Douglas Sannachan

Acting

Douglas Sannachan

Born

1962-03-16 (64)

Place of birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

9 titles

Douglas Sannachan is a Scottish actor and film-maker. Part of the Glasgow Youth Theatre in the late 70s, he is perhaps best known for his collaborations with film-maker Bill Forsyth, as well as for directing the film Starcache (2018)

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 6 titles

Gregory's Girl poster
6.8

A teenager falls hard for the female soccer player who has replaced him on the team and attempts to pursue her.

Gregory's Girl

1980

Comfort and Joy poster
6.6

Radio host Alan 'Dickie' Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow.

Comfort and Joy

1984

End of the Line poster
NR

Life in a Scottish New Town

End of the Line

1984

That Sinking Feeling poster
6.1

Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money and comes up with a complicated scheme: to steal sinks from a warehouse dressed as girls and using a stop-motion-potion.

That Sinking Feeling

1980

Winter Flight poster
6.3

As the Falklands War looms, an RAF recruit falls for a young barmaid, but their romance is quickly complicated with some surprising news.

Winter Flight

1984

No artwork available
8.0

Starring musician B.A. Robertson as Ritchie Hannah a singer/songwriter returning to his mediocre life in Glasgow after the death of a friend Living Apart Together remains an important record of a culturally significant time in the city of Glasgow. Ritchie s wife Evie (Barbara Kellerman), tired of the constant upheaval in her marriage, uses the opportunity to walk out, leaving him to care for their children. Ritchie goes in search of Evie with the help of his manager s assistant Alicia (Judi Trott), however, an attraction grows between the pair and as they widen their pursuit, it becomes apparent that Evie is not ready to return home. Featuring original music from satirical post-punk musician B.A Robertson and early screen appearances from Peter Capaldi (Local Hero) and John Gordon Sinclair (Gregory s Girl), Gormley s bittersweet take on relationships is a fresh and captivating insight into how our actions affect the people we love.

Living Apart Together

1982

Series credits

Behind the camera