Claire Nielson
Claire Nielson (née Isbister; born 8 April 1937) is a Scottish actress primarily known for her television roles. On television, she played the wife of the belligerent American guest, Mr. Hamilton, in the "Waldorf Salad" episode of Fawlty Towers, appeared as Jean 'Porridge' Carter, Geoffrey Stock's secretary, in the popular 1960s crime series Ghost Squad and played the wife of Rikki Fulton's character in many sketches of the Scottish Hogmanay show Scotch and Wry from 1978 until 1993. Other TV credits include Warship, Sutherland's Law, Upstairs, Downstairs, Monarch of the Glen, The Brothers, The Two Ronnies, Take The High Road, Z-Cars, Special Branch, Thriller and Taggart. She also appeared as Barbara Grant in the 1971 film version of Kidnapped, opposite Michael Caine and Trevor Howard.and an episode of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads.
Double Scotch & Wry
(Various)
The Wild Affair
(Perfume Saleslady)
Backfire!
(Valentina Chenko)
Kidnapped
(Barbara Grant)
Rikki Fulton - Prince of Pochlers in Scotch & Wry 4
(Various)
A Is for Acid
(Amy McSwan)
Triple Scotch & Wry
(Various)
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
(Ellen Simpson)
Scotch & Wry
Degree of Uncertainty
(Diana)
The Kitchen
(Waitress)
The Crazy Kill
(Hilary)
Orkney
(Ingi)
Rikki
(Self)
Thriller
(Hilary)
Fawlty Towers
(Mrs. Hamilton)
Monarch of the Glen
(Edith Rankin)
Taggart
Crown Court
(Terry Greene)
Ghost Squad
The Revenue Men
Upstairs, Downstairs
(Ellen Bouverie)
No Hiding Place
The Revenue Men
(Luke Frazer)
Justice
(Mary Lurcock)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
(Miss Dixon)
Taking the Floor
(Mrs. Tranter)
The Crow Road
(Aunt Antonia)
Pie in the Sky
(Anita Block)
Scotch and Wry
The Very Best of Scotch And Wry
I, Lovett
(Mrs. Lovett)
The Wednesday Play
(Alison Grant)