Background
Fleming was born in Edinburgh and attended Daniel Stewart"s College, where the performing arts centre was renamed in his honour shortly after his death.
Actor Radio host television presenter
Fleming was born in Edinburgh and attended Daniel Stewart"s College, where the performing arts centre was renamed in his honour shortly after his death.
Acting career
His acting career began in 1945. He co-founded the Gateway Theatre in Edinburgh in 1953 before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962. That year he played the title role in William Gaskill"s production of Cymbeline.
In 1965, he founded a company at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh.
He also became the director of The Scottish Theatre Company for most of its years in the 1980s. On television, he played the title role in the 1956 British Broadcasting Corporation children"s series Jesus of Nazareth.
In 1983, he played the part of Lord Reith, the British Broadcasting Corporation"s first Director General, in a two-part British Broadcasting Corporation production written by Roger Milner, entitled simply Reith. Presenting career
He was a commentator for the British Broadcasting Corporation telecast of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo from 1966 until 2008.
He was the British Broadcasting Corporation commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 in Edinburgh.
He was a commentator on British Broadcasting Corporation television coverage of state events, such as the annual Remembrance Sunday service, royal weddings and ceremonial funerals. Fleming, who never married, was organist, lay preacher, secretary and reader at the Canonmills Baptist church in Edinburgh. After a long illness he died in Street Columba"s Hospice in Edinburgh on the night of Sunday 18 April 2010.