21 Most famous fictional Scottish people
Fictional people with Scottish ancestory
Real Scottish people who have had famous movies or stories
List of most famous fictional Scottish not including real Scottish people who appeared in famous movies
1. Loch Ness Monster (possibly not fictional)
Place of residence Loch Ness Inverness
A monster of the famous Scottish Loch.
Some say he is a like a dinousaur.
2. "Scotty" from Star trek Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott Chief Engineer and third-in-command (usually called "Scotty" by the captain).
Played by James Doohan
Montgomery Scott, nicknamed Scotty, is a fictional character in the original Star Trek series. He served as the chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise, and was known as a "miracle worker" for being able to come up with unconventional solutions to solve practically any engineering problem he faced (though he often padded his estimates of how long it would take, so that he could always seem to have gotten the job done very quickly). It is a matter of controversy where Scotty was born in Scotland some claim Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland in 2222 , as he spoke with a thick Lowland Scottish accent.
Following the death of actor James Doohan in July 2005, several towns in Scotland began campaigning to be named the official birthplace of Scotty.
The most vocal
of the claimants is Linlithgow, which claims Scotty as a native son because of
it being mentioned in the novel Vulcan's Glory that he was born there. However,
the novels are not considered canon, and Star Trek historians and others claim
that Scotty's birthplace is in fact Aberdeen, Scotland due to a line in the Original
Series episode "Wolf in the Fold" in which Scotty describes himself
as "an old Aberdeen pub crawler".
Scotty was third in the Enterprise chain of command, and routinely took command of the ship when Kirk and Spock were unavailable
"Beam me up!", "She canna take much more!" – From The Original Series
3. Connor MacLeod (Highlander)
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
Plot Outline: An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".
Christopher Lambert was the actor in the famous Highlander
4. Shrek: voice by Canadian comedian Mike Myers
Shrek is the protagonist from the Shrek movies.
The eponymous hero, who is an ogre, lives in a swamp and was, until befriending Donkey, a relative recluse and grumpy character. Although his background is something of a mystery, it is assumed that despite these traits, Shrek has always been an ogre of the non-hostile kind.
Shrek has expressed rather philosophical observations on the similarities between Ogres and onions. He cooks a mean weed rat stew, and has a sense of humour that not all appreciate. His accent suggests Scottish descent. Shrek, although wholly successful in this mission, soon falls in love with the princess. Through fate or fortune, it transpires that he is her "one true love". She soon realises this, and after kissing Shrek magically transforms into an ogre, presumably to facilitate their marriage and living happilly ever after.
5. Groundskeeper Willie (AKA - G. K. Willington, Esq.) is a Scottish fictional character in the animated television comedy The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
He is the school groundskeeper for Springfield Elementary School. Willie is easily identifiable by his head of flaming red hair and beard, as well as exaggerated Scottish accent. His alias was invented by Lisa Simpson in episode "My Fair Laddy" from season 17.
Although Willie is a stereotypical Scot, The Times reported in late 2005 that "he is the most instantly recognizable Scot in the world: better known than Billy Connolly or Ewan McGregor, even Sean Connery." The same article quotes Simpsons creator Matt Groening as saying "We wanted to create a school janitor that was filled with rage, sort of our tribute to angry janitors all over the world".
Sometimes, Willie wears a kilt, usually due to a formal occasion. As a true Scotsman, he does not wear anything under the kilt. At Scotchtoberfest, Bart attaches a number of balloons to Willie's kilt, which leads to the kilt flying up. The gathered crowd gasps and a woman faints. In response, Willie cried, "Ach! 'Tis no more than what God gave me, you puritan pukes!" In the episode "Monty Can't Buy Me Love", Willie is re-united with his mother and father on the banks of Loch Ness in Scotland, where Mr. Burns leads a successful expedition to catch the Loch Ness Monster and bring it to Springfield. He is 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) tall.
Including Scottish who were real but had famous movies or stories written about them.
6. Private James Frazer famous for saying "we're doomed" a fictional Home Guard platoon member and undertaker portrayed by John Laurie on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army.
7. Fat B####rd is a villain from the Austin Powers films. He is played by Mike Myers.
An overweight henchman hailing from Scotland, Fat B####rd served Dr. Evil in his quest to defeat Austin Powers and conquer Earth. He is noted for his foul temper, his frequently passing wind, and his unusual eating habits, namely a taste for babies (and anything that looks like a baby, eg: small people). He once tried to refuse Dr. Evil's money for his services in exchange for eating Mini-Me. (A commonly repeated quote is him saying to Mini-Me "I'm bigger than you, I'm higher on the food chain! Get in ma belly!")
8. Miss Jean Brodie is a fictional character in the Muriel Spark novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; and in the play and film of the same name - both by Jay Presson Allen - which were based on the novel, but radically depart from it in the interest of theatre and poetic licence.
Miss Brodie is a highly idealistic character with an exaggerated romantic view of the world, many of her catchphrases have become clichés in the English language.
9. Richard Hannay is the fictional secret agent created by Scottish novelist, John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. The character is supposedly based upon Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, from Edinburgh, who was a spy during the Second Boer War.
Hannay appears in five novels:
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) made into numerous movies
Greenmantle
(1916)
Mr Standfast (1919)
The Three Hostages (1924)
The Island
of Sheep (1936)
10. Scrooge McDuck
"Scrooge McDuck, the Richest Duck in the World,"
First appearance
Donald Duck Four Color #178 Christmas on Bear Mountain, 1947
Voiced by Alan
Young
Background Information
Known Aliases The Richest Duck in the World,
The Billionaire of Dismal Downs, The Buckaroo of the Bandlands, The Last of the
Clan McDuck
Known Relatives Donald Duck (nephew), Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck
(great-nephews), Fergus McDuck (father), Downy O'Drake (mother), Matilda McDuck
(sister), Hortense McDuck (sister)
Known Friends Gyro Gearloose, Emily Quackfaster,
Gladstone Gander, Elvira Coot
Known Rivals Magica De Spell, Flintheart Glomgold,
John D. Rockerduck, the Beagle Boys, Argus McSwine
Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional character who first appeared in Dell Comics Four Color Comics #178 Christmas on Bear Mountain in December 1947. Scrooge, created by comic book artist Carl Barks for the Walt Disney Company, has emerged from being just a supporting character of the Donald Duck Universe, spawning his own comic book series, Uncle Scrooge with subsequent appearances in various television specials, films, and video games. The popular 1987 animated series DuckTales follows the adventures of Scrooge, his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck and their life situated in the fictional city, Duckburg.
Scrooge's name is based on the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, a character from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Scrooge, along with several other characters of Duckburg, has enjoyed international popularity, particularly in Europe, and is frequently translated into other languages. See Translations of Scrooge's name.
11.
Victor Meldrew was the main character in the BBC 1 sitcom One Foot In The
Grave, created by David Renwick and played by Richard Wilson.
The pensioner
is most famous for his catch phrase, "I don't believe it!" - an expression
of discontent which was actually used fairly infrequently. According to Wilson
this is because the show's producer wanted to avoid the catch phrase becoming
over used.
The series was so successful that in the UK the term a Victor Meldrew has become shorthand for a bitter and complaining elderly man. This is a little unfair to the character, as the bizarre misfortunes that befell Meldrew would often be enough to exasperate anyone.
12.
Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart (played by Mark McManus until his death
in 1994), a tough and experienced detective who had worked his way up through
the ranks. His original sidekick was DS Peter Livingstone (Neil Duncan), who represented
the new breed of young graduates entering the police force. Taggarts' boss was
Superintendent Jack McVitie (Iain Anderson), nicknamed the biscuit as a play on
his surname and a popular brand of biscuits.
13. The Inspector Rebus books are a series of detective novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin. The novels, centred around the title character Detective Inspector John Rebus, are mostly based in and around Edinburgh.
14. Dr. Finlay is the hero of a series of stories by Scottish author A.J. Cronin. The stories were used as the basis for the long-running BBC television programme, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, screened from 1962 to 1971.
15. Rab C. Nesbitt is a working class in Glasgwegian, who spends his time drinking in his local and speaking to the camera about the state of society as he sees it.
16. Hamish Macbeth" (1995) [TV-Series 1995-1997] Hamish Macbeth is a police constable in the small Scottish town of Lochdubh,..
17. Renton
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a starter home. Choose dental insurance, leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose your future. etc:
Plot Outline: Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
18. Hot Shot Hamish famous in Roy of the Rovers
Hot Shot Hamish, followed gentle Hebridean giant Hamish Balfour, the man with the most powerful shot in the world, and began its days in Scorcher, before various mergers saw it end up in Tiger and finally RotR. Once the two strips were appearing in the same comic, they were eventually merged to form Hot Shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse (later shortened to simply Hamish and Mouse), when Mouse was transferred from Tottenford Rovers to join Hamish at Scottish club Princes Park. Not as famous as Roy Race.
19. Sergeant Neil Howie of the West Highlands Constabulary, is sent an anonymous letter recommending that he investigate the disappearance of a young girl, Rowan Morrison, on the remote Hebridean island of Summerisle. He flies out to the island and during his investigations discovers that the entire population follow a neo-pagan religion under the island's owner Lord Summerisle (Lee), worshipping the sun and engaging in other rituals. Famous for being in movie wicker man.
20. Jean McLaren
Brigadoon tells the story of a mysterious village in Scotland, which appears only one day every hundred years. Two American tourists stumble upon the village by chance, as a wedding is about to be celebrated, and their arrival has serious implications for the village's inhabitants.
New Yorkers Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas have traveled to the Scottish Highlands on a game-hunting vacation, only to get lost their first night out. While consulting a map and discussing Tommy's general ennui, they begin to hear music ("Brigadoon"); then they notice, in a valley nearby, a small village where the map says there should be nothing! Tommy and Jeff decide to visit it, if only to get directions back to their inn, and they walk off towards it.
Meanwhile, in the town itself, a fair has begun ("McConnachy Square"), with the local vendors selling milk, ale, wool, and other products. Everyone is dressed in traditional Scottish apparel, replete with kilts, sporrans, and ghillies. We are introduced to Meg Brockie, a dairy vendor with a taste for gentlemanly companionship; Angus McGuffie, her employer; Archie Beaton, seller of wool and plaids; and his son Harry.
As the fair continues, the McLaren family enters, consisting of patriarch Andrew and his two daughters Fiona, a beautiful girl of about 24, and Jean, who is dainty and sweet and approximately 18. They are there to purchase supplies for the wedding of Jean to Charlie Dalrymple. It is revealed that Harry Beaton is still madly in love with Jean, and is very depressed at the thought of her marrying another. One of the other girls asks Fiona when she will get married, and she responds, "When I find someone who makes me think of it." She explains why she would rather wait than marry the wrong person ("Waitin' For My Dearie").
Head
of the Class was an American sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1991 on the ABC television
network. It followed a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program
(IHP) at the fictional Monroe High School (later Millard Fillmore High School)
in Manhattan,
After the series ended, Connolly appeared in a spinoff
entitled Billy.
22. The Broons 23 Oor Wullie. 24. Supergran 25 Mr Mackay & McCallum 26. Jocks in Jocks and the Geordies 27 Proteus (X-Men) 28. Angus Og 29 Alan Smythe 30 Destro is a fictional character from G.I. Joe, a military-themed line of toys from Hasbro. He first appeared in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line. Destro's full name is James McCullen Destro XXIV. He hails from Callander, Scotland.31. Witches in Macbeth. 32. Kylun is a leonine fictional character of Scottish descent in the Marvel Universe. He first appeared in Excalibur #2. He was briefly a member of Excalibur. 33. Duff Killigan is a fictional character from Disney's animated television series Kim Possible. 34 . James Robert McCrimmon, or simply Jamie, is a fictional character played by Frazer Hines in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A piper of the Clan McLaren who lived in 18th century Scotland, he was a companion of the Second Doctor and a regular in the programme from 1966 to 1969. 35. Mirror Master is a fictional character, a recurring foe of the Flash with large technical knowledge and skills involving the use of mirrors. Two individuals have donned the guise of Mirror Master.36. Gerard Kelly 37. Famous Grouse 38. Tam-O-Shanta 39. Jimmy McJimmy of Russ Abbot's Madhouse. 40 David Balfour (Kidnapped) 41, Wild Haggis 42 John Hammond (Jurassic Park)
Other mentions can be given to Bond played by Sean Connery. Yet Bond has been played by non Scottish men too, so cannot be regarded as pure Scottish. It is also debated where James Bond was born. According to John Pearson and his book James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007, Bond was born near Essen, Germany. James Bond is the son of a Scottish father, Andrew Bond of Glencoe, and a Swiss mother, Monique Delacroix of the Canton de Vaud. Bond spent many of his early years abroad and became proficient in German and French due to his father's work as a foreign representative of the Vickers armaments firm. When Bond was eleven, both of his parents died in a mountain climbing accident in the Aiguilles Rouges near Chamonix.
Scottish
American Donald Duck who is of Scottish ancestory
Donald Duck is an animated
cartoon and comic-book character from Walt Disney Productions. Donald is a white
anthropomorphic duck with yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He usually wears
a sailor shirt and cap — but no pants (except when he goes swimming). Some
people believe that Finland banned him because he has no trousers, but this is
an urban legend. Donald's famous voice, one of the most identifiable voices in
all of animation, was until 1985 performed by voice actor Clarence "Ducky"
Nash. Nash came from the rural community of Watonga, Oklahoma, and due to his
voice acting rose far above his economic milieu. It was largely this semi-intelligible
speech that would cement Donald's image into audiences' minds and help fuel both
Donald's and Clarence's rise to stardom. First appearance Silly Symphonies The
Wise Little Hen, 1934
Created by Dick Lundy
Known Relatives Scrooge
McDuck (uncle), Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck (nephews), Della Duck (sister)
Known Friends Daisy Duck (girlfriend), Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Pluto,
José Carioca, Panchito Pistoles, Gyro Gearloose
Known Rivals Gladstone
Gander, Neighbour Jones, the Beagle Boys, Black Pete, Chip 'n Dale
Archie Andrews is the name of the main fictional character in an American comic book series published by Archie Comics, a long-run radio series and a comic strip drawn by Bob Montana. There was also The Archie Show, a Saturday morning cartoon television series by Filmation. The character was of Scottish ancestory.
Indiana Jones
as he Jones Sr.is (played by Sean Connery) who vanishes while pursuing a life-long
search for the Holy Grail in the last Crusade, Indiana must retrace his father's
steps in the hopes of rescuing him — and the Grail — from the clutches
of the Nazi military machine. Afictional professor, archaeologist, and adventurer
who originally appeared in a series of films
Lassie was born cumbria
but was transported to Scotland hundreds of miles away to an estate in Scotland.
However, the collie's instinct and courage cause her to escape, and the book follows
Lassie's desperate efforts to return to the boy she loves.
Chandler Bing is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), said to be of Scottish ancestry in several episodes. Ross even attempted to learn how to play the bagpipe so he could perform at their wedding. He also mentions that his grandfather was Swedish, but then follows it up with "...and my grandmother was actually a tiny little bunny" (because Monica flirtatiously asked how he got to be so cute), so he may have been joking.
Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee (so nicknamed because he allegedly fought a crocodile and lived to tell the tale).
Beverly Crusher & Wesley Eugene Crusher of star trek the next gereration visit a planet which is of Scottish
Angus MacGyver is a highly intelligent action hero who prefers non-violent conflict resolution wherever possible. His first name was finally officially revealed in Good Knight, MacGyver, in which he learns of a seventh-century Scottish ancestor, Angus M'Iver, and admits that they share their first name; and repeated in the series finale, which introduces MacGyver's son, whose middle name is Angus.
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I can find no evidence that Dr Frasier Crane famous
for Frasier was Scottish but I think with a name likte that he must have been.
In Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film) an Edinburgh professor is intriqued by a strange rock given to him by one of his pupils. Uncovering its secret leads him and a few other hardy individuals to a dangerous journey that may have no return.
Real Scottish people who have had famous movies or stories
MacBeth a real ruler of Sotland but famous for fictional play MacBeth
Lady Macbeth (Shakespeare). Lady Macbeth is a character in Shakespeare's play Macbeth. While based on the real Lady Macbeth, Queen Gruoch of Scotland, both her character and the play's events are tied very weakly to actual history.
Lady Macbeth has become an archetypal character: the standard template for a wife pushing her husband to do harm to further her own ambition.
Shakespeare used Lady Macbeth to subvert the traditional Jacobean attitudes towards femininity, as Lady Macbeth is manipulative, ambitious and ruthless.
Macduff is a fictional character in Shakespeare's
play Macbeth.
He is the Thane of Fife, and flees to England with the son of
King Duncan when the king is slain by Macbeth. In his absence, his castle is ambushed
and his wife and children slaughtered. He later fights Macbeth during a war to
take back the throne; it has been prophecied that Macbeth cannot be killed by
any "man of woman born," but Macduff reveals he was born by caesarean
section, and kills him.
While being a fictional character, the MacDuff Clan were the most powerful family in Fife in the medieval ages. The ruins of their castle now lie in Wemyss cemetery.
Macbeth is possibly William Shakespeare's most popular work, as well as his shortest tragedy. It is frequently performed at professional and community theatres around the world.
The play is seen as an archetypal tale of the dangers of the lust for power and betrayal of friends. It is loosely based upon the historical account of King Macbeth of Scotland by the Scottish philosopher Hector Boece. Boece's account flattered the antecedents of his patron, King James VI of Scotland (also known as King James I of England), and greatly maligned the real-life Macbeth, the King of Scots.
Macbeth incorporates the characteristic features of a morality play. Scholars think it is an archetypal Jacobean play with plenty of endorsements of James I's reign and place its composition around 1606. There is considerable evidence that the text of the play incorporates later revisions by Thomas Middleton, who inserted popular passages from his own play The Witch (1615), most notably an extra scene involving the witches and Hecate, because these scenes proved highly popular with audiences. These revisions, which include all of Act III, Scene v, and a portion of Act IV, Scene i, are generally indicated as such in modern texts.
William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule. Famous in Braveheart
Rob Roy is a novel by Walter Scott about Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who goes to the Scottish Highlands to collect a debt stolen from him. Rob Roy MacGregor, who the book is named after, appears in the book several times but is not the lead character (in fact the narrative does not move to Scotland until half way through the book).
The story takes place at the time of the 'Fifteen Jacobite Rising. The plot has been criticized as disjointed, the end especially is hurried. Critics were disappointed that Rob Roy was not presented as a more impressive figure; however, in general the criticism was favourable.
Rob
Roy was written from the Spring of 1817 and published on Hogmanay of that year.
Like the original Waverley novel it was published anonymously and came in three
volumes. The demand for the novel was huge and a whole ship from Leith to London
contained nothing but an entire edition of it. Scott visited Loch Lomond and the
cathedral in Glasgow as research for the novel.
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