James Cairncross was born on December 21, 1915 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. He was an actor and writer, known for Tom Jones: de l'alcôve à la potence (1963), The Lass Wi' the Muckle Mou (1953) and Debbie Go Home (1962). He died on December 17, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.