COMEDIAN ON HIS TURN AS CRAIGLANG’S CREEPY
Heather Greenaway Comic Bruce Morton said he is happy to become the most hated man in Scotland – just to land a part in Still Game.
The 58-year- old stand-up comedian’s debut as creepy undertaker Iain Duncan Sheathing signals the end for one of the show’s best-loved characters. Bruce, who introduced Ford Kiernan to Greg Hemphill 28 years ago, admits landing a role in the show is a dream come true – even if it means there is a chance he will become public enemy No1. The actor said: “Was I worried when I heard they were going to kill off one of the Craiglang gang? Hell no, especially if it meant I was getting a job in one of the best comedy shows on telly. “Everyone secretly loves a good baddie and to hell with them if they don’t. Mr Sheathing has moved in and it looks like he’s staying. “What could be more funny than an undertaker putting the fear of death into the ageing residents of Craiglang? I can’t say who dies or what part I play in their departure but I can say it’s more comical than tragic.” Bruce, who makes his chilling entrance in
this week’s episode, has been friends with the cast members for nearly three decades and admits he had a good chuckle when Ford revealed his character’s occupation.
The comedian, who played a gas fitter in the Still Game live shows, said: “Ford and Greg came up to me at the end of the live show run and said they were thinking about writing me into the next TV series as a creepy undertaker and what did I think? What did I think? Of course I thought, ‘ You dancer.’
“I also had a good chuckle to myself because when we all hung out together back in the