This
was my first time working
at Pinewood studios (Home
of the Bond films) and
I'm going to be playing a
soldier for a couple of
days. About twenty of us
were kitted out as
soldiers and taken to
Black Park which is just
behind the studios...
We spent the first day
firing our guns and
running about the trees
and bushes. I got to meet
some of the other extras
and they had been in the
biz for a long time so I
stayed at the back of the
shots. One guy I was
teamed up with was Phil
Parkes and he set me
straight on what to do in
shot. I got to work with
him many more
times...Thanks for
looking after the new boy
Phil.
On another day about
twenty scantily dressed
girls turned up up
dressed as troopers.....
I was looking forward to
the hand to mouth
combat...(it didn't
happen)
I did get to work with
Eric and Ernie many years
later on a live kids
show....CBTV......
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.
Director:
Ken Russell
Writers:
Len Deighton (novel)
John McGrath (screenplay)
Cast:
Michael Caine ... Harry
Palmer
Karl Malden ... Leo
Newbigen
Ed Begley ... General
Midwinter
Oskar Homolka ... Colonel
Stok (as Oscar Homolka)
Françoise Dorléac ...
Anya (as Francoise
Dorleac)
Guy Doleman ... Colonel
Ross
Vladek Sheybal ... Dr.
Eiwort
Milo Sperber ... Basil
Janos Kurutz ... Latvian
gangster
Alexei Jawdokimov ...
Latvian gangster
Paul Tamarin ... Latvian
gangster
Iza Teller ... Latvian
gangster
Mark Elwes ... Birkenshaw
Stanley Caine ... G.P.O.
special delivery boy
Gregg Palmer ... 1st
Dutch business man
Was down at Pinewood for
a week of night shooting
on this with big crowd
scenes.
It was set as a barn
dance / hoedown and we
were all dressed as
Cowboys / girls.
Michael Caine again was
playing Harry Palmer and
it was a fun weeks work.
It did seem strange
getting back home at 7am
and going to bed only to
get up in the afternoon
and do it all
again....But I was
learning more about
filming....
CARRY
ON.. FOLLOW THAT CAMEL..Pinewood
Studios
Director:
Gerald Thomas
Writer:
Talbot Rothwell
(screenplay)
Cast:
Phil Silvers ... Sergeant
Nocker
Kenneth Williams ...
Commandant Maximilian
Burger
Jim Dale ... Bertram
Oliphant 'Bo' West
Charles Hawtrey ...
Captain Le Pice
Joan Sims ... Zig-Zig
Angela Douglas ... Lady
Jane Ponsonby
Peter Butterworth ...
Simpson
Bernard Bresslaw ...
Sheikh Abdul Abulbul
Anita Harris ... Corktip
John Bluthal ... Corporal
Clotski
William Mervyn ... Sir
Cyril Ponsonby
Peter Gilmore ... Captain
Humphrey Bagshaw
Julian Holloway ...
Ticket Collector
Larry Taylor ... Riff
William Hurndell ... Raff
My first Carry On film
and had a week or more as
a Legionair trapped in
the desert of Pinewood
studios. A new member of
the cast for this one was
the great Phil Silvers
from Bilko fame.
Always hard not to laugh
at the jokes and cast
while we're doing a take
and a pleasure to be a
small part of it....
This sure beats working
at the timber firm......
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...
While on this job I got
to meet one of the guest
actors for this
episode,Mike Pratt..
A couple of years later I
was to work with him for
a full years on the show
Randall and Hopkirk ..
That's me, second from
the left, in an episode
called 'Twelve Hours'
THE
AVENGERS & THE SAINT…Same
Studios…Worked odd
days...
The Avengers, episode
'Split', with Nigel
Davenport
MAN
IN A SUITCASE…
Richard Bradford. Made at
Pinewood. Worked on two
episodes.
One with a young Donald
Sutherland...
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)
THE
SAINT...Episode
title....Legacy for the
Saint.....
This
was made at Elstree
Studios on a nearby
location...
I look so young and thin
back then dressed up as a
security guard (r) about
to be kidnapped and
bundled into the back of
a waiting van. I was very
new in the biz at this
time....
