16-555: McAvoy , MacAvoy or Mac-Avoy is an Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alex McAvoy (1928–2005), Scottish actor Andy McAvoy (born 1979), English footballer Billy McAvoy , Northern Irish footballer Charlie McAvoy (born 1997), American ice hockey defenseman Ciara McAvoy , Scottish artist Doug McAvoy (1939–2019), British trade union leader Doug McAvoy (footballer) (1918–1988), Scottish footballer Dylan McAvoy , fictional character from The Young and
32-660: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alex McAvoy Alex McAvoy (10 March 1928 – 16 June 2005) was a Scottish actor known for his roles as Sunny Jim in the BBC Scotland adaptation of Neil Munro 's Para Handy stories, The Vital Spark , and as the teacher in Pink Floyd 's musical film, The Wall . As a young man McAvoy enrolled at the School of Art in Glasgow's Renfrew Street before, in
48-754: Is now mainly known for his humorous short stories, originally written under the pen name Hugh Foulis . The best known of these stories are about the fictional Clyde puffer the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy , but they also include stories about the waiter and kirk beadle Erchie MacPherson and the travelling drapery salesman Jimmy Swan. They were originally published in the Glasgow Evening News , but collections were published as books. A key figure in Scottish literary circles, Munro
64-641: The Glasgow Evening News in 1918. Munro published several novels under his own name. Initially he had some success writing historical novels, most of them set in the Highlands and exploring the coming of change in the comparatively recent past. His best-known novels from this phase of his writing career are John Splendid , set around Montrose's campaign in the First Civil War and his attack on Inveraray, and Doom Castle , set around
80-764: The Trongate before working as a journalist on the Greenock Advertiser , the Glasgow News , the Falkirk Herald and the Glasgow Evening News . He semi-retired from journalism in 1902 to concentrate on other writing. His play Macpherson , deploying his popular comic character, Erchie MacPherson, was staged by the Glasgow Repertory Theatre in 1909, and was well received. In 1914 he returned to journalism, becoming editor of
96-658: The surname McAvoy . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. References [ edit ] ^ Bourchier, Dan (14 November 2021). "Dr Charles Perkins Prize winner says don't let others define who you are" . ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 15 November 2021 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McAvoy&oldid=1249618706 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
112-609: The 1950s, joining the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. As a young actor he played the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow's Gorbals district alongside such future stars as John Cairney and Mary Marquis . In the earlier part of his career McAvoy ventured into variety and light entertainment and was the first foil to Scottish comedy singer Andy Stewart . He developed a love of mime and featured in Scottish pantomime, with featured roles at
128-527: The Beadle) and Strictly Sinatra (2001). He also featured in Pink Floyd's video EP of The Final Cut (1983). This article about a Scottish actor is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Neil Munro (writer) Neil Munro (3 June 1863 – 22 December 1930) was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic. He was basically a serious writer, but
144-702: The Boy Scouts of America Thomas James McAvoy (born 1938), American jurist Tom McAvoy (1936–2011), baseball pitcher Tommy McAvoy (born 1943), Scottish politician Tony McAvoy , first Indigenous Australian QC and presenter of the 2021 Dr Charles Perkins Oration R. A. MacAvoy , American author Walter C. McAvoy (1904-1990), American politician Wickey McAvoy (1894–1973), American professional baseball player William H. McAvoy , aviator William McAvoy (1884–1956), American college sports coach See also [ edit ] McEvoy [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
160-513: The Jacobite rising of 1745, which was dramatised by the BBC in 1980. Later he attempted to expand his range, with more mixed success, writing novels with contemporary settings, including The Daft Days . In 1914 he returned to a Highland historical setting with the last and best-known of his novels, The New Road , dramatised by the BBC in 1973. He then concentrated on journalism again, but his work
176-712: The King's Theatres in both Glasgow and Edinburgh . He later went to Paris to study and work in L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq . His many television roles included parts in The Bill , Dad's Army and Z-Cars as well as more serious parts in Sunday night dramas on British television. In the cinema, he memorably played the sadistic schoolteacher in Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982), and also had roles in Country Dance (1970), Venus Peter (1989, as
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#1732794543995192-983: The Restless Édouard Georges Mac-Avoy (1906–1991), French artist and portraitist Francis S. McAvoy (1856–1926), American jurist Frank McAvoy (1875–?), Scottish professional footballer George McAvoy (baseball) (1884–1952), American baseball player George McAvoy (1931–1998), Canadian ice hockey player Gerry McAvoy (born 1951), Northern Ireland guitarist Jack McAvoy , American football coach James McAvoy (born 1979), Scottish actor Jess McAvoy , Australian musician Jock McAvoy (1908–1971), British boxer John McAvoy (disambiguation) May McAvoy (1899–1984), American actress Michael McAvoy (1871–1950), Scottish footballer with Darwen and St Mirren Nathan McAvoy (born 1976), English rugby league player Paul MacAvoy (1934–2016), American economist R. A. MacAvoy (born 1949), American author Thomas C. MacAvoy (1928–2015), former president of
208-526: The successor of Robert Louis Stevenson , and at his memorial service in Glasgow Cathedral the critic Lauchlan MacLean Watt described Munro as "the greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott ". After his death his serious novels faded from view, with the partial exception of The New Road , and he came to be remembered primarily as the creator of Para Handy. This change in Munro's reputation
224-519: Was a friend of the writers J. M. Barrie , John Buchan , Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham and Joseph Conrad , and the artists Edward A. Hornel , George Houston , Pittendrigh MacGillivray and Robert Macaulay Stevenson . He was an early promoter of the works of both Conrad and Rudyard Kipling . Munro was born in Inveraray , the illegitimate son of Ann Munro, a kitchen maid. His death certificate gives his father's name as James Thompson Munro. He
240-706: Was affected by his poor health and the death of his son Hugh in the First World War. In October 1930 he received an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh . He died in Craigendoran , Helensburgh , on 22 December 1930 at age 67. A private funeral was held in Inverary and a memorial service held at Glasgow Cathedral . John Buchan subsequently edited The Poetry of Neil Munro , published in 1931. Obituaries for Munro commonly described him as
256-485: Was brought up by his maternal grandparents and an aunt. He attended Glencaddie Primary School and Church Square Public School, leaving at 14. For five years he worked in the office of the Sheriff Clerk of Argyll, a fairly prestigious post that has led to speculation that he may have had undisclosed family connections. He then moved to Glasgow and worked briefly in the cashier's office in an ironmonger's shop in
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