msc 18,436 Posted November 6, 2020 Damn. One of those actors who was just great in everything. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684 Posted November 6, 2020 37 minutes ago, Marenghi said: Geoffrey Palmer death announced https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54838209 Bit of a cock-up on the living front. His time went by. Other crappy puns and epigrams available on request. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beachy Head 33 Posted November 6, 2020 Great actor. Watched him in an old Inspector Morse last week. Shame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted November 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Marenghi said: Geoffrey Palmer death announced https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54838209 That's a shame. I liked him a lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 9, 2020 Just Good Friends actress Anne Lynn has died https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/nov/08/ann-lynn-obituary 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Daredevil 1,189 Posted November 9, 2020 33 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said: Just Good Friends actress Anne Lynn has died https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/nov/08/ann-lynn-obituary I believe Lynn’s death makes Elke Sommer and André Maranne the last surviving credited cast members of A Shot in The Dark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,436 Posted November 17, 2020 David Bickerstaff has tweeted the news that Philip Voss has died aged 84. Lousy news if so, fine actor: Four Weddings and a Funeral, Octopussy, and more recently in the sitcom Vicious where he was one of the good bits. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,569 Posted November 18, 2020 32 minutes ago, msc said: David Bickerstaff has tweeted the news that Philip Voss has died aged 84. Lousy news if so, fine actor: Four Weddings and a Funeral, Octopussy, and more recently in the sitcom Vicious where he was one of the good bits. Was fortunate Enough to see him a couple of times at the RSC. He was interviewed for last month's DWM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted November 18, 2020 I remember him from being the auctioneer in Octopussy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted November 20, 2020 Philip Voss Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/nov/20/philip-voss-obituary 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,436 Posted November 20, 2020 1 minute ago, YoungWillz said: Philip Voss Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/nov/20/philip-voss-obituary Another one of those cases where cancer gives a tap in for covid. Makes sense as he had been active till recently. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted November 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, msc said: Another one of those cases where cancer gives a tap in for covid. Makes sense as he had been active till recently. From Leicester. Wonder if @Cat O'Falk ever knew him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted November 22, 2020 Leonard Smith, who appeared in the 1944 film A Canterbury Tale aged 9 and a couple of follow up roles, reported dead here: https://www.britmovie.co.uk/forum/cinema/obituaries/95627-len-smith-rip 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,384 Posted December 9, 2020 On 02/11/2020 at 18:32, 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 Good news on Brian Blessed himself though; he “instinctively feels <he> will live to about 120 or 130”. Still got “heaps of work” at the age of 84, too. Absolute legend. I’ll Iain my eyes out when he does die. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,576 Posted December 9, 2020 Crossposting from the UK Singles Chart thread: Facebook post from his local church confirming the death of British character actor Basil Moss (wiki) aged 85. Known for his role of Alan Drew in the BBC series Compact. Also had a minor role in Bond film You Only Live Twice. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,581 Posted December 20, 2020 On 03/12/2018 at 12:11, YoungWillz said: Rosalind Knight is 85 today! Rosalind Knight dies aged 87. 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted December 20, 2020 5 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Rosalind Knight dies aged 87. DDP pick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,576 Posted December 20, 2020 Gutted. Actually watched About a Boy the other day, which I was surprised to see her in. Brilliant in Gimme Gimme Gimme, and the first regular cast member from that series to die. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,384 Posted December 20, 2020 A great shame. She was hilarious as Horrible Grandma in FND. Also remember her as Mrs Cresswell in the brilliant OFAH episode, ‘The Jolly Boys’ Outing’. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 605 Posted December 20, 2020 That's a shame. She was great in the early Carry On films and Gimme Gimme Gimme, always reliable. I was going to put her on my list for next year too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,576 Posted December 29, 2020 Wasn't quite sure where to put this, but thought we were overdue a masterlist for British television actors so went through a list of UK TV shows of the 60s–90s earlier and singled out all the actors turning 90+ in 2021. Vast majority of these names will obit for sure: Arnold Yarrow (wiki, b. 1920) EastEnders; Doctor Who Geoffrey Chater (wiki, b. 1921) One Foot in the Grave; Harry's Game; Z-Cars; Bognor DIED 16/10/2021 Elizabeth Kelly (wiki, b. 1921) EastEnders Nadia Cattouse (wiki, b. 1924) Angels; Johnny Jarvis DIED 29/10/2024 Raymond Mason (IMDb, b. 1924) Z-Cars; The Two Ronnies; The Bill DIED 16/04/2022 Donald Pelmear (IMDb, b. 1924) Doctor Who; Yes Minister Leslie Phillips (wiki, b. 1924) Revolver; The House of Windsor DIED 07/11/2022 William Russell (wiki, b. 1924) Doctor Who; Coronation Street DIED 03/06/2024 Laurie Webb (IMDb, b. 1924) Doctor Who; Hancock's Half Hour Ysanne Churchman (wiki, b. 1925) Doctor Who; The Railway Children DIED 04/07/2024 Michael Godley (IMDb, b. 1925) The Bill, Watt on Earth DIED c. 2024 David Graham (wiki, b. 1925) Doctor Who; Thunderbirds DIED 20/09/2024 Dame Angela Lansbury (wiki, b. 1925) Little Women DIED 11/10/2022 Pete Murray (wiki, b. 1925) Mum's Boys; Happily Ever After Morris Perry (wiki, b. 1925) Crown Court; The Hound of the Baskervilles; The Sweeney DIED 19/09/2021 Thelma Ruby (IMDb, b. 1925) Doctors; Coronation Street; Nicholas Nickleby Peter Thompson (IMDb, b. 1925) Doctor Who; Steptoe and Son; Prisoner: Cell Block H DIED 1999 (D'oh!) Stanley Baxter (wiki, b. 1926) The Stanley Baxter Show; Mr. Majeika James Belchamber (IMDb, b. 1926) The Avengers DIED 26/11/2019 (no announcement, uncovered later) Elizabeth Benson (IMDb, b. 1926) Fawlty Towers, Z-Cars, The Liver Birds Barbara Clegg (wiki, b. 1926) Emergency Ward 10 Leonard Fenton (wiki, b. 1926) EastEnders DIED 29/01/2022 Denys Graham (wiki, b. 1926) One the Line; Lovejoy; The Bill DIED /10/2024 Thea Gregory (wiki, b. 1926) The Scarlett Pimpernel; The Vise DIED 18/12/2022 Doreen Mantle (wiki, b. 1926) One Foot in the Grave; Coronation Street DIED 09/08/2023 André Maranne (wiki, b. 1926) Fawlty Towers; Yes Minister DIED 12/04/2021 Gordon Peters (wiki, b. 1926) Hi-de-Hi!; One Foot in the Grave; Dad's Army DIED 16/06/2022 Oscar Quitak (wiki, b. 1926) Howards' Way; Z-Cars; The Kenny Everett Television Show DIED 31/12/2023 Gudrun Ure (wiki, b. 1926) Super Gran; Casualty DIED /05/2024 June Brown (wiki, b. 1927) EastEnders DIED 03/04/2022 Jeannette Charles (wiki, b. 1927) Q6 DIED 02/06/2024 Robert Crewdson (IMDb, b. 1927) Epitaph For a Spy DIED 07/02/2023 David de Keyser (wiki, b. 1927) Crown Court; Holby City DIED 20/02/2021 June Flewett aka Jill Freud (wiki, b. 1927) Crown Court Frank Mills (wiki, b. 1927) Coronation Street DIED 11/02/2021 Lee Montague (wiki, b. 1927) Bergerac; Minder Neville Phillips (IMDb, b. 1927) Midsomer Murders; Mansfield Park; Rumpole of the Bailey Ernst Walder (IMDb, b. 1927) Coronation Street; Castle Haven DIED 06/09/2021 Joss Ackland (wiki, b. 1928) Z-Cars DIED 19/11/2023 Denise Bryer (wiki, b. 1928) The Adventures of Twizzle, Terrahawks DIED 16/10/2021 Peter Cellier (wiki, b. 1928) Yes Minister; Yes, Prime Minister; Keeping Up Appearances Bernard Cribbins (wiki, b. 1928) The Wombles; Fawlty Towers; Coronation Street DIED 28/07/2022 Anthony Dawes (IMDb, b. 1928) Z-Cars; Who, Sir? Me, Sir? DIED 21/01/2021 Mark Eden (wiki, b. 1928) Coronation Street DIED 01/01/2021 Philip Guard (wiki, b. 1928) Robin Hood, The Other Man DEAD OFF RADAR IN 2024? Sarah Lawson (wiki, b. 1928) Within These Walls DIED 18/08/2023 Ann Morrish (wiki, b. 1928) The Expert; Crown Court; Break Point DEAD OFF RADAR IN 2024? Thelma Barlow (wiki, b. 1929) Coronation Street; Dinnerladies Maria Charles (wiki, b. 1929) Coronation Street; Agony DIED 21/04/2023 Michael Craig (wiki, b. 1929) Doctor Who; Triangle Damaris Hayman (wiki, b. 1929) One Foot in the Grave; Doctor Who DIED 03/06/2021 Jack Hedley (wiki, b. 1929) Colditz; Who Pays the Ferryman?; One by One DIED 11/12/2021 Colin Jeavons (wiki, b. 1929) House of Cards; Epitaph For a Spy John Nettleton (wiki, b. 1929) Yes Minister; Yes, Prime Minister DIED 12/07/2023 Robin Parkinson (wiki, b. 1929) 'Allo 'Allo! DIED 07/05/2022 Clifford Rose (wiki, b. 1929) One by One; Doctor Who; Secret Army DIED 06/22/2021 Patricia Routledge (wiki, b. 1929) Keeping Up Appearances John Woodvine (wiki, b. 1929) Z-Cars Cyril Appleton (wiki, b. 1930) Coronation Street John Cairney (wiki, b. 1930) This Man Craig DIED 06/09/2023 Alan Curtis (wiki, b. 1930) The Saint; Z-Cars; Doctor Who DIED 18/02/2021 Robert Fyfe (wiki, b. 1930) Last of the Summer Wine DIED 15/09/2021 Henry Lincoln (wiki, b. 1930) Z-Cars; Triangle; No Hiding Place DIED 24/02/2022 Una McLean (wiki, b. 1930) Taggart, River City Jeanne Moody (IMDb, b. 1930) Emergency-Ward 10; The Saint Bill Treacher (wiki, b. 1930) EastEnders DIED 05/11/2022 Gary Watson (wiki, b. 1930) Z-Cars; The Avengers; Doctor Who Henry Woolf (wiki, b. 1930) Z-Cars; Doctor Who; Full House DIED 12/11/2021 Denyse Alexander (wiki, b. 1931) Father Charlie; The Bill; Silent Witness June Bland (IMDb, b. 1931) The Newcomers; Doctor Who Claire Bloom (wiki, b. 1931) Brideshead Revisited Sheila Brennan (IMDb, b. 1931) Open All Hours Jeremy Burnham (wiki, b. 1931) United!; The Saint; The Avengers DIED 31/12/2020 Frank Coda (IMDb, b. 1931) Coronation Street; The Bill; EastEnders Maureen Connell (wiki, b. 1931) The Scarlet Pimpernel; The Count of Monte Cristo; Death to the First Lady Kenneth Cope (wiki, b. 1931) Coronation Street; Brookside DIED 11/09/2024 Eileen Derbyshire (wiki, b. 1931) Coronation Street James Greene (wiki, b. 1931) Mapp & Lucia; The Bill; Moon Stallion DIED 05/01/2021 Leon Greene (wiki, b. 1931) Lorna Doone; A Man Called Intrepid DIED 19/06/2021 Patricia Greene (wiki, b. 1931) Doctors Gerald Harper (wiki, b. 1931) Hadleigh; Adam Adamant Lives! Pat Heywood (wiki, b. 1931) Wuthering Heights; Crown Court; ITV Playhouse DIED 26/06/2024 Veronica Hurst (wiki, b. 1931) Dixon of Dock Green; The Flaxton Boys DIED 15/11/2022 Brian Jackson (wiki, b. 1931) Z-Cars; Doctors DIED 02/07/2022 Godfrey James (wiki, b. 1931) The Bill; Emmerdale Farm; Oliver Twist; Armchair Thriller DIED 29/10/2019 (late announcement; date unconfirmed) John Kelland (IMDb, b. 1931) The Idiot Harry Landis (wiki, b. 1931) EastEnders DIED 12/09/2022 James Martin (wiki, b. 1931) Still Game Ellen McIntosh (IMDb, b. 1931) The Common Room; 199 Park Lane; This Man Craig Virginia McKenna (wiki, b. 1931) The Scold's Bridle; The Camomile Lawn Stanley Meadows (wiki, b. 1931) Coronation Street Arthur Nightingale (IMDb, b. 1931) The Bill, The Crown Trevor Peacock (wiki, b. 1931) The Bill; The Vicar of Dibley DIED 08/03/2021 Vivian Pickles (wiki, b. 1931) Birds of a Feather; Uncle Jack Corinne Skinner-Carter (wiki, b. 1931) EastEnders John Swindells (IMDb, b. 1931) Z-Cars Josephine Tewson (wiki, b. 1931) Last of the Summer Wine; Keeping Up Appearances DIED 18/08/2022 Cy Town (IMDb, b. 1931) Doctor Who DIED 26/03/2024 Frank Williams (wiki, b. 1931) Dad's Army; You Rang, M'Lord? DIED 26/06/2022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ray Austin (wiki, b. 1932) The Avengers, The Saint, Ghost Squad DIED 17/05/2023 Jean Boht (wiki, b. 1932) Bread, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Doctors DIED 12/09/2023 Norman Bowler (wiki, b. 1932) Softly, Softly, Jesus of Nazareth, Emmerdale Sonny Caldinez (wiki, b. 1932) Doctor Who, Sexton Blake and the Demon God DIED 12/04/2022 Antony Carrick (IMDb, b. 1932) Emmerdale, The Brack Report, Doctor Who Roland Curram (wiki, b. 1932) Eldorado, Terry and June Edward de Souza (wiki, b. 1932) The Marriage Lines, After Henry, Coronation Street Vilma Hollingbery (wiki, b. 1932) Grass, The Bill, Doctors DIED 11/09/2021 Elizabeth Larner (wiki, b. 1932) Up Pompeii!, Triangle, The Two Ronnies DIED 11/03/2022 Phyllida Law (wiki, b. 1932) That's Love!, Ffizz, Kingdom Renny Lister (wiki, b. 1932) Coronation Street; Z-Cars; The Doctors [on revision, probably born 1934] Murray Melvin (wiki, b. 1932) The Tyrant King, The Flaxton Boys, Torchwood DIED 14/02/2023 Carmen Munroe (wiki, b. 1932) Doctor Who, Desmond's, General Hospital Brian Murphy (wiki, b. 1932) Man About the House, George and Mildred, Last of the Summer Wine Toni Palmer (IMDb, b. 1932) The Rag Trade, The Bill, Within These Walls William Roache (wiki, b. 1932) Coronation Street Prunella Scales (wiki, b. 1932) Fawlty Towers, Coronation Street, After Henry Johnny Shannon (wiki, b. 1932) The Kenny Everett Television Show, Minder, EastEnders DIED 17/03/2017 (death not spotted until 2024) Jack Smethurst (wiki, b. 1932) Z-Cars, Coronation Street, Casualty DIED 16/02/2022 Gabriel Woolf (wiki, b. 1932) Doctor Who, Market in Honey Lane I haven't included cameos, actors who had a single occurrence or presenters etc. because more use in a list like this if it's extensive rather than exhaustive. 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The Old Crem 3,581 Posted December 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Wasn't quite sure where to put this, but thought we were overdue a masterlist for British television actors so went through a list of UK TV shows of the 60s–90s earlier and singled out all the actors turning 90+ in 2021. Vast majority of these names will obit for sure: Arnold Yarrow (wiki, b. 1920) EastEnders Elizabeth Kelly (wiki, b. 1921) EastEnders William Russell (wiki, b. 1924) Doctor Who; Coronation Street David Graham (wiki, b. 1925) Doctor Who; Thunderbirds Doreen Mantle (wiki, b. 1926) One Foot in the Grave; Coronation Street André Maranne (wiki, b. 1926) Fawlty Towers; Yes Minister Leonard Fenton (wiki, b. 1926) EastEnders Gordon Peters (wiki, b. 1926) Hi-de-Hi!; One Foot in the Grave June Brown (wiki, b. 1927) EastEnders Leon Lissek (wiki, b. 1927) EastEnders Frank Mills (wiki, b. 1927) Coronation Street Joss Ackland (wiki, b. 1928) Z-Cars Peter Cellier (wiki, b. 1928) Yes Minister; Yes, Prime Minister; Keeping Up Appearances Bernard Cribbins (wiki, b. 1928) The Wombles; Fawlty Towers; Coronation Street Mark Eden (wiki, b. 1928) Coronation Street Thelma Barlow (wiki, b. 1929) Coronation Street; Dinnerladies Colin Jeavons (wiki, b. 1929) House of Cards John Nettleton (wiki, b. 1929) Yes Minister; Yes, Prime Minister Robin Parkinson (wiki, b. 1929) 'Allo 'Allo! Patricia Routledge (wiki, b. 1929) Keeping Up Appearances John Woodvine (wiki, b. 1929) Z-Cars Cyril Appleton (wiki, b. 1930) Coronation Street Robert Fyfe (wiki, b. 1930) Last of the Summer Wine (most sources say 1925 but born in 1930 according to his son) Bill Treacher (wiki, b. 1930) EastEnders Claire Bloom (wiki, b. 1931) Brideshead Revisited Sheila Brennan (IMDb, b. 1931) Open All Hours Kenneth Cope (wiki, b. 1931) Coronation Street; Brookside Eileen Derbyshire (wiki, b. 1931) Coronation Street Harry Landis (wiki, b. 1931) EastEnders Stanley Meadows (wiki, b. 1931) Coronation Street John Swindells (IMDb, b. 1931) Z-Cars Josephine Tewson (wiki, b. 1931) Last of the Summer Wine; Keeping Up Appearances Cy Town (IMDb, b. 1931) Doctor Who Frank Williams (wiki, b. 1931) Dad's Army; You Rang, M'Lord? I haven't included cameos, actors who had a single occurrence or presenters etc. because more use in a list like this if it's extensive rather than exhaustive. As always, additions very welcome. Corinne Skinner Carter is 90 next year and might be a good addition to the above list. Wiki Also Vivian Pickles is 90 next year and might fit in on the list.Wiki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Daredevil 1,189 Posted December 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Robert Fyfe (wiki, b. 1930) Last of the Summer Wine (most sources say 1925 but born in 1930 according to his son) Does anyone know if it was definitely Fyfe’s son who made this claim on his father’s wiki page? There’s the chance that someone else could have claimed they were his son and the birth year. I cannot find any other 1930 claims for Fyfe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,436 Posted December 30, 2020 Some living suggestions: Donald Pelmear (1924) - Yes Minister, Poirot, Dr Who Morris Perry (1925) - Crown Court, Hound of the Baskervilles Oscar Quitak (1926) - A Very British Coup, Howards End (and shitloads tbh) Lee Montague (1927) - Bergerac June Flewett (1927) - Crown Court (also Clement Freud's widow) Michael Craig (1928) - Triangle, Dr Who (more an old school film actor but done lots of TV and a great actor) Sarah Lawson (1928) - 50s TV regular Gerald Harper (1929) - Adam Adamant Lives (although Wiki now claims a birth of 1931? Either way he counts) Clifford Rose (1929) - Pallisers, Secret Army Damaris Hayman (1929) - Doctor Who Maria Charles (1929) - Corrie, Never the Twain Gary Watson (1930) - Z-cars Una McLean (1930) - Taggart, River City (and Russell Hunter's widow) Trevor Peacock (1931) - Vicar of Dibley June Bland (1931) - Doctor Who (x2), The Doctors, The Newcomers - retired to teach acting James Greene (1931) - Chocky, Moon Stallion (still alive as was in Doctors and others in last few years) Godfrey James (1931) - Emmerdale, Armchair Thriller (retired 20 years ago, *think* still alive) Vivian Pickles (1931) - Uncle Jack, Elizabeth R 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,576 Posted December 30, 2020 8 hours ago, The Daredevil said: Does anyone know if it was definitely Fyfe’s son who made this claim on his father’s wiki page? There’s the chance that someone else could have claimed they were his son and the birth year. I cannot find any other 1930 claims for Fyfe. No way of being absolutely certain either way, but who takes their time to impersonate an obscure actor's son for the sake of changing their date of birth misleadingly? I believe it was his son. We've visited this several times now so I don't want to get bogged down on it again but a search on Scotland's People for a birth within Clackmannan in either 1925 or 1930 turns up nada. Hopefully an obit will clarify how old he actually was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
