lorna doom 18 Posted September 10, 2018 Twitter showbizzy type peoples posting that Sheila White (Oliver/IClaudius/Confessions films) has died. No official source yet. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted September 10, 2018 Given it''s theatre critics and actors (Robin Askwith is on twitter!), likely to be sadly true. Between Claudius (she played his wife Messalina that got her head chopped off), the Lynda la Plante link, the Confessions stuff, Oliver (is that cast cursed?), being Sharon Watts's mum on Eastenders, and Poldark, a proper obit *ought* to be up before end of the day. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted October 11, 2018 87 year old Belfast born James Greene, in things from Colditz, Mapp And Lucia, Chocky, Doctor Who, etc etc looking extremely well on Doctors this afternoon. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 21, 2018 Diana Sowle, forever to be remembered as Mrs. Bucket in 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', has died. She was 88. Sowle was the last remaining major adult actor from the film. Only a few Oompa Loompas and the child actors remain, I believe. https://uk-reports.com/willy-wonka-the-chocolate-factory-actress-diana-sowle-dies-aged-88/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted October 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Diana Sowle, forever to be remembered as Mrs. Bucket in 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', has died. She was 88. Sowle was the last remaining major adult actor from the film. Only a few Oompa Loompas and the child actors remain, I believe. https://uk-reports.com/willy-wonka-the-chocolate-factory-actress-diana-sowle-dies-aged-88/ Thread's for British actors...or am I wrong? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 21, 2018 1 minute ago, YoungWillz said: Thread's for British actors...or am I wrong? Just realizing she was American. Will re-post it elsewhere 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,570 Posted October 30, 2018 Here are the ten earliest surviving winners of the Evening Standard Theatre Award for the best actor. No real surprises in here but all worth keeping an eye on. The gaps probably say more than the names towards the bottom of this list ACTORS 1961 Christopher Plummer 1965 Ian Holm 1966 Albert Finney 1980 Tom Courtenay 1983 Derek Jacobi 1984 Ian McKellern 1985 Anthony Sher 1987 Michael Gambon 1998 Kevin Spacey 1999 Stephen Dillane 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,570 Posted October 30, 2018 and of course the corresponding list for Actresses 1961 Vanessa Redgrave 1962 Maggie Smith 1963 Joan Plowright 1965 Eileen Atkins 1969 Rosemary Harris 1973 Janet Suzmann 1974 Claire Bloom 1977 Alison Steadman 1978 Kate Nelligan 1980 Judy Dench It is worth noting that this list ends 19 years before the Actors list. Maybe the cliche of the old drunken actor is not as cliched as perhaps thought 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted November 28, 2018 Death Notice for David Conville, actor who is probably best known for playing George Hope-Wynne in Surgical Spirit: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=david-henry-conville&pid=190848481 Also appeared in Coronation Street, Yes, Prime Minister and the John Cleese vehicle Clockwise. Directed The Mousetrap on the London stage and ironically wrote an episode of The Play On One entitled Obituaries. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176620/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted November 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Death Notice for David Conville, actor who is probably best known for playing George Hope-Wynne in Surgical Spirit: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=david-henry-conville&pid=190848481 Also appeared in Coronation Street, Yes, Prime Minister and the John Cleese vehicle Clockwise. Directed The Mousetrap on the London stage and ironically wrote an episode of The Play On One entitled Obituaries. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176620/ One of the few surviving cast from Curse of the Werewolf. Perhaps folk will be looking to Yvonne Romain and Renny Lister in their 2019 lists. Lister is Kenneth Cope's wife and meant to be in worse health than the COPD afflicted Mr Hopkirk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 28, 2018 On 11/10/2018 at 14:08, YoungWillz said: 87 year old Belfast born James Greene, in things from Colditz, Mapp And Lucia, Chocky, Doctor Who, etc etc looking extremely well on Doctors this afternoon. I could have sworn he died a couple of weeks ago Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted November 30, 2018 Death Notice for actress Joolia Cappleman: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/229157/cappleman Bertha in the early 1980s adaptation of Jane Eyre and Celia, Countess of Cheltenham in The Black Adder, for example: IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135534/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted December 3, 2018 Rosalind Knight is 85 today! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dean1991 116 Posted December 20, 2018 Peter Cellier turns 91 next year. Best known for Yes Minister, Yes Prime Minister & alongside Anthony Hopkins in 'Remains of the Day' https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cellier 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 21, 2018 Bernard Lloyd deid, well kent face. https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/17309948.Bernard_Lloyd/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted December 27, 2018 Just as a dump for the other interesting pics in that Mail thing on the September 2018 memorial thing for Peter Hall. Peter Bowles (1936) looking like he'll be around for a bit. But Michael Gambon not looking brilliant... Rest (about 30 photos) here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted January 1, 2019 Adrian Hall, from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, is 60 today! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted January 1, 2019 On 27/12/2018 at 00:46, msc said: Just as a dump for the other interesting pics in that Mail thing on the September 2018 memorial thing for Peter Hall. Peter Bowles (1936) looking like he'll be around for a bit. But Michael Gambon not looking brilliant... Rest (about 30 photos) here. Michael Gambon is looking more and more like Sir Les Patterson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted January 7, 2019 Death reported by his son of W Morgan Sheppard aged 86: Hawk The Slayer, Star Trek, Doctor Who (The Impossible Astronaut) etc. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792003/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted January 7, 2019 45 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Death reported by his son of W Morgan Sheppard aged 86: Hawk The Slayer, Star Trek, Doctor Who (The Impossible Astronaut) etc. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792003/ Big loss, great actor. At one point it seemed like he was in every single US show going. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 7, 2019 3 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Death reported by his son of W Morgan Sheppard aged 86: Hawk The Slayer, Star Trek, Doctor Who (The Impossible Astronaut) etc. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792003/ Can't help but be reminded of his turn as Dr. Ira Graves on Star Trek: The Next Generation where his character beats death after he transfers his personality into Data. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,582 Posted January 7, 2019 QO- https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/william-morgan-sheppard-dead-star-13823875 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted January 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Can't help but be reminded of his turn as Dr. Ira Graves on Star Trek: The Next Generation where his character beats death after he transfers his personality into Data. IRA Graves? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted January 11, 2019 Melvyn Hayes is 84 today! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: Melvyn Hayes is 84 today! Impressive, because, as this pic shows, he was awfie frail in the 80s... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
