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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2019 9:56:25 GMT
tps://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/nicky-henson-death-age-cause-fawlty-towers-eastenders-downton-abbey-cancer-a9248256.html
He has sadly died aged 74. He bravely battled cancer for 20 years.
He starred in cult classics like 'Witchfinder General' and 'Psychomania' plus 'All Coppers Are.....', 'Mosquito Squadron' and 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush', et al.
He appeared in 'Minder' (Bury My Half at Waltham Green), 'Downton Abbey', 'Fawlty Towers' plus countless other TV shows including a year in 'Eastenders'. He was still working up to 2018.
He had a career spanning 57 years and a 108 credits on IMDB.
RIP
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Post by fordcapri on Dec 16, 2019 10:22:33 GMT
A great actor, remembered for Witchfinder General and Psycomania and, of course, Fawlty Towers, among other things. I remember seeing him in a play called Season's Greetings, which I thought was good.
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Post by jno on Dec 16, 2019 11:41:01 GMT
He was superb in Minder and Fawlty Towers, tragic news.  RIP |
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Post by daz on Dec 16, 2019 12:00:43 GMT
That's a shame, I always thought him a decent actor.
RIP Nicky.
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Post by Twin2 on Dec 16, 2019 12:12:29 GMT
Oh that's a shame, I thought he was really good and I didn't realise he was so ill. Very sad news.
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Post by gustav on Dec 16, 2019 13:29:46 GMT
Sad to hear this. A very famous episode of Fawlty Towers.
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Dec 16, 2019 14:00:29 GMT
This is sad news and I didn't know that he'd been so I'll
RIP Sir
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Post by Arch Stanton on Dec 16, 2019 14:24:49 GMT
I hope they put him upright on his motorbike when they bury him.
That way he’s guaranteed to roar out of the ground as one of The Living Dead.
You’ve just got to believe..
A welcome addition to any production.
RIP Nicky.
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Post by gra966 on Dec 16, 2019 19:55:41 GMT
One of my favourite Fawlty Towers episodes - R.I.P Nicky Henson
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 16, 2019 23:16:55 GMT
Sad news.
I recently watched 'Penny Gold' in which he appeared alongside James Booth. RIP.
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Post by pr1 on Dec 17, 2019 7:10:15 GMT
Rest In Peace.
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Post by fordcapri on Dec 17, 2019 10:24:15 GMT
Interestingly, Nicky apparently had a 'three year contract to write songs for The Shadows and Cliff Richard'. I can't find any reference to any such songs, but he could, of course, have written under a pseudonym (even the Shads themselves did this on occasion). The musical side of his career is, I'll admit, something that had escaped me. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/dec/16/fawlty-towers-actor-nicky-henson-dies-at-74Here is a single that Nicky wrote and recorded with Paul Ferris. The song was published by Shadamm Music (which was a company formed by the Shadows and song-writers Arnold, Martin, Morrow). www.45cat.com/record/db7935 |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2019 12:18:58 GMT
Paul Ferris from 'The Baron'.
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Post by fordcapri on Dec 17, 2019 12:53:21 GMT
Paul Ferris from 'The Baron'. I was assuming the Paul Ferris who wrote the music for Witchfinder General and Maroc 7 and who very briefly played bass for the Shadows circa 1970. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2019 12:56:16 GMT
Paul Ferris from 'The Baron'. I was assuming the Paul Ferris who wrote the music for Witchfinder General and Maroc 7 and who very briefly played bass for the Shadows circa 1970.
He was in 'The Baron' for 8 of the earlier episodes filmed in 1965 until his character David Marlowe was deemed surplus to requirements.
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Post by Portland Road on Dec 19, 2019 8:18:45 GMT
Didn't know about this until I saw it here  Sorry to hear he has died; I particularly remember him in the cult films like 'Witchfinder General' (1968) and 'Psychomania' (1971) - the former was brilliant, the latter was "a period piece" but Nicky was good in both. He seemed to have a distinctive voice/accent, not so much cockney but perhaps 'Home Counties working class'. R.I.P. Nicky Henson. |
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Post by McCann on Dec 19, 2019 11:40:25 GMT
I didn't realise that Nicky was uncle to that rather irritating "Farmer Giles" Adam Henson on 'Countryfile'. Adam's alright I think. I've been to his farm in the Cotswolds he opened it up to the public, he rents most of the land doesn't own it, and with his father (Nicky's brother) they've done a lot to protect rare old British breeds. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2019 15:19:26 GMT
Sad to see that Nicky Henson had passed away on 15th December 2019 aged 74. He was top funny as 'Albert Stubbs' then George Wilson in Bury My Half at Waltham Green. I think he would've been a good 'Terry' if Dennis Waterman didn't take the role. RIP Nicky.  |
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Post by Portland Road on Jan 2, 2020 11:07:56 GMT
Yes, daleysslate, that is an interesting point.
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Post by JackLast on Jan 12, 2020 19:17:07 GMT
I only really seem to pop up here when an actor dies, or I discover they have! Just watching Bury My Half at Waltham Green and think Nicky Henson is awesome in this. I then tend to hit google to see what they are up to and sadly Nicky passed away last month from cancer, a fight he has since 2003. He did a lot of TV and films such as Fawlty Towers, Minder, Boon, A Touch of Frost, Heartbeat, After You've Gone, Lovejoy and Doctors.  |
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Post by Portland Road on Jan 13, 2020 9:00:13 GMT
He looks younger in that screengrab than he did in 'Psychomania'.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Jan 13, 2020 9:25:20 GMT
I think it’s time I rewatched ‘No.1 of the Secret Service’ (1977). Nicky Henson as Charles Bind. Good fun, probably my favourite Shonteff Bond spoof.
Surprised Pertwee wasn’t in the trailer, I know he’s only got a cameo role but you’d have thought they’d have still shown him.
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Post by thewoodster on Mar 5, 2020 9:56:27 GMT
RIP Nicky.
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RIP
