Donuil Dhu - The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry - John Laurie
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Lady of Shalott - The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry - John Laurie
- Robert Browning: How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix - The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry - John Laurie
- William Morris: Shameful Death - The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry - John Laurie
- Hilaire Belloc: Tarantella - The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry - John Laurie
- Walter de la Mare: Off the Ground - The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry - John Laurie
- Walter de la Mare: Sam - The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry - John Laurie
- John Masefield: Reynard the Fox - The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry - John Laurie
- Traditional: Sir Patrick Spens - The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry - John Laurie
- Traditional: Lord Randall - The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry - John Laurie
- James Shirley: Death the Leveller - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- William Blake: Jerusalem - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- William Blake: The Tiger - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- William Wordsworth: The Reverie of Poor Susan - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- William Wordsworth: The Solitary Reaper - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- William Wordsworth: She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Kubla Khan - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- Thomas Love Peacock: The War Song of Dinas Vawr - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- John Keats: La Belle Dame sans Merci - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- John Keats: Meg Merrilies - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Splendor Falls on Castle Walls - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- Thomas Love Peacock: The Three Wise Men of Gotham - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- William Morris: Inscription for a Bed at Kelmscott Manor - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- Thomas Hardy: Weathers - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- Gerard Manley Hopkins: Pied Beauty - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- Alice Meynell: The Shepherdess - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- A.E. Housman: Loveliest of Trees the Cherry Now - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- Ralph Hodgson: Gypsy Girl - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- W.H. Davies: The Kingfisher - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- W.H. Davies: Early Morn - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- Walter de la Mare: All That's Past - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- Walter de la Mare: Song of Enchantment - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- Edward Thomas: If I Should Ever by Chance Grow Rich - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- James Stephens: The County Mayo - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- James Stephens: The Fifteen Acres - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- W.J. Turner: Romance - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- Edmund Blunden: Forefathers - The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry - John Laurie
- Dr. Jonathan Swift: From “Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift” - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- Alexander Pope: From "Essay on Criticism" - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- Thomas Gray: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- William Blake: From "Auguries of Innocence" - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- James Hogg: A Boy's Song - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- Robert Burns: My Heart's in the Highlands - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- William Wordswoth: Westminster Bridge - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- Lord Bryon: So, We'll Go No More A-Roving - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ode to the West Wind - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- John Keats: Ode to a Nightingale - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- Edward Fitzgerald: From 'Rhubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- Arthur Hugh Clough: The Latest Decalogue - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring Out Wild Bells - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Break, Break, Break - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- Robert Browning: My Last Duchess - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- Matthew Arnold: Dover Beach - The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry - John Laurie
- Coriolanus, Act III Scene 3 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Henry V, Act I: Prologue - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Othello, Act I Scene 3 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Henry VIII, Act II Scene 4: All is True - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Henry VI Part III, Act I Scene 4: The Wars of the Roses - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Henry V, Act I Scene 2 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Henry IV Part I, Act II Scene 4 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Timon of Athens, Act IV Scene 3 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- King Lear, Act IV Scene 6 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- The Comedy of Errors, Act III Scene 2 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- The Winter's Tale, Act V Scene 3 (music by G. Woolfenden) - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- King John, Act III Scene 3 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Hamlet: Hamlet, Act III Scene 1 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- The Tempest, Act V Scene 1 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II Scene 1 (music by R. Peaslee) - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Pericles, Act V Scene 1 (music by S. Davey) - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Twelfth Night, Act II Scene 5 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- King Richard III, Act I Scene 2 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Love's Labour's Lost, Act IV Scene 3 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- The Taming of the Shrew, Act II Scene 1 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Julius Caesar, Act I Scene 2 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- As You Like It, Act II Scene 7 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 1 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Cymbeline, Act II Scene 2 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Antony and Cleopatra, Act II Scene 5 (music by G. Woolfenden) - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II Scene 1 (music by J. Sams) - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Measure for Measure, Act III Scene 1 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Antony and Cleopatra, Act III Scene 13 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Richard II, Act IV Scene 1 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Titus Andronicus, Act III Scene 2 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Macbeth, Act I Scene 7 (music by G. Burgon) - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- King Lear, Act V Scene 3 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Romeo and Juliet, Act II Scene 2 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Henry IV Part I, Act V Scene 1 (music by E. Gregson) - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV Scene 1 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Henry V, Act V Scene 2 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Henry VI Part III, Act II Scene 5 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Troilus and Cressida, Act V Scene 1 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- Hamlet: Hamlet, Act II Scene 2 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- All's Well That Ends Well, Act I Scene 3 (music by P. Englishby) - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II Scene 3 - The Essential Shakespeare Live - John Laurie
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