1997
WILDE…Director…Brian
Gilbert…
Cast Inc…Stephen
Fry…Jude
Law…Jennifer
Ehle…
We filmed at St Albans
Town Hall Herts. over the
weekend and when I was
queuing up for breakfast
about 7 on the Saturday
morning Stephen Fry was
drinking tea and chatting
to some production
staff..
I have never seen an
actor look so alike to
the character he was
playing.
Stephen Fry was Oscar
Wilde.
I sat in a courtroom for
the two days and listened
to the long speeches the
actors were spouting and
again thought how do they
do that?
Thinking back to the
films I watched as a
young man Stephen’s
work reminded me of Henry
Fonda’s Abe Lincoln,
Rod Steiger’s
Scarface.
THE
MAN WHO KNEW TOO LITTLE…Director…Jon
Amiel…
Cast Inc…Bill
Murrey…Joanne
Whalley…
Filmed for over a week at
EMI Studios Elstree in
the same studio I used to
film Randall and Hopkirk
(Deceased) nearly thirty
years before.
Jon Amiel came and spoke
to me (I hadn’t seen
him since we worked on
The Singing Detective
days) and I tried to keep
him out of the church on
the first day.
I was to play a
photographer in these
scenes among the other
200 or so Supporting
Artists.
It was a good money week
for all of us because of
the amount of overtime
incurred.
FAIRY
TALE: A TRUE STORY…Director…Charles
Sturridge…
Cast Inc…Harvey
Keitel…Peter O
Toole…
Filmed for a few days at
Hackney Empire Theatre,
E8.
Harvey was playing Harry
Houdini (famous escape
artist in the 1900s) and
the director gives me a
line to say to him.
While we’re standing
on the stage of this
theatre, idly chatting I
mentioned to Harvey that
I had sung on this stage
forty years ago and as
quick as a flash he said,
"You couldn’t
have been any f***ing
good if it took you forty
years to get back
here"
He did laugh at his own
joke and I saw the funny
side of it as well.
JACKAL…Director…Michael
Caton-Jones…Pinewood
Studios…
Cast Inc…Bruce
Willis…Richard
Gere…Sidney
Poitier…
An old pal of mine (Bill
Westley) is the 1st A.D.
on this and he’s got
me down to be an American
cop for a couple of
days..
Bill and I go back to the
days of The Champions
when we were submarine
crew on one of the
episodes.Then Bill went
onto the production side
of the business and never
looked back. (his son
Kevin is now a 1st A.D.)
Good luck to you Bill it
was a pleasure knowing
you.
THE
APPOCALYPSE WATCH…Director…Kevin
Conner…Pinewood
Studios…
Cast Inc…Patrick
Bergin…John
Shea…
Just one day on this
guarding the Prime
Minister outside of a
mock up of No. 10 Downing
Street.
Finished early and had a
swift half with David
Ball (Film Producer)
We talked about a new
script I was writing.
(Looking For A Rainbow)
He liked what he read and
told me to keep plugging
away.
(I’m still plugging)
Kavanagh
Q.C....Director...Charles
Beeson...
Episode
Title....The Ties That
Bind...
I worked on this
for a few days as a
member of the jury and
was glued to the
storyline.. John Thaw was
at his best as usual but
a young man in the dock
stood out as a great
(fairly) newcomer to the
biz. Although I think he
had been acting for a
long time he was that
good. His name is Eddie
Marsan and have watched
him grow over the last
ten years. Check his IMDB.
At the end of the shoot I
went up to him and told
him how good I thought he
was and he thanked
me.....Nice guy....
As I was about to leave
John Thaw
said.."Hello Harry,
don't you say hello to
your old friends
anymore". I said..
"Hello John, didn't
think you'd remember me
from The Sweeney
days". He said...
"I always remember a
good face from the
past".
Still number one in my
book............
NEXT
- 1998
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