Actor. He will be best remembered for playing the role of the crime boss 'Vinnie Ricorso' who is fatally stabbed in the throat with a quill pen by the Joker in the action-adventure film, "Batman" (1989). The film which was directed by Tim Burton, which was based on characters by Bob Kane, written for the screen by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren, and which also starred Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, and Kim Basinger, tells the story of The Dark Knight of Gotham City who begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker. The film went won several music and film awards including an Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration for Anton Furst and Peter Young in 1990. He is also best remembered for playing the role of Harry Grout's bodyguard 'Crusher' in the popular British comedy crime television series, "Porridge" from 1975 to 1977. He was born one of four children in Dundee, Scotland, to Hugh Dair (1898-1974), and his wife Margaret Skelly Dair (1900-1973), on March 3, 1933. He was educated locally and later moved to London, England, where he found work driving bulldozers and mobile cranes on building sites. He then worked as a singer and pursued an acting career. He began appearing on the stage at such locations as the Lyceum Theatre in London, England, and while performing there he was offered the part of Harry Grout's bodyguard 'Crusher' in the popular British comedy crime television series, "Porridge" from 1975 to 1977. He made his actual film debut playing the role of 'Samson' in the film comedy, "Doing Time" (1979), which is a prison comedy that was originally entitled, "Porridge," and is based on the television comedy crime series of the same name. The film was directed and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and also starred Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, and Fulton Mackay tells the story of Long time Slade prison inmate Fletcher who is ordered by Grouty to arrange a football match between the prisoners and an all-star celebrity team. Fletcher is unaware that the match is only a diversion so that an escape can take place. When Fletcher and his cellmate Lennie stumble on the escape, they are taken along and find themselves having to break back into prison to avoid getting into trouble. Besides, "Doing Time" (1979), and "Batman" (1989), his many other film credits include, "Yellowbeard" (1983), "Body Contact" (1987), "Mister Corbett's Ghost" (1987), "Chicago Joe And The Showgirl" (1990), "Hear My Song" (1991), and "Loch Ness" (1996). Besides, the popular British television comedy crime series, "Porridge," from 1975 to 1977, his many other television credits include, "The Two Ronnies," "The Lively Arts," "Sykes," "In The Looking Glass," "The Onedin Line," "Last Of The Summer Wine," "The Squad," "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy," "Whoops Apocalypse," "Sharon And Elsie," "Up The Elephant And Round The Castle," "Filthy Rich & Catflap," "The Little And Large Show," "Jack The Ripper," "Screen One," "London's Burning," "The Detectives," "Doctor Finlay," "The Lenny Henry Show," "The Bill," and "Our Friends In The North." He also appeared in the iconic music video for the Frankie Goes to Hollywood song "Relax" (1984), as a man dressed as a Roman emperor in a gay nightclub. He also appeared in commercials including the acclaimed 1985 advertisement for Levi Strauss & Co. jeans with the late singer-songwriter, musician, and model Nick Kamen (1962-2021), which was set in a Laundromat. His last film role was playing the '1st Quaker Man' in the film drama, "Captain Jack" (1999), which was directed by Robert Young, and also starred Bob Hoskins, Sadie Frost, and Gemma Jones. He retired from acting shortly thereafter. He passed away following a battle with lung cancer in Greenwich, England, on November 25, 2005, at the age of 72, and he was buried in Eltham Cemetery and Crematorium in Eltham, England. He was married at St. Andrew's Cathedral, in Dundee, Angus, Scotland, to Georgina Stewart Lowe Dair (1925-2013), on March 2, 1957, and they were together until his death in 2005. The couple had four children together. His wife survived him and she passed away in London, England, on September 9, 2013, at the age of 87.