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Topic History of: Questions for very very old people...
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Prunella Minge |
And here's a bit of trivia - the original choice to play Mainwaring and Wilson was Arthur Lowe (as Wilson) and his boss from the Coronation Street spin-off 'Pardon the Expression,' Robert Dorning, as Mainwaring. Michael Mills overruled Dorning because he loved John Le Mesurier so much, and then they decided to make the posh one a sergeant so Arthur became Mainwaring.
Another odd bit of trivia: the woman who sometimes popped up in Dad's Army as Godfrey's sister (and a waitress in the tea rooms) was actually Arthur's wife. She was a shocking actress and a drunk, but Arthur felt loyal to her so always insisted on getting her a job in productions that he was in. It led to him missing out a few really good projects. When the cast of Dad's Army had a farewell dinner, Arthur's wife was so drunk she slid off her chair and under the table while Arthur was making a speech. He just glanced down, winced and carried on. |
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veritas |
amazing..no idea who Swindley was but Arhtur Lowe reminds me so much of my father. |
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JK2006 |
Some of us actually watched it happen as live in our teens, Giles.
Yes, the answer is - Swindley was an early, magnificent Coronation Street character portrayed by the wonderful Arthur Lowe from 1962-1965.
My friend Damon Rochefort is a current Corrie writer - bring back Swindley, I say! |
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giles2008 |
He left poor Emily Nugent at the altar he did. I watched it on my Coronation Street dvd box set. |
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JK2006 |
Nice link ITK though we have to watch the video to find out the actual answer... and even there they don't actually answer the question by name... |
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