1967

HALF A SIXPENCE…Director George Sidney…

I meet Tommy Steel. He was discovered singing in the 2I’s Coffee bar in the fifties... A good old Cockney Geezer… Shepperton Studios.

QUATERMASS AND THE PIT…Director…Roy Ward Baker…MGM Studios
My first horror film.. I was to work with this director many more times.
Cast Inc…James Donald…Barbara Shelley…
Quatermass and the Pit
All we had to do was walk around the tube station as if we were Zombies..
My wife said ''No change there then''

THE MAGNIFICENT TWO… Director Cliff Owen…Pinewood Studios

Cast: Eric Morecombe …Ernie Wise…
Filmed for a couple of days in Black Park. Met Phil the Arab...

TWO A PENNY…Director…James F Collier…
Cast Inc…Cliff Richard…Ann Holloway…

BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN…Michael Caine in his third outing as Harry Palmer.
Directed by Ken Russell. A week of nights at Pinewood...

FOLLOW THAT CAMEL…All the Carry On team but with guest actor Phil Silvers (Sgt. Bilko). I was at Pinewood for two weeks.

THE PRISONER…Cult TV series with Patrick McGoohan... I worked on about six episodes. (A day here a day there)

THE CHAMPIONS…Made at A.B.P.C. Studios Elstree... The Lovely Alexandra Bastedo.
I worked on six –eight episodes...

THE AVENGERS & THE SAINT…Same Studios…Worked odd days...

MAN IN A SUITCASE… Richard Bradford. Made at Pinewood. Worked on two episodes.
One with a young Donald Sutherland...

Man in a Suitcase

ENEMY OF THE WORLD…(Doctor Who, with Patrick Troughton) Lime Grove BBC...

A CHALLENGE FOR ROBIN HOOD…Director…C. Pennington-Richards…Pinewood…
Cast Inc…Barry Ingham…Peter Blythe…
Spent a few days romping around Sherwood Forest (Black Park) throwing custard pies at the bad guys.. (Don’t ask me why)

NEXT - 1968

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