- published: 06 Jul 2016
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David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor known for his roles as the Tenth Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who, Alec Hardy in Broadchurch, Giacomo Casanova in the TV serial Casanova, Kilgrave in Jessica Jones, and Barty Crouch, Jr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In addition to his appearances on screen, he has worked as a voice actor and appeared in a critically acclaimed stage production of Hamlet. In January 2015, Tennant received the National Television Award for Special Recognition.
Tennant was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, to Dr. Alexander 'Sandy' McDonald (born 1937; later Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland) and Helen McLeod (now deceased). He grew up with his brother Blair and sister Karen in Ralston, Renfrewshire, where his father was the local minister. Tennant's maternal great-grandparents, William and Agnes Blair, were staunch Protestants from County Londonderry, and were among the signatories of the Ulster Covenant in 1912. William Blair was a member of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland. Tennant's maternal grandfather, footballer Archie McLeod, met William and Agnes's daughter Nellie while playing for Derry City. McLeod's parents were from the Isle of Mull and are descended from tenant farmers.
Actors: Anne Schaefer (actress), Corinne Griffith (actress), Corinne Griffith (producer), Maurice de Canonge (actor), Frank Elliott (actor), Holmes Herbert (actor), Ian Keith (actor), Adolph Milar (actor), Robert Z. Leonard (director), David Torrence (actor), Eve Unsell (writer), Emily Fitzroy (actress), Bruce Covington (actor), Christina Montt (actress), Jim Blackwell (actor),
Plot: A worthless Frenchmen cad, Paul L'Estrange, leads a young Southern girl, Linda Lou Heath, from the shelter of her home in Dixie to a cabin in the Canadian wilderness, where he soon tires of his new plaything. He has a friend carry a message of his death to her and leaves her to the ravages of a cold Canadian winter. Her childhood sweetheart, David Tennant, comes to her rescue, they marry, and he takes a position in Malaysia. There, she finds her first husband, whom she thought dead, serving a term in the government prison...and soon to be released. The southern belle, the former Linda Lou Heath, from the 'land o' cotton', is now in a Malayan jungle, is now Linda Lou Heath L'Estrange Tennant and now has two husbands.
Keywords: 1920s, american, bigamy, cabin, canada, canadian, convict, deceit, deception, desertion