Ian Colquhoun ( ) is an author, actor, stuntman and Historian originally from

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. He lost his legs and was almost killed in an unprovoked assault and

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attack whilst living in the

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in 2002 and now wears

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legs. He gives lectures to

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students at an

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about his condition. His autobiography ''Burnt – Surviving Against All the Odds – Beaten, Burnt and Left for Dead. One Man's Inspiring Story of His Survival After Losing His Legs'' was published in 2007. His second book, "Drumossie Moor: Jack Cameron, the Irish Regiment and the Battle of Culloden", describes the role of Irish troops during the

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. Colquhoun appeared on Tiger Aspect Productions ''Men in White'' shown in the UK in October 2006 on

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, as well as playing a badly wounded sailor in the film ''

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'', which is about the sinking of in 1945. Colquhoun appeared on Channel 4's

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/ref> in August 2007 promoting his book and talking about his life. In October 2007 he played 'MacHendry' in episode 92 of the long running SMG drama '

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'. 2007 Also saw Colquhoun appear in a highly successful promotional film that helped Scotland be awarded the 2014 Commonwealth games.

Bibliography

His twelve book releases to date are: * ''Burnt – Surviving Against All the Odds – Beaten, Burnt and Left for Dead. One Man's Inspiring Story of His Survival After Losing His Legs'' * ''Drummossie Moor- Jack Cameron, the Irish Brigade and the battle of Culloden'' * ''Nine Lives – A Self-Help Book for Amputees'' * ''GarryOwen! – Jack Cameron, The Seventh Cavalry and The Battle of the Little Bighorn'' * ''Over the hills and far away : The ordinary soldier'' * ''Jihad – Battle for The Sudan'' * ''The Real Livingston – A Kaleidoscope'' * ''Le Boudin – The Demons of Camerone'' * ''Edinburgh – On This Day'' * ''Hibernian FC – On This Day'' (with Bobby Sinnet) * ''From Oblivion to Hampden – Hibs Heroes of 1991'' * ''The Hibs are here – Miller to Millennium''

References

*https://archive.today/20130624170358/http://www.iancolquhoun.org.uk/list-of-books/ *http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/new-book-towns-true-life-2531287

External links

Official Site

Living people Scottish male film actors Scottish writers People from Livingston, West Lothian Scottish amputees Amputee actors Year of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-writer-stub