able to keep was one 78rpm Jack Buchanan record—"Who?"—which, when Browne visited his Moscow flat, he played repeatedly. This event is portrayed in Alan Bennett's play An Englishman Abroad. Character Buchanan was noted for his portrayals of the quintessential English gentleman, despite being a Scot. He was known for his financial generosity to less prosperous actors and chorus performers. Sandy Wilson recalled that each year during the running of the annual Grand National horse race, Buchanan would cancel that day's performance of his current musical and charter an excursion train to the racecourse and back, supplying meals for the entire cast and crew of his show, in addition to giving them £5 each for a "flutter" on the horse of their choice. Buchanan died in London in 1957 from spinal cancer at age 66. Partial filmography Auld Lang Syne (1917) – Vane Her Heritage (1919) – Bob Hales The Audacious Mr. Squire (1923) – Tom Squire The Happy Ending (1925) – Captain Dale Conway Settled Out of Court (1925) – The Husband Bulldog Drummond's Third Round (1925) – Captain Hugh Drummond A Typical Budget (1925, Short) Confetti (1928) – Count Andrea Zorro Toni (1928) – Toni Marr / Marini Paris (1929) – Guy Pennell The Show of Shows (1929) Monte Carlo (1930) – Count Rudolph Farriere A Man of Mayfair (1931) – Lord William Goodnight, Vienna (1932) – Captain Maximilian Schletoff Yes, Mr Brown (1933) – Nicholas Baumann That's a Good Girl (1933) – Jack Barrow Brewster's Millions (1935) – Jack Brewster Come Out of the Pantry (1935) – Lord Robert Brent When Knights Were Bold (1936) – Sir Guy De Vere This'll Make You Whistle (1936) – Bill Hoppings Smash and Grab (1937) – John Forrest Limelight (1937) – Himself (uncredited) Break the News (1938) – Teddy Enton The Sky's the Limit (1938) – Dave Harber The Gang's All Here (1939) – John Forrest The Middle Watch (1940) – Captain Maitland Bulldog Sees It Through (1940) – 'Bulldog' Bill Watson The Band Wagon (1953) – Jeffrey Cordova As Long as They're Happy (1955) – John Bentley Josephine and Men (1955) – Uncle Charles Luton The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955) – Le Major Marmaduke Thompson Box office ranking For a number of years, British film exhibitors voted him among the top ten British stars at the box office via an annual poll in the Motion Picture Herald.