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Post by dscarter1975 on May 9, 2022 21:12:21 GMT
I was shocked to hear the news yesterday. He was a really underrated actor IMHO. For me, arguably his best performance in The Sweeney was in Hit And Run, where he brilliantly portrayed a distraught Carter, trying to get over the loss of his wife and still soldier on with his life. This is what defined him and his relationship with Regan who also lost his wife, albeit under different circumstances. Minder was a classic too. He and George Cole were the perfect double act, they were a perfect team who helped the show get to the top of the TV ratings. Series 1-4 were the best. First 2 series of New Tricks were good, Circle(s) Of Deceit was a solid series which saw him go back to being an action man and he was superb in Up The Junction. Very believable as an East End lad who wanted his life to go up.
I'll also never forget watching him host Match Of The Seventies in 1995. RIP my old son.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Aug 11, 2021 18:33:44 GMT
Better known as Terri from The Fall Guy. She was also in The Incredible Hulk episode The Confession and the first Simon & Simon episode. Likeable actress.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jul 13, 2021 23:22:43 GMT
Excellent director who also broke ground with devilish horror movie The Omen and worked extensively on US TV with shows like The Fugitive, The Man From UNCLE, The Streets Of San Francisco and many others. Very mainstream in style with his productions being glossy and audience friendly. Struck gold teaming up with Mel Gibson and his last film was with Bruce Willis.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 14, 2020 21:42:43 GMT
I know. I read it just now. Houllier saved the club by updating their style of play, bringing in more talented foreigners and getting rid of very average players. As a Liverpool fan, I felt that under Evans, they had a brilliant attack but didn't have enough bite in defence and midfield to make a proper title challenge. Under Houllier, they finished 2nd in 2002 and can remember my brother and I rejoicing when they beat Man Utd whom they defeated the following year in the League Cup final. I think his heart attack sadly had an effect on his managerial skills hence the team becoming more mediocre. Shame he was sacked but one pleasing touch was him visiting the team before their 2005 Champions' League final against AC Milan.
RIP Gerard.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Aug 9, 2020 13:17:43 GMT
Also don't forget Travelling Man and Floodtide. The latter was originally planned as the 3rd TM series with Lomax going on the trail of international drug smugglers and there was another series planned conceived by Roger that was to feature Andrew Robinson (Dirty Harry) as a European detective.
When I think about it, Roger's scripts for The Sweeney and The Pros were laced with moments of humour, particularly in the dialogue for Taste Of Fear, On The Run and Slush Fund.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Apr 2, 2020 14:53:43 GMT
RIP. I watched Little & Large when I was very young on Saturdays and it got by on visual gags mostly. Probably it was a little more funnier than ITV's The Grumbleweeds. Eddie always seemed a cheerful chap and it's a rotten shame he went the way he did.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Apr 2, 2020 14:50:09 GMT
RIP. Thought he wrote some excellent scripts for The Professionals which was not exactly a series he was very fond of and his work on The Sweeney was legendary with some of the series' best ever episodes (Hit And Run, Taste Of Fear, Bad Apple, Victims, etc). Always thought his work would have suited Man In A Suitcase.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jan 27, 2020 22:23:30 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walton_(actor)Seeing I've mentioned the passing of Saracen's Patrick James Clarke, I thought I'd mention this actor too. He played Jack Carne in Saracen pilot episode "The Zero Option". Like Duffy, he was the more comedic counterpart to the more serious Barber. Very ably handled himself too in the action sequences.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jan 27, 2020 22:12:39 GMT
www.welovesoaps.net/2018/09/patrick-james-clarke-dead-at-64.html This is 2 years too late but the actor who played the affable Tom Duffy in 1989 action series SARACEN died quite recently. For me, he was easily the best character on the show, adding much needed humour and bite to the show, a nice contrast to Christian Burgess' stuffy, moody Barber.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jan 27, 2020 22:01:10 GMT
I can remember watching repeats of Monty Python with my brother in 1989 and he did a strip show of his own in one sketch where just before it, he is talking to a bobby played by Graham Chapman who pulls his trousers down when he asks him where the nearest strip club is.
He was very good at imitating old ladies and I also remember my brother owning a tape of a Monty Python gig.
RIP.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jan 17, 2020 21:01:07 GMT
I remember seeing a programme on ITV in 1986 or 1987 during the school holidays which featured the bus fight from this episode. It was a one-off drama shown in the morning or afternoon about a family being driven apart by divorce and the wife/mum was watching it on TV as she argued with either her husband or daughter. Do any of you know what this was called?
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Post by dscarter1975 on Nov 27, 2019 22:48:04 GMT
A very intelligent and opinionated journalist whose Sunday night show I remember watching with my brother sometimes. He once I think described Arnold Schwarzenegger as resembling a condom packed with walnuts.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Nov 27, 2019 22:35:38 GMT
Such a shame. I found out just before leaving work. He sounds like someone who loved cooking and had a genuine passion for it like Keith Floyd.
I remember in the late '90s he presented an edition of this and talked about Duran Duran. RIP Gary.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Oct 24, 2019 22:23:39 GMT
A really fine actor. The Black Hole, Alligator, Vigilante, The Delta Force, Jackie Brown, etc. RIP.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jul 25, 2019 12:24:10 GMT
A real shame. My first memory of him is those Guinness adverts in the '80s. With that long, black overcoat and his carefully coiffeured blonde mane, he certainly was an enigma. It wasn't until I saw a video cover of Wanted Dead Or Alive with him on it that I realized he was an actor. First full film of his I watched was Nighthawks in the late '90s where he was the perfect match for Stallone who praised his acting abilities in a short video I came across. He also outacted Harrison Ford in Blade Runner delivering that amazing death speech and I also liked his other movies such as Blind Fury, The Hitcher, The Osterman Weekend and Soldier Of Orange.
I think he should have done one more movie with Paul Verhoeven, perhaps a cameo. They fell out while making Flesh + Blood because Rutger felt his character was too brutal and mean.
From interviews he gave, he sounded like being a decent, intelligent guy. RIP Roy Batty.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jul 4, 2019 8:53:13 GMT
He was in The Chinese Detective (series 2) as a villain. One of his accomplices was the chauffeur blown up in The Long Good Friday.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jan 31, 2019 13:46:55 GMT
My cousin gave me tons of Marvel comics when I was a kid back in the late '80s and I got to read loads of stuff featuring Daredevil, The Hulk, Spiderman, The Fantastic Four, X-Men, The Avengers, etc. It was cool but to be honest, I was more into British comics. My brother let me read loads of his when I was 7 - stuff like Tiger, Speed, Roy Of The Rovers, Buddy, Spike, Victor and Champ. More than anything, I loved the artwork as well as the non-stop action. My favourite strip story was Death Wish starring the disfigured daredevil Blake Edmonds.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Nov 12, 2018 22:15:21 GMT
I'll never forget his introduction to every cartoon episode of Spiderman and The Hulk.
"Hi! This is Stan Lee!"
RIP Stan. He revitalized comics when they were becoming a bit too clean-cut and predictable.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Nov 2, 2018 21:42:23 GMT
Loved seeing him a lot in The Sweeney and The Professionals. He was also in Man In A Suitcase and a few other ITC shows.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Sept 12, 2018 22:54:34 GMT
I watched White Lightning and Gator these past few days on DVDs I had not seen since 2005. The former is a knockabout action revenge romp that must have inspired Burt to do the Bandit films with its thrilling car chases and good ol' Southern boys and the latter is a more slicker, but gritty and dark crime thriller with some light moments and excellent action scenes.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Sept 9, 2018 14:56:54 GMT
I saw Hustle not so long ago (watched bits and bobs of it in the late '90s and early '00s). With the discovery of the dead woman at the start, it reminded me of the pilot episode of The Streets Of San Francisco. A very good crime thriller.
Watched Deliverance last night and it's still a top film. Absolutely lovely scenery, priceless aerial photography and some very tense moments. Burt should have got top billing but he didn't because he wasn't famous enough.
RIP Burt. I too preferred him as a serious, tough guy actor.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jul 6, 2018 23:25:27 GMT
I was thinking that there should be more specialist Freeview/satellite channels devoted to classic programmes from yesteryear. Like for example, they could start up a station devoted to Thames TV which could show early Bill/Sweeney/Minder episodes totally uncut and with lesser ad breaks. I suppose they could do the same for Granada, Central, LWT, Yorkshire, etc., then it would be like the good old days of regional ITV programming.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jul 6, 2018 23:19:39 GMT
He also played a heavy in The Fourth Floor from 1986 by Ian Kennedy Martin (I've only read the book and asked Network if they had any plans on releasing it but they said they didn't have the rights). He was also the South African henchman who murdered Riggs' wife in Lethal Weapon 2 - that was a pretty shocking revelation at the time.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jun 24, 2018 19:16:35 GMT
Not really into Heston's movies apart from the excellent Planet Of The Apes, The Omega Man, Ben Hur and Two Minute Warning. I was always more of a McQueen man - his movies were thrilling, all-action affairs and his characters were of course cool, dangerous and unpredictable.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jun 24, 2018 19:13:05 GMT
Caine who comes across generally more likeable and down to earth. Connery could be a very fine actor and he showed at various times there was a lot more to him than 007.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jun 24, 2018 19:05:42 GMT
Both excellent actresses. They can do light stuff as well as very gritty, dramatic fare.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jun 20, 2018 12:22:32 GMT
Next month, DRAMA are going to start repeating EastEnders from the 1st ever episode shown on 19th February 1985 onwards. I remember watching that back then, a day before my 6th birthday. It ended with a punch-up between Nick Cotton and Ali Osman, both got thrown out, Den said "I've got blood on my shirt!" before Nick punched the door window.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jun 15, 2018 21:56:58 GMT
He was a decent enough actor and will always be remembered for Dirty Den. The Paradise Club was mostly good thanks to Murray Smith's scripts.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Nov 23, 2017 13:10:03 GMT
I remember the 1991 final. Such a shame she lost. RIP.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Nov 23, 2017 13:08:02 GMT
Brilliant rhythm guitarist and he always kept everything solid. Superb riffs and distinctive backing vocals as well. AC/DC were a band the punks found favour with too.
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