Howards Way

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Howards' Way hit the screens in 1985, so we are approaching the 40th anniversary of its first airing in 2025. 

 

Granted the main cast was split between those born in the 1960s and those from the 1940s and before, but over half the main cast have already qualified for a wake in the Jolly Sailor.

 

Based on the list from Wikipedia of main cast:

 

Dead:

Maurice Colbourne

Glyn Owen

Dulcie Gray

Tony Anholt

Ivor Danvers

Nigel Davenport
Lana Morris
Kate O'Mara

 

Alive:

Jan Harvey

Stephen Yardley
Susan Gilmore
Tracey Childs
Edward Highmore
Cindy Shelley
Patricia Shakesby
Sarah-Jane Varley

Sian Webber

Jeff Harding

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Other cast members:

 

Oscar Quitak, who played Richard Shellet died aged 97 on 31 December 2023.

 

Robert Vahey, who played Bill Sayers, died in 2013.

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Also quite interesting about the number of married couples on/due to the show.

 

Harvey (Jan Howard)/Yardley (Ken Masters)

Anholt (Charles Frere)/Childs (Lyn Howard)

Grey (Kate Harvey)/Dennison (Admiral Redfern)

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While checking the imdb actors list for Howards' Way I saw that Pamela Salem, who appeared as Mrs Travis in Howards' Way, and was also Moneypenny in Never Say Never Again, died in February 2024 aged 80.

 

Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/07/pamela-salem-obituary

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Known Dead:

Glyn Owen	Jack Rolfe
Robert Vahey	Bill Sayers
Tony Anholt	Charles Frere
Ivor Danvers	Gerald Urquhart
Dulcie Gray	Kate Harvey
Maurice Colbourne	Tom Howard
Willoughby Gray	Sir John Stevens
Nigel Davenport	Sir Edward Frere
Lana Morris	Vanessa Andenberg
Kate O'Mara	Laura Wilde
Bruce Bould	David Lloyd
Oscar Quitak	Richard Shellet
Peter Penry-Jones	Colin Linsdale
Michael Denison	Admiral Francis Redfern
Sally Farmiloe	Dawn
John Rolfe	James Sinclair
Leon Tanner	Allan Parker
Fraser Kerr	Robert McIntyre
Bruce Boa	Robert Hudson
Burt Kwouk	Mr. Lee
Pamela Salem	Mrs. Travis
Michael Goldie	Bittens
Alan Downer	Laurie Meadows
Robert Ashby	Geoff
John Challis	Morris
Walter Sparrow	Jimmy Wilde
Michael Lees	Hector Burrage
David Rose	Mr Askew
William Ilkley	Les
Ruth Gower	Lydia
Roger Hume	Sir Alan Rockwell
Ian Gardiner	Klaus Anderberg
Stephen Flynn	Simon Peterson
Vincent Wong	Hitoshi Serozawa
Patrick Carter	Arthur Blackmore

 

Known Alive:

Jan Harvey	Jan Howard
Stephen Yardley	Ken Masters
Susan Gilmore	Avril Rolfe
Edward Highmore	Leo Howard
Cindy Shelley	Abby Hudson
Patricia Shakesby	Polly Urquhart
Tracey Childs	Lynne Howard
Sarah-Jane Varley	Sarah Foster
Sian Webber	Emma Neesome
Kulvinder Ghir	Davy Malik
Jeff Harding	Orrin Hudson
Malcolm Jamieson	Claude Dupont
Francesca Gonshaw	Amanda Parker
Andrew Bicknell	James Brooke
Sarah Lam	Anna Lee
Charmian Gradwell	Jenny Richards
Michael Loney	Michael Hanley
Victoria Burgoyne	Vicki Rockwell
Paul Jerricho	Robert Hastings
Graham Pountney	Mark Foster
John Rhean	Tony Munro
Michael Ryan	Orrin Hudson
James Coombes	Pierre Challon
Maria Eldridge	Samantha
Anthony Head	Phil Norton
Dean Harris	Curtis Jaeger
John Moulder-Brown	Richard Spencer
Bill Thomas	Steve Windom
Andrew Hilton	Henderson
Tim Faulkner	Nick Holford
Kenneth Lodge	Inspector Daniel Morris
Richard Heffer	David Relton
Franco Rey	Sabio Fernandez
Carole Hayman	Sonia Fielding
Sam Davies	Brian
Vincent Brimble	PC Exton
Ian Lowe	Cavanagh
Annie Lambert	Antonia Rogers
Wanda Moore	Jo Penhaligon
Christina Greatrex	Caroline Davis-Segram
Gregory de Polnay	Werner Grunwald
Angela Down	Lee Simons
Kelly George	Ted
Pip Miller	Roy Johnson
Daniel André Pageon	Pierre
Tricia Thorns	Hilary Fuller
Tatyana Colombo	...
Jeffrey Gear	...
Lee Ann Harbar	...
Russell Grant (no - not that one!)	...

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You can add Stephen Greif (Died 2022)

 

Played John Reddings in Series 4

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Nicholas Donnelly (Died 2022)

 

Played Peter Melrose in Series 3

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Paul Maxwell (Died 1991)

 

Played Scott Benson in Series 4