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Jake D'Arcy

Jake D'Arcy

Actor · Died May 30, 2015, aged 69 · Chichester, West Sussex, England

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jake D'Arcy is a Scottish actor best known for playing "Pete the Jakey" on Scottish comedy show Still Game. D'Arcy first appeared in Rab C. Nesbitt and then he later appeared as Pete the Jakey on Still Game. His most recent appearance was on the Christmas special of British comedy show Outnumbered as Mack, a friend of Grampa. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake D'Arcy , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 2, 1945
Died
May 30, 2015 (aged 69)
From
Chichester, West Sussex, England
Works as
Actor
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 33 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 1% in 30 days

What are Jake D'Arcy's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
43%
Survival
29%
Power
18%
Self
11%
Survival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Warm
1
Melancholic
1
Absurd
1
Romantic
1
Other
2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jake D'Arcy's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jake D'Arcy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

33 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • What We Did on Our Holiday(2014)

    as Smokey

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Robbers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Mack

  • The Little Vampire(2000)

    as Farmer McClaughlin

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Beautiful Creatures(2000)

    as Train Guard

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Psychos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as Tommy

  • The Bruce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Chief MacKenzie

  • A Mug's Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Hamish Macbeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sawney Weir · as Scott

  • Chasing the Deer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Tam

  • Takin' Over the Asylum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 6 episodes · as Electrician

  • Staggered (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Pilot

  • Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • The Bogie Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Drunken Bum

  • Dreaming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Danny

  • Alabama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Actor

  • A View of Harry Clark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Peter Taylor

  • Playing For Real (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 7 episodes · as Dougie Kemp

  • The Play on One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Peter Taylor

  • Tutti Frutti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 6 episodes · as Fud O'Donnell

  • Scab (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Reg Briggs

  • City Lights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Bruno Moffat

  • Heavenly Pursuits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Wee Man at Bar

  • Lovejoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Murphy

  • A Sense of Freedom(1981)

    as Robbie

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • It Could Happen to Anybody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as DC Newman

  • Living Apart Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Barman

  • The Silly Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Eddie

  • Gregory's Girl(1980)

    as Phil Menzies

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Minder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · as McTaggart

  • Jackie McCafferty's Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Foreman

  • A Passage to England (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Mack

  • Just Another Saturday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Jackie

  • The Camerons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 79th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 33 titles from 1974 to 2014.

Biggest box office

Beautiful Creatures (2000)

$314K worldwide

Highest rated

Gregory's Girl (1980)

Midcredits 83rd

Most popular right now

Beautiful Creatures (2000)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting33 of 33: 33 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score78th

By decade

1970s5 · acting1980s13 · acting1990s11 · acting2000s3 · acting2010s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jake D'Arcy's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed1

Most loved · actor

Gregory's Girl (1980)

Midcredits 83rd · 73% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 35. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Jake D'Arcy work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jake D'Arcy's MovieCove titles; Alex Norton shares the most, 3.