D'Arcy was well-known in the U.K. for his role as Pete the Jakey in BBC sitcom Still Game, and for playing awkward teacher Phil Menzies in the 1981 film Gregory's Girl.

He also starred in numerous Scottish TV programmes, featuring alongside Love Actually star Gregor Fisher in the comedy series Rab C Nesbitt.

No details of his death were available as WENN went to press.