Jake D'Arcy

John Paterson Sinclair[1][2] (2 December 1945 – 30 May 2015), better known as Jake D'Arcy, was a Scottish actor. He appeared in a number of television series, including as "Pete the Jakey" in the comedy programme Still Game from 2002 until 2007,[3] and as 'Fud' O'Donnell in the 1987 Tutti Frutti. In films he played Coach Phil Menzies in Gregory's Girl (1981).

Jake D'Arcy
Born(1945-12-02)2 December 1945
Chichester, West Sussex, England
Died30 May 2015(2015-05-30) (aged 69)
Glasgow, Scotland

Television and film

Starting in the early 1970s, D'Arcy had roles in films and television, appearing in such TV dramas and films as Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Minder, Tutti Frutti, Rab C. Nesbitt, Takin' Over the Asylum, Hamish Macbeth, Taggart and Still Game.[4][5] He appeared in the 2009 Christmas special of British comedy show Outnumbered.[6]

D'Arcy also had a brief guest appearance as Archie Gordon, the Father of the Samantha Womack character Antonia "Toni" Gordon in the popular CITV show Spatz in 1990. (Series 1, Episode 2).[7]

In 2014, he played Smokey in the film What We Did on Our Holiday.[8]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1981 A Sense of Freedom Robbie
Gregory's Girl Coach Phil Menzies
1986 Heavenly Pursuits Wee Man in Bar
1994 Chasing the Deer Tam
Staggered Pilot
1996 The Bruce Chief MacKenzie
2000 The Little Vampire Farmer McClaughlin
Beautiful Creatures Train Guard
2014 What We Did on Our Holiday Smokey

Death

D'Arcy died in May 2015 in Glasgow at the age of 69.[9]

References
  1. "Still Game actor Jake D'Arcy's funeral held". www.scotsman.com.
  2. "Search results". ScotlandsPeople.
  3. "Tributes after Still Game actor Jake D'Arcy dies". BBC News. 30 May 2015.
  4. "Jake D'arcy". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017.
  5. "Jake D'Arcy". www.aveleyman.com.
  6. "Christmas Special 2009, Outnumbered - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  7. "Spatz S1E3 (1990) - FULL EPISODE". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  8. Vipers, Gareth (30 May 2015). "Jake D'Arcy dies: Stars mourn Still Game and Gregory's Girl actor". www.standard.co.uk.
  9. "Still Game stars lead tributes to Scots actor Jake D'Arcy who has died". Daily Record. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.


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