was my next door neighbour here in my house in the 60s and early 70s. Lived within 6 feet of my TV set for ten years. Nice man; very under rated star of British films like North West Frontier with Lauren Bacall, just finished on BBC2.

I believe he suffered from Parkinson's towards the end.
My first memories of him was in Father Brown(1974).I know he did better,but that series always reminds me of him.

May well have been a nice bloke - but just another British 'B movie actor'

More 'famous' deaths are to follow from all sides of life. Always, my question is 'what added value did this person really add to the world?'

For example -

Duke of Edinburgh
Duke Of York
Sarah Ferguson
Paul Daniels
Hardy..the bad actor in the vet series
Gazza
The fat singing fool in the insurance ad
Old news readers
Neil Kinnock
Sooty

However, their obituraries will be long, boring and full of praise!

Rita wrote:
May well have been a nice bloke - but just another British 'B movie actor'

More 'famous' deaths are to follow from all sides of life. Always, my question is 'what added value did this person really add to the world?'


You forgot your self.

Rita wrote:
May well have been a nice bloke - but just another British 'B movie actor'

More 'famous' deaths are to follow from all sides of life. Always, my question is 'what added value did this person really add to the world?'

For example -

Duke of Edinburgh
Duke Of York
Sarah Ferguson
Paul Daniels
Hardy..the bad actor in the vet series
Gazza
The fat singing fool in the insurance ad
Old news readers
Neil Kinnock
Sooty

However, their obituraries will be long, boring and full of praise!



Better a 'B' actor than a third rate poster

as a child I was absolutley enchanted by Sooty..he was my world

as an adult I really like Neil Kinnock (don't tell ITK).

Innocent Accused wrote:
Better a 'B' actor than a third rate poster

Apart from JK, most - including me, are low level posters.

At least Rita was has a tongue (in cheek) and is thought provoking.

In addition, she - unlike IA - does not just post...an insult. That's easy

Went to a Sooty live performance a few years ago. Very easy to see why the yellow bear has remained popular. Real entertainment.

Laura wrote:
Innocent Accused wrote:
Better a 'B' actor than a third rate poster

Apart from JK, most - including me, are low level posters.

At least Rita was has a tongue (in cheek) and is thought provoking.

In addition, she - unlike IA - does not just post...an insult. That's easy

We're all low level posters Laura,even one off trolls like yourself,who appear occasionally and get their little digs in.
Try registering and getting established,then your little digs would have real meaning.Till then sit here,I love the attention of having my own troll,bit like a celebrity stalker

veritas wrote:
as a child I was absolutley enchanted by Sooty..he was my world

as an adult I really like Neil Kinnock (don't tell ITK).

I lived in Shipley,round the corner from Sooty world back in 1990.
I then moved 2 streets away from the Ripper's wife Sonya in Heaton,know which one I'd prefer

Which?

Both are totally innocent....

Laura wrote:
Innocent Accused wrote:
Better a 'B' actor than a third rate poster

Apart from JK, most - including me, are low level posters.

At least Rita was has a tongue (in cheek) and is thought provoking.

In addition, she - unlike IA - does not just post...an insult. That's easy

Just a troll trying to score points anyway they can

Kenneth More was never out of work because he was essentially likeable, everyone's favourite dad, son, brother, uncle... and no, versatility wasn't his strong suit, but the audiences were always happy to spend 90 minutes in his company, and that's not as easy as it sounds. My particular favourites of his are "The 39 Steps", "The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw", "The Admirable Crichton" (despite the awful ending), and the genuine classic-of-its-kind "Genevieve."

Metal Mickey wrote:
Kenneth More was never out of work because he was essentially likeable, everyone's favourite dad, son, brother, uncle... and no, versatility wasn't his strong suit, but the audiences were always happy to spend 90 minutes in his company, and that's not as easy as it sounds. My particular favourites of his are "The 39 Steps", "The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw", "The Admirable Crichton" (despite the awful ending), and the genuine classic-of-its-kind "Genevieve."

If the trolls could do better

I liked him,The 39 Steps was a classic,in fact I'll look it up and watch it again soon.

I liked Kenneth More but let's not have any of this 39 Steps nonsense - THE great version of this movie starred Robert Donat.

The fifth 39 Steps movie is expected to be out this year, directed by Robert Towne.

In my view, the best version (and only black and white one) was the 1935 one with Robert Donat.

Apart from anything else, it accurately predicted a lot which was to happen in North Western Europe during WW2.

Other versions had the benefit of hindsight - and colour.

Prunella Minge wrote:
I liked Kenneth More but let's not have any of this 39 Steps nonsense - THE great version of this movie starred Robert Donat.

Each to their own Pru

I am sure Jammie meant to type WW1.

A fine story and one of the first 'on the run' novels.

Buchan wrote the book in a Broadstairs nursing home where he was having treatment for an ulcer. His young niece, who had just learned to count, told him one day that there were 39 steps in the stairway down to the beach.

Dutch wrote:
I am sure Jammie meant to type WW1.

A fine story and one of the first 'on the run' novels.

Buchan wrote the book in a Broadstairs nursing home where he was having treatment for an ulcer. His young niece, who had just learned to count, told him one day that there were 39 steps in the stairway down to the beach.



I was in Broadstairs a few hours ago