Stuart McGugan

Stuart McGugan (born 2 March 1944) is a Scottish actor and television presenter. He is best known for the role of Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh in It Ain't Half Hot Mum and for being a presenter on the children's show Play School.

Early life McGugan was born in Stirling and raised in Letham and Westmuir. He attended Forfar Academy, and after being kicked out got his first job was as a reporter for Kirriemuir Herald. McGugan had a life long love for drama, having performed stage shows when in boy scouts, and tried to apply to enter Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama when he was sixteen, but was denied due to lack of money and because of his gap in education from being kicked out of school. He was interviewed by an executive, while Perry and Croft were finishing rehearsing for an episode of Dad's Army, and went back up to Leeds for a show. He played Bomba MacAteer in the 1987 series Tutti Frutti. McGugan appeared as Gordon Stewart in two series of the London Weekend Television (LWT) series Wish Me Luck between 1988 and 1989, in The Chief as Chief Superintendent Sean McCloud from 1993 to 1994, then in the mid-1990s was the pub owner Barney Meldrum in BBC Scotland's Hamish MacBeth. He had a recurring role as a factory worker in the Perry/Croft sitcom You Rang, M'Lord?. McGugan made his film debut in 1996 in an uncredited role as a taxi driver in Trainspotting.

He played the character Derek Simpson in Family Affairs in 1997. McGugan was in a Middle Ground Theatre Company tour of a stage adaptation of the 1960 film Tunes of Glory; McGugan played Colonel Jock Sinclair, originally played by Alec Guinness in the film. The production visited Jersey, Wolverhampton and Perth, Scotland in early 2007.

Personal life McGugan was married to his first wife, Annie Long, from 1970 to 1982. 2012 The Echoes of Empire Various roles 2014 Gustaf The voice of reason Voice only, short film 2017 The Fitzroy Captain Hunt 2018 Playing Dead Alfie Television