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Post by daz on Oct 2, 2020 15:56:51 GMT
Sad news about the passing of the actor Frank Windsor.
Have to admit, I thought he had passed years ago.
RIP
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Post by barrythebook on Oct 2, 2020 16:35:09 GMT
That's sad news.
He was a familiar face on TV as I was growing up.
Can't think what it was for now but wasn't he a regular on TV adverts for something in the late '70s?
RIP.
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Post by jno on Oct 2, 2020 17:34:08 GMT
Very sad, he was great and in a ton of stuff including of course a very significant part in Randall & Hopkirk. In the 80s I remember seeing him in an ITV series called 'Flying Lady', where he retires, buys a roller and starts his own car hire business. I enjoyed that and would like to see it again at some point but I've never seen a repeat. RIP Frank, a job well done sir.  |
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Post by felixdeburgh on Oct 2, 2020 19:31:47 GMT
That's sad news. He was a familiar face on TV as I was growing up. Can't think what it was for now but wasn't he a regular on TV adverts for something in the late '70s? RIP. Wasn’t it cigars? I also fall into the ‘thought he went years ago’ camp but I’m sorry to see him go. Excellent as Sorrensen in Randall & Hopkirk as jno mentions but I’ll probably remember him best from Softly, Softly. RIP. |
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Post by barrythebook on Oct 2, 2020 21:17:59 GMT
That's sad news. He was a familiar face on TV as I was growing up. Can't think what it was for now but wasn't he a regular on TV adverts for something in the late '70s? RIP. Wasn’t it cigars? I also fall into the ‘thought he went years ago’ camp but I’m sorry to see him go. Excellent as Sorrensen in Randall & Hopkirk as jno mentions but I’ll probably remember him best from Softly, Softly. RIP. Well played felix, yes it was cigars and according to a quick search it was 'John Player Cigars'. |
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Post by jno on Oct 3, 2020 2:41:37 GMT
Yep, 44p for 5!
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Post by NickP on Oct 5, 2020 9:48:51 GMT
I had the pleasure of working with Frank on a corporate film for British industrial Sand, it was a huge project probably the biggest corporate I ever did. Frank was the presenter and had pages and pages of dialogue every day. We noticed that sometimes when he dried, he would pick up his script sit down and reread it. So while enjoying a cup of tea one day during a break from filming I asked him about this, I said: "you reel off pages and pages at a time which is amazing but, every now and again you dry and sit and reread the script". He said:" I learn the script and as I deliver the lines they really leave my mind, so if I make a mistake I have to relearn the words and it is just a matter of re-reading them." An amazing ability and interesting to learn how an actor deals with lines.
A really genuinely nice man, a very competent actor and an actor who was a genuine part of the crew, not just a lovey who was there to satisfy his own ego. RIP Frank from an old Grip who was proud to have worked along side of you.
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