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Post by billyfarmer on Nov 21, 2017 18:56:46 GMT
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Post by flyingsquad on Nov 21, 2017 18:59:26 GMT
RIP Rodney
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Post by ace5150 on Nov 21, 2017 19:11:04 GMT
I always felt for Rodney in that he and James Bolam fell out, and Bolam erased him completely. Refused to show repeats when the royalties would have been welcome by Rodney.
Rodney always came across as decent.
RIP kidder.
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Post by daz on Nov 21, 2017 19:24:39 GMT
Aye, him and Bolan fell out because Bolam blamed him for tipping off the press about his Wife's pregnancy. No real reason not to speak to someone for 40 years, but who knows.
His name will live forever though through the part of Bob (Scarborough) Ferris. Classic comedy of the highest order.
RIP
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2017 19:33:13 GMT
Sad to hear this news. And Bob and Terry never did make up after over 40 years of bitterness on James Bolam's part.
Famous down the Cadgwith Inn for never buying a round. That little part of Cornwall will be a lot poorer without Rodney propping up the bar.
RIP Bob Ferris.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Nov 21, 2017 19:38:12 GMT
RIP Mr Rodney.
Very sad news. 'Whatever Happened To..' is my favourite comedy TV show of all time. Probably.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Nov 21, 2017 20:50:11 GMT
I don't really know the full story behind his feud with Bolam (he doesn't strike me as someone who's easy to get on with either) so it's been interesting reading the posts above. I associate him best with his guest role in the Man In A Suitcase episode The Bridge which Richard Bradford hated, but I do remember watching Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? when I was growing up in the early 70's.
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Post by ace5150 on Nov 21, 2017 20:57:33 GMT
I don't really know the full story behind his feud with Bolam (he doesn't strike me as someone who's easy to get on with either) so it's been interesting reading the posts above. I associate him best with his guest role in the Man In A Suitcase episode The Bridge which Richard Bradford hated, but I do remember watching Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? when I was growing up in the early 70's. Told a reporter that James Bolams wife was pregnant. It wasn't an exclusive, more of an off the cuff comment. Bolam felt betrayed as he guarded his private life. As a result, he steadfastly refused to allow the TV Series to be shown on terrestrial TV as a repeat, thus depriving Rodney of any lucrative royalties. |
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Post by billyfarmer on Nov 21, 2017 22:16:26 GMT
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Post by chopper on Nov 21, 2017 22:31:05 GMT
RIP - Rodnet Booze....
I always thought there were a fair few repeats of this programme over the years.....
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Post by Zimbo on Nov 22, 2017 10:09:48 GMT
I’m not sure It’s a fact that Bolam blocked repeats. I read the interview where Bewes claimed it, but part of his argument was that New Tricks was repeated a lot. Apart from Dad’s Army, you never see any old comedies on terrestrial TV.
RIP
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Post by Zimbo on Nov 22, 2017 14:02:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 14:20:55 GMT
Sounds like a bit of desperately trying to save face on Bolam's part. If there was no feud why didn't Bolam contact Bewes after the death of his wife in 2015? All he had to do was send a card in the post to say how sorry he was about her death. |
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Post by gustav on Nov 22, 2017 14:52:26 GMT
I feel sorry for Rodney Bewes that on his death all anyone is going to want to talk about is his falling out with James Bolam. There is no doubt that James Bolam was put out by him revealing his wife's pregnancy and did seem to sulk about it for decades, interviewers brought it up at their peril for years. But 'The Likely Lads' and 'Whatever Happened..' were both really excellent shows and they were both superb in the parts they played and clearly worked so well together. What is strange is that despite their comparable ability and tremendous success together James Bolam's career never missed a beat and went on to a host of highly succesful things. For Rodney Bewes it was pretty well downhill after that. Odd because he was talented too. 'The Likely Lads' is not a bad show to remembered for though. Very sad about Rodney.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 15:06:37 GMT
In the last 30 years of his life Bewes only made 5 appearances on TV as an actor. Bolam, in this same time period, was never off the TV. Whether it was to do with Rodney's liking of a large tipple we may never know but it is very strange that his career really went off the rails for some one so talented an actor.
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Post by gustav on Nov 22, 2017 15:10:27 GMT
Rodney Bewes did a lot of very good, serious work early in his career, Felix mentions 'Man in Suitcase' above, he also has a role in 'Billy Liar' (1963) with Tom Courtney, which is an excellent film. For those who are interested in the 'feud' with James Bolam you can hear James talking about his old partner on Radio 4's Front Row tonight: www.BBC.co.uk/programmes/b09fj9k7I don't know if it is a new interview or a collection of old clips or, indeed, what it will include. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 15:21:25 GMT
Rodney Bewes did a lot of very good, serious work early in his career, Felix mentions 'Man in Suitcase' above, he also has a role in 'Billy Liar' (1963) with Tom Courtney, which is an excellent film. Rodney was a very good actor in his prime which makes it ever so strange why the work just dried up completely after the late 1980s. 'Billy Liar' is one of the Best British Films of All Time.  |
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Post by fordcapri on Nov 22, 2017 16:35:11 GMT
Rodney did a lot of voice overs for TV commercials in the 1970s and I imagine that brought in a fair amount of money for him. Perhaps he preferred that line of work?
It would certainly be a lot easier.
And he was pretty good in Doctor Who in 1984.
And here's a great story from him...
“I was friendly with Sir Alec Guinness, and sitting on a sofa at a party with him when Sir Laurence Olivier came between us.
"He said, ‘Do have an Olivier cigarette’ because he’d just been paid a lot of money to have his name on a cigarette.
“So I looked at Sir Alec and said:, ‘I’d rather have a Guinness.’
“Sir Alex loved it, but Sir Laurence hated it. He looked at me with loathing. And that’s why I say I never worked at the National Theatre.”
You've got to have a sharp wit to say something like that off the cuff. I have no doubt that he had both a great life and career.
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Post by billyfarmer on Nov 22, 2017 18:12:49 GMT
Apart from Bob Ferris in The Likely Lads (and the sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?), two other TV roles, I remember Rodney Bewes, in - Tim Gormond in the Man in a Suitcase episode (already mentioned on this Thread) The Bridge (1967) and Quartermaster Sergeant Stien in the Doctor Who story Resurrection of the Daleks (1984).
Rodney Bewes, also appeared in one of my favourite 1970's films - Spring and Port Wine (1970).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 18:16:07 GMT
I thought The Likely Lads (1976), was one of the best film versions of a TV Sitcom. Spot on Billy. It is a superb big screen adaptation. Very good way to say goodbye to the characters of Bob and Terry. |
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Post by bensonrad on Nov 22, 2017 20:26:19 GMT
RIP Rodney, was a huge huge huge fan of his, so loved the Likely Lads and lapped up anything he did. I saw him in one of his one man shows Three Men in a Boat, and met him afterwards, my wife said she has never seen me so star struck, haha. He signed my flyer, program and book. His autobiography was on the verge of coming out and he said yes, but they left so much out of the it, as what he submitted was too long, he said 2000 pages! I reckon he had a lot of good stories to tell. Years later, while touring his other shows, I wrote to him after figuring out where he lived (there was article and photo of him outside a house, about his cat getting hurt because of George Harrisons barbwire fence), asking if his shows were ever going to head south, closest they seem to come south was Henley (where he lived, when not in Cadgwith). I suggested maybe he film his one man shows and put them out on DVD direct to the public, he wrote back with a signed flyer saying no further plans for tours aside Edinburgh (which I think he did most years). Shame his shows were never filmed, they were very funny and cleverly done. Pretty gutted his is no longer with us, bought myself a bottle of Newcastle brown ale and am going settle down to classic episode of Whateverhappened to... tonight.
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Post by bensonrad on Nov 22, 2017 20:26:47 GMT
I thought The Likely Lads (1976), was one of the best film versions of a TV Sitcom. Spot on Billy. It is a superb big screen adaptation. Very good way to say goodbye to the characters of Bob and Terry. I'd give you a beer, but only have 6. |
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Post by daz on Nov 22, 2017 20:51:50 GMT
He also appears to have written a TV show called Albert back in the 70s, which Garfield Morgan appeared to be his co-star. I am sure somebody on here will have seen this? Looking at his IMBD, it seems weird how his career just fizzled out.
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Post by ace5150 on Nov 22, 2017 21:33:19 GMT
Was it Rodney who opposed Beatle George Harrison's fencing in case his cat was injured on the barbed wire?
I think he won the objection to Georges proposal.
I can't be bothered to Google it, but I'm sure I'm on the right track
Oooooops!, someone has already mentioned it.
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Post by bensonrad on Nov 22, 2017 23:19:14 GMT
He also appears to have written a TV show called Albert back in the 70s, which Garfield Morgan appeared to be his co-star. I am sure somebody on here will have seen this? Looking at his IMBD, it seems weird how his career just fizzled out. He co-created Dear Mother...Love Albert, later known as Albert, its a pretty good series, very much Rodney Bewes being Rodney Bewes, sadly first series was wiped/missing, but the rest is a available as a box set from Network DVD. |
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Post by Portland Road on Nov 28, 2017 7:18:54 GMT
Sounds like a bit of desperately trying to save face on Bolam's part. If there was no feud why didn't Bolam contact Bewes after the death of his wife in 2015? All he had to do was send a card in the post to say how sorry he was about her death. Interesting article - I think James Bolam could have done more to contact Rodney Bewes. It seems a bit like Paul Weller and his indifferent attitude to other members of The Jam. As an aside, the Daily Mail photograph shows James and Rodney (evidently during the 1960s LL series) and captions them as being with "Wendy Richard and Mollie Sugden". A present day researcher is confusing the show with 'Are You Being Served' - the other lady in the picture (in headscarf) I think is Sheila Fern, who played Terry's sister. R.I.P. Rodney Bewes. |
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Post by gustav on Nov 28, 2017 11:23:27 GMT
Sounds like a bit of desperately trying to save face on Bolam's part. If there was no feud why didn't Bolam contact Bewes after the death of his wife in 2015? All he had to do was send a card in the post to say how sorry he was about her death. Interesting article - I think James Bolam could have done more to contact Rodney Bewes. It seems a bit like Paul Weller and his indifferent attitude to other members of The Jam. As an aside, the Daily Mail photograph shows James and Rodney (evidently during the 1960s LL series) and captions them as being with "Wendy Richard and Mollie Sugden". A present day researcher is confusing the show with 'Are You Being Served' - the other lady in the picture (in headscarf) I think is Sheila Fern, who played Terry's sister. R.I.P. Rodney Bewes. Well spotted that is Wendy Richard all right but I have an idea the other woman is Wanda Ventham. That episode has been shown on some channel or other in recent years. |
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Post by thewoodster on Jan 23, 2018 11:01:34 GMT
The 76 feature length episode as other members have stated is the ultimate end to 2 decades of classic comedy.from bewes and bolam
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