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Post by felixdeburgh on May 19, 2023 7:07:41 GMT
Very sad news that prolific stunt artist-turned-director Ray Austin died earlier this week. He worked on many ITC shows and The Avengers during the mid-60s before turning to directing and helming episodes of The Professionals, The New Avengers and many American shows such as Hart To Hart, Airwolf, The Fall Guy, Spenser For Hire and Magnum P.I. www.raymondaustin.comI was lucky to have met him on several occasions and he was always happy to chat and had a wealth of stories to tell. RIP. |
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Post by AlanH on May 19, 2023 7:54:01 GMT
A great loss. He was a great stunt performer and a fine filmed television director. RIP.
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Post by spacecadet on May 19, 2023 8:00:31 GMT
I've been watching The Saint on Talking Pictures and Ray Austin appears in a few of the early episodes - but not just as a stunt man. In many episodes he's a guest actor and does dialogue scenes with Roger Moore before a fight scene. This makes the fight scenes extremely realistic when compared to other scenes were stunt men have to double the actors. He also directed quite a few episodes of my favourite series including 9 episodes of Space 1999, 7 of The New Avengers and 2 of The Professionals.
RIP Raymond
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Post by felixdeburgh on May 19, 2023 11:17:23 GMT
Yes, I was only watching him in The Saint episode 'The Damsel In Distress' earlier in the week.
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Post by jno on May 19, 2023 17:24:06 GMT
RIP Ray Austin - fair play, what a career.
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Post by pr1 on May 25, 2023 12:18:30 GMT
Rest In Peace.
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Post by thewoodster on Nov 25, 2023 8:30:40 GMT
Rip Ray.
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