James Martin (born 13 March 1931) is a
Scottish film and television actor. He played Eric in BBC's ''
Still Game'', a
situation-comedy television series
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, in which he was one of the few actors who was actually a senior citizen.
Martin has also appeared in at least seven other television productions and five films. He also starred in the 2009 short film ''Relatively PC'', a comedy directed by
David Goodall. In 2014 he made a short appearance in episode 1x02 of ''
Lovesick'' playing the main character's neighbour. He also appeared in
Peter McDougall
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McDougall claims to have had very little schooling and to rarely read books, He began his working life at the age of fourte ...
's ''
Just Another Saturday'' (1975) under the name of Jimmy Martin.
Born in
Partick
Partick ( sco, Pairtick, Scottish Gaelic: ''Partaig'') is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan. To the west lies Whiteinch, to the east Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Park (across the River Kelvin), and ...
in
Glasgow
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, for many years Martin has lived in
Musselburgh,
East Lothian.
Before working on ''
Still Game'', he was a helper working at Campie Primary School's after-school club in the town.
References
External links
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1931 births
Living people
Scottish male film actors
Scottish male television actors
Male actors from Glasgow
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