Gordon Jackson in The Ipcress File
Gordon Jackson (1923 - 1990)
Film Deaths[]
- The Foreman Went To France (1942) [Alastair "Jock" MacFarlane]: On the back of a lorry attacked by a Stuka, as he shoots it down with his Bren gun he is hit by a bullet as the plane crashes nearby, and he dies a minute later.
- Millions Like Us (1943) [Fred Blake]: Killed off-screen in air combat. We learn of his death when Patricia Roc gets the news.
- Blind Spot (1958) [Chalky White]: He uses a torch to signal waiting driver George Pastell that Robert Mackenzie is about to leave an office but Robert pushes Jackson out first and he is the one hit by the car. (See also Patric Doonan in the original Blackout).
- Yesterday's Enemy (1959) [Sgt McKenzie]: Shot in the back by the Japanese as he runs from their ambush.
- The Great Escape (1963) [Flight Lieutenant Andy McDonald]: Machine gunned (along with Richard Attenborough and other captured escaped POWs) by German soldiers in an execution.
- The Ipcress File (1965) [Jock Carswell]: Shot off-camera in the forehead (through the windshield) while sitting in his car. We learn he's been killed when his car remains stopped at the green light and the people come out and look at him.
- The Shooting Party (1984) [Tom Harker]: Accidentally shot in the face by Edward Fox during a pheasant hunt, he dies a few minutes later while talking to and praying with James Mason.
Television Deaths[]
- The Avengers: Castle De'ath (1965) [Ian De'ath] Killed when Robert Urquhart throws a knife into his chest.
Gallery[]
Gordon Jackson (left with Richard Attenborough) just before their deaths in The Great Escape
Notable Connections[]
- Mr. Rona Anderson