Roddy McMillan

Roddy McMillan

Roddy McMillan (March 23, 1923 - July 9, 1979) was a Scottish actor and playwright, possibly most famous for his comedy role as Para Handy for BBC Scotland television. He also played the lead role in Edward Boyd's private eye series "The View from Daniel Pike".

He also performed in his own play "The Bevellers" which achieved success in performance at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow during 1973 and then as a televised "Play For Today" for BBC.

Roddy also played the detective "Choc" Minty in the late seventies Private Detective series Hazellstarring Nicholas Ball. Roddy died not long after completing filming on the second series of the show.


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