Background
Malcolm was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and was brought up in Canada after his family emigrated to British Columbia in the late 1940s.
Malcolm was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and was brought up in Canada after his family emigrated to British Columbia in the late 1940s.
He attended the University of British Columbia, where he worked and studied theatre.
Early life and education
After university, he returned to the United Kingdom and began his professional career with the Royal Shakespeare Company (1966-1968). He appeared in at least ten productions and worked with directors including Peter Hall, Trevor Nunn and John Barton. Throughout the 1970s, he worked continuously in theatre and film, appearing in many Royal Court productions including the award-winning musical, The Rocky Horror Show creating the role of Brad Majors.
He appeared in films including The Empire Strikes Back, Reds, Ragtime, Labyrinth and Highlander.
In 1978, Malcolm began his producing career with Pal Joey, which was successfully transferred to the West End in 1980 and was nominated for best Musical Revival in the Laurence Olivier Awards. Other productions in London included Frankie and Johnny, When I Was A Young Girl I Used To Scream And Shout, as well as five Steven Berkoff plays, including Decadence, Greek and Metamorphosis.
This Olivier nominated production went on to huge success throughout the United Kingdom, enjoying 4 nationwide tours over the next 10 years as well as many productions throughout the world. He oversaw these productions on behalf of The Rocky Horror Company Limited, a company formed by the producers and the play"s author Richard O"Brien to look after this much loved musical.
Other British productions throughout this time include The Pajama Game, Footloose the Musical, and the award-winning Single Spies written by Alan Bennett which had a very successful year at the Queen"s Theatre.
He co-produced the world premiere of Flashdance The Musical which premiered at the Plymouth Theatre Royal in 2008, toured the United Kingdom and presented at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2010. He had maintained his interest in acting as well, appearing on 11 episodes of Absolutely Fabulous as Saffy"s father, Justin, and in the BBC2 film, Daphne as Nelson Doubleday. Personal life.