
Paul Kermack
Known For & Full Filmography14 Titles

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as John Friendly
Public Eye is a British television drama broadcast from 1965 to 1975 on ITV1. Produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four, the programme follows the investigations and cases handled by the unglamourous enquiry agent Frank Marker.

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes • as Man
A series of six plays centred on a house in Glasgow, from 1878 to the 1980s.

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as Barman
In the western isles of 1930s Scotland, Peter 'Para Handy' MacFarlane, captain of the puffer Vital Spark, treks around the coastal waters of west Scotland and variously schemes himself and his crew into mischief.

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A bereaved brother is troubled by memories of his twin who died at sea. Having returned to his childhood home, a Christmas celebration with his brother’s widow and her son goes horribly awry, as dark secrets and sibling rivalries return to haunt them - before the past can be laid to rest.

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Jamie's father
Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship releases Jamie from self-pity.

Movie - 1985, 2h 15m • as Prison Doctor
The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man.

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as Jamie's father
The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.

Movie - 1986, 2h 15m • as Danny
The Highlands of Scotland. A fight outside the village hall. Robert Menzies lies dead and Allan Innes flees to the hills, pursued by Robert's brother. An old friend, Sandy Ross, tries to prevent the inevitable blood hunt.

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • as Sinclair
Three stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present.

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Mr. Daunders
Two underprivileged Glaswegian youngsters are caught up in sectarian gang warfare after discovering crates stuffed with banknotes in the basement they use for a clubhouse.

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Jamie's father
When Jamie's maternal grandmother dies, he and his brother Tommy are separated - Tommy is taken off to a welfare home and Jamie goes to live with his other grandmother and uncle. His life is far from happy, filled with silence, rejection and bouts of violence.

Movie - 1981, 2h 15m • as First Man
A woman runs an 'establishment' for gay servicemen during World War Two in Scotland. A Scottish and an American serviceman meet and spend the night together there.

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Father
Everybody tells Onnie to steer clear of Patsy Gallaher, that he's bad news, but Onnie doesn't see it. Gallaher is Onnie's friend, and he believes friends should be loyal to one another.

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as Narrator
A profile from 1972 of celebrated Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid on the occasion of his 80th birthday. In this film he talks about his uncompromising life and the ideas and circumstances that have shaped its progress.