Birth Chart
Russell Hunter
Adam Russell Hunter
Sun Aquarius
Moon Capricorn
Ascendant Scorpio
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Aquarius - 29°49' - in house 4
↣ Moon in Capricorn - 03°51' - in house 3
↣ Mercury in Aquarius - 18°25' - in house 4
↣ Venus in Aquarius - 13°44' - in house 4
↣ Mars in Taurus - 08°43' - in house 7
↣ Jupiter in Capricorn - 13°42' - in house 3
↣ Saturn in Scorpio - 14°19' - in house 1
↣ Uranus in Pisces - 20°14' - in house 5
↣ Neptune in Leo - 20°58' - in house 10 - retrograde
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 11°38' - in house 9 - retrograde
↣ North Node in Leo - 13°41' - in house 10
↣ Ascendant in Scorpio - 00°02' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Leo - 12°56' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Scorpio - 17°52'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 4
↣ Moon in house 3
↣ Mercury in house 4
↣ Venus in house 4
↣ Mars in house 7
↣ Jupiter in house 3
↣ Saturn in house 1
↣ Uranus in house 5
↣ Neptune in house 10
↣ Pluto in house 9
↣ North Node in house 10
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon sextile (4°02' separating)
↣ Sun and Neptune opposition (8°51' separating)
↣ Sun and Ascendant trine (0°13' separating) parallel
↣ Moon and Mars trine (4°51' applying)
↣ Moon and Jupiter conjunction (9°51' applying)
↣ Moon and Pluto opposition (7°47' applying) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Ascendant sextile (3°49' applying)
↣ Mercury and Venus conjunction (4°41' separating) parallel
↣ Mercury and Saturn square (4°07' separating)
↣ Mercury and Neptune opposition (2°33' applying)
↣ Mercury and North Node opposition (4°44' separating) antiparallel
↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant square (0°33' applying)
↣ Mercury and Midheaven opposition (5°29' applying) antiparallel
↣ Venus and Mars square (5°02' separating)
↣ Venus and Saturn square (0°34' applying)
↣ Venus and Neptune opposition (7°14' applying)
↣ Venus and North Node opposition (0°04' separating) antiparallel
↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant square (4°08' separating)
↣ Venus and Midheaven opposition (0°48' applying) antiparallel
↣ Mars and Jupiter trine (5°00' applying)
↣ Mars and Saturn opposition (5°36' applying)
↣ Mars and Neptune parallel
↣ Mars and Pluto sextile (2°56' applying)
↣ Mars and North Node square (4°58' applying)
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (9°09' separating)
↣ Mars and Ascendant opposition (8°40' applying)
↣ Mars and Midheaven square (4°14' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Saturn sextile (0°36' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto opposition (2°04' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (4°10' separating)
↣ Saturn and Uranus trine (5°56' separating)
↣ Saturn and Pluto trine (2°40' separating)
↣ Saturn and North Node square (0°38' applying)
↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (3°34' separating)
↣ Saturn and Midheaven square (1°22' applying)
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant trine (2°23' applying)
↣ Neptune and North Node conjunction (7°18' applying)
↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant square (3°07' applying)
↣ Neptune and Midheaven conjunction (8°02' applying)
↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant trine (6°13' separating)
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant square (4°11' separating)
↣ North Node and Midheaven conjunction (0°45' applying) parallel
Birth data
- Original name
- Adam Russell Hunter
- Chart date
- 18/02/1925
- Chart time
- 23:25
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Glasgow, Scotland - Latitude and longitude
- 55°53' North · 4°15' West
- Time zone
- 00:00
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About
Russell Hunter was a Scottish actor with a long career, active in theatre, film and television from the mid-1940s. Trained in repertory theatre and in the tradition of the Glasgow Unity Theatre, he made his debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1947 and joined companies such as the Royal Shakespeare Company, working with names like Peggy Ashcroft and Edith Evans.
He became widely known for the role of Lonely in the crime series Callan (late 1960s and early 1970s), a character that established him as an interpreter of marginal figures with a comic‑tragic edge. In film he appeared in titles such as Lilli Marlene (1950), The Gorbals Story (1950), Angels One Five (1951) and Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970).
On radio and television he accumulated roles in popular productions: Doctor Who, The Sweeney, Taggart, A Touch of Frost, The Bill, The Gaffer and adaptations of Sweeney Todd and other classical BBC works. His versatility ranged from Shakespearean drama to regional humour, and he remained professionally active into his later years, with appearances in films and audio dramas.
Hunter’s legacy is that of a character actor well known on the British scene, associated with the Scottish repertory tradition and with long‑running portrayals of folkloric and urban figures that left a mark on postwar British television.
