British Character Actors

[msc 18,374]

On 17/10/2022 at 11:47, Bibliogryphon said:

Derek Jacobi doesn't think he will be back on stage again but not retiring according to an interview in The Guardian

He's on iPlayer talking about I Claudius filmed recently.

 

Bar his hair going whiter that man hasn't aged in three decades.

[YoungWillz 20,888]

On 30/12/2020 at 02:40, msc said:

Some living suggestions:

 

Sarah Lawson (1928) - 50s TV regular

 

Sarah Lawson Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/28/sarah-lawson-obituary

 

She was 95. DDP-ed last year, off to check if she was carried over.

 

@gcreptile yep, 2 teams including our very own @time

[Gisooo 3,242]

On 30/12/2020 at 00:51, Ulitzer95 said:

Sarah Lawson (wiki, b. 1928) Within These Walls
Ann Morrish (wiki, b. 1928) The Expert; Crown Court; Break Point
Thelma Barlow (wiki, b. 1929) Coronation Street; Dinnerladies

 

British actress Sarah Lawson dead at 95

[Handrejka 1,899]

14 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Sarah Lawson Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/28/sarah-lawson-obituary

 

She was 95. DDP-ed last year, off to check if she was carried over.

 

@gcreptile yep, 2 teams including our very own @time

Yes she's in my Lost Media team and I think one of Time's teams too.

[gcreptile 10,909]

Miriam Margolyes cant walk anymore because of her spinal stenosis:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/miriam-margoyles-fears-shell-wheelchair-30883830

[Sean 6,266]

8 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

Miriam Margolyes cant walk anymore because of her spinal stenosis:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/miriam-margoyles-fears-shell-wheelchair-30883830

Also had a TAVI earlier this year. Now she is virtually wheelchair bound I can't see her losing any weight , in fact she will probably gain more weight. Can't see her making 90.

[gcreptile 10,909]

19 minutes ago, Sean said:

Also had a TAVI earlier this year. Now she is virtually wheelchair bound I can't see her losing any weight , in fact she will probably gain more weight. Can't see her making 90.

I kind of thought she was a little younger? She IS 82 now, so she could be doing much worse, i.e. not doing anything at all.

She might enter DeathList consideration now.

[msc 18,374]

23 minutes ago, Sean said:

Also had a TAVI earlier this year. Now she is virtually wheelchair bound I can't see her losing any weight , in fact she will probably gain more weight. Can't see her making 90.

I don't want to say fine but she was much her usual self on The Last Leg in late June so if she's facing a wheelchair now that's a fairly rapid decline. 90 is generous. Within 30 months imo.

[YoungWillz 20,888]

Report of the death of Aaron Harris (real name David Harris), Southampton born actor best known for his appearances in Fair City and Wycliffe, aged 70/71: https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/fair-city-actor-aaron-harris-30920653

 

Other notable shows include Minder, Holby City and Call The Midwife, and though not on his IMDB he claims an appearance in Eastenders here: https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220379-aaron-harris

 

[The Old Crem 3,533]

On 22/09/2021 at 14:34, Bibliogryphon said:

1932 Names

 

Jean Boht
Prunella Scales

Edward de Souza

Phyllida Law

Carmen Munroe

Jack Smethurst

Jean Boht has died aged 91. 
 

https://twitter.com/lizo_mzimba/status/1701903213883002901

[YoungWillz 20,888]

Theatre and TV actor Richard Banks reportedly dead from cancer: 

Eastenders, Midsomer Murders, Not Going Out and Call The Midwife among the credits I can see.

 

Worked as a production assistant on Bridgerton.

[Bibliogryphon 9,491]

Following the death of Michael Gambon I have updated the ten earliest winners of the Evening Standard Theatre award for Best Actor

 

1980      Tom Courtenay

1983      Derek Jacobi

1984      Ian McKellen

1998      Kevin Spacey

1999      Stephen Dillane

2000      Simon Russell Beale

2001      Alex Jennings

2003      Michael Sheen

2006      Rufus Sewell

2007      Patrick Stewart

 

Michael Gambon won in 1987 and 1995 which still leaves the three earlier winners from the eighties followed by the much younger winners in the late ninties and early noughties. However, the new addition to the list is the veteran RSC performer Patrick Stewart  who would probably be considered alongside the top 3 in terms of potential longevity rather than the other six

[YoungWillz 20,888]

Stage Obit for Sarah Benfield, theatre actress who is best known to viewers as Tabitha In the 1978 mini-series A Traveller In Time: https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/sarah-benfield

 

Other roles on Terry And June and Within These Walls. Became a drama teacher, hence her extended absence from our screens.

[YoungWillz 20,888]

On 17/07/2023 at 09:52, gcreptile said:

Jake Abraham, minor British actor, but Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels among them,  has stage 4 prostate cancer:

https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/television/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels-jake-abraham-cancer-diagnosis-4220508

 

Has had it for years, probably, and it's pretty advanced. Undergoing palliative care, but that might sound more dramatic than it is, imo. Not a "weeks left" situation, but also not THAT many years left.

Jake Abraham reportedly dead: 

First time I saw him was in a sitcom called Help! iirc. RIP.

[Handrejka 1,899]

4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Jake Abraham reportedly dead: 

First time I saw him was in a sitcom called Help! iirc. RIP.

 

I remember that, I think one of the McGanns was in it. Jake will always be the alternative Dave Lister to me. R.I.P

[gcreptile 10,909]

Guess I was wrong about the "not a weeks left kind of case".

Daily Star would-be QO is out, too.

[gcreptile 10,909]

Oh, and just yesterday, this article came out telling he was in hospice:

https://theguideliverpool.com/dj-legends-come-together-in-bucketlist-gig-for-ill-liverpool-actor-jake-abraham/

 

So, a very fast decline.

[Sly Ronnie 864]

2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Jake Abraham reportedly dead: 

First time I saw him was in a sitcom called Help! iirc. RIP.

 

He was in a Saturday morning kid's programme as well wasn't he? It's Wicked or something. Or was it 8:15 from Manchester. Either way, RIP.

[YoungWillz 20,888]

On 18/01/2023 at 18:27, The Old Crem said:

Now she is known to have been born in 1931 Barbara Young (Last of the Summer Wine, Coronation Street I, Claudius) can be added to the list.

 

If you doing a 1933 list anytime some suggestions

Joan Collins

Caroline Blakiston

Shelia Hancock 

Sian Phillips

Derek Martin

Barbara Knox

Keith Baxter (Lots of TV plays in the 1950’s/1960’s)

 

Susan Penhaligon reports the death of Welsh actor Keith Baxter: 

DDP pick.

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062772/

[The Old Crem 3,533]

13 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Susan Penhaligon reports the death of Welsh actor Keith Baxter: 

DDP pick.

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062772/

His wiki has been updated  to see he died on holiday in Europe. Should Obit. 
 

I wonder if this the first time a death has been announced on here sourced to someone I’ve seen in real life. , 

[Sly Ronnie 864]

2 hours ago, The Old Crem said:

His wiki has been updated  to see he died on holiday in Europe. Should Obit. 
 

I wonder if this the first time a death has been announced on here sourced to someone I’ve seen in real life. , 

 

Played Prince Hal/Henry V in Orson Welles' 1966 film Chimes at Midnight, which Welles himself considered his best film.

 

"I know thee not, old man, fall to thy prayers. How ill white hairs become a fool and jester! I have long dream'd of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swell'd, so old and so profane. But, being awaked, I do despise my dream"

 

RIP

 

[cgay 14]

His wiki page has removed his death I also cant find anything online to confirm this. 

[Youth in Asia 1,079]

The four words "complicated as he was" are doing some heavy lifting there

[MarkF 60]

If it w

On 08/10/2023 at 17:30, The Old Crem said:

His wiki has been updated  to see he died on holiday in Europe. Should Obit. 
 

I wonder if this the first time a death has been announced on here sourced to someone I’ve seen in real life. , 

If it was anybody but Susan Penhligon who posted this I'd be looking for a obit.  But she has  personal (and very touching) connection with Keith in that they both adored Richard Warwick (her bestie, his ex-boyfriend).    Keith Baxter | Richard Warwick actor (wordpress.com)

 

[gcreptile 10,909]

On 02/11/2020 at 19:32, gcreptile said:

Going through my longlist, you know the deal, lots of minor news on certain names...

...Brian Blessed gave an interview and revealed that his wife had cancer and COVID this year, but she survived both.

His wife his also an actress, Hildegard Neil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegarde_Neil

 

Interview: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/brian-blessed-praises-wife-after-22815633

Hm, why did I post it here and not in the Brian Blessed thread?