1974
THE
TAMARIND SEED
Director:
Blake Edwards
Writers:
Evelyn Anthony (novel)
Blake Edwards
(screenplay)
Cast
Julie Andrews ... Judith
Farrow
Omar Sharif ... Feodor
Sverdlov
Anthony Quayle ... Jack
Loder, Head of MI6
Dan O'Herlihy ... Fergus
Stephenson
Sylvia Syms ... Margaret
Stephenson
Oskar Homolka ... General
Golitsyn
Bryan Marshall ... George
MacLeod
David Baron ... Richard
Paterson
Celia Bannerman ...
Rachel Paterson
Roger Dann ... Colonel
Moreau
Sharon Duce ... Sandy
Mitchell
George Mikell ... Major
Stukalov
Kate O'Mara ... Anna
Skriabina
Constantine Gregory ...
Dimitri Memenov (as
Constantin de Goguel)
John Sullivan ... KGB
Agent
We all had
a day out at London Zoo.
Me, the wife and three
kid’s.
The kids were not
impressed by the movie
business. (After six
takes they wanted to go
home)
I managed to take a photo
of Omar but it
didn’t come out to
good.
(David Bailey, Don’t
worry)
OMAR SHARIF
HAVING HIGH TEA AT LONDON
ZOO…
TOMMY…Ken
Russell…
A few days stand/in for
various artists...
CARRY
ON DICK…Pinewood…Gerry
Thomas.
The last Carry On I
worked on and one of the
best.
I remember Sid James
playing Dick Turpin
saying a line to a young
lady,
‘’My
name’s Dick, do you
like it?’’
The whole cast at their
best. (Watch it on video)
Scene from Carry On Dick
LEGEND
OF THE WEREWOLF
Director:
Freddie Francis
Writer:
Anthony Hinds (writer)
Cast
Peter Cushing ... Prof.
Paul
Ron Moody ... Zookeeper
Hugh Griffith ... Maestro
Pamponi
Roy Castle ...
Photographer
David Rintoul ... Etoile
Stefan Gryff ... Max
Gerard
Lynn Dalby ... Christine
Renee Houston ...
Chou-Chou
Marjorie Yates ... Madame
Tellier
Norman Mitchell ... Tiny
Mark Weavers ... Young
Etoile
David Bailie ... Boulon
Hilary Labow ... Zoe
Elaine Baillie ...
Annabelle
Michael Ripper ...
Sewerman
A run of
the mill horror film and
I was standing/in for the
Werewolf.
Guest artists, Michael
Ripper and Ron Moody.
I’d known Kevin
Francis since Randall and
Hopkirk days when he was
a 2nd A.D. and we’d
had a few beers together.
His Father, Freddy was a
well respected lighting
cameraman and had worked
on a number of big budget
films over the years.
(Why do lighting
cameramen want to
Direct?)
Kevin also produced The
Ghoul, Trog and
Persecution around the
same time and always gave
me a bit of work when he
could. Whenever I’m
at Pinewood I make a
point to drop into his
office and say hello...
In another twenty years
time he offers to buy a
script off me.
My best wishes go to all
the Francis family.
THE
SWEENEY…John
Thaw…Dennis
Waterman…
It arrived with a bang. A
British cop show that
pulled no punches.
No more
‘’Evening
all’’ from
Dixon of Dock Green this
was the ‘’Bogs
Dollocks’’.
A couple of good friends
of mine were standing/in
for the two main leads.
Whenever they could
they’d stick my name
up to the various 2nd
A.D.’s and get me a
couple of days work.
Thanks Barry and Tony.
I can’t remember the
number of episodes I was
on but it always seemed
to be when it was a bit
quiet on the outside.
I got on well with John
and Dennis and on some
episodes I’d be a
plain clothes cop helping
them out of trouble and
on other episodes
they’d be roughing
me up.
(I never get to play
Vicars or Doctors, is it
something to do with my
face)
As
I’ve said I worked
on The Sweeny on and off
over the next couple of
years
And was still friends
with John up to his
death...(Everyone misses
you John)
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VISITORS
FOR ANDERSON…BBC
DRAMA…
I’m in the cast
again as a prison warder
in a jail in South
Africa.
Not too much to do or say
but mainly rattle cell
keys around doors and
look horrible and
menacing to the
inmates…(that
isn’t too hard)
I worked with Stratford
Johns on this but had
already worked with him
on Z-Cars and
Barlow.(it’s nice to
have a friend on the
team)
(For South Africa, read
London BBC Centre)
THE
LIVER BIRDS…Producer…Douglas
Argent…BBCTV…
Cast Inc…Nerys
Hughes…Elizabeth
Estensen…
I’m saying words
again as a cast
member…(a spit and a
cough)
All I have to do is order
a huge breakfast in a
transport café and have
a bit of a go at the two
main artists. (No sweat)
Elizabeth is now one of
the main cast of
Emerdale. 2002/2003…
IT
AINT HALF HOT MUM…BBCTV…
I did a few of these over
the next few years and we
had a good laugh doing
them. All the cast were
great and I spent many a
happy hour having a swift
half in the studio
bar…
In between
these shows I was fitting
in a lot of Doctor Who
episodes.
Doctors came and went and
I can’t remember how
many shows I worked on.
If they show an old one
on Cable I’m not too
surprised
If my face pops up in an
episode, (It was our
bread and butter jobs)
NEXT
- 1975
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