Guest Guest Posted April 28, 2015 Does anyone remember the actor Dickie Owen who was in Zulu with Michael Caine ? Anyway he's dead http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=27524 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thefunkyfaz 51 Posted April 28, 2015 Sadly it appears that Orville will finally be able to fly - Keith Harris has got his wings... http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a644482/orville-the-duck-ventriloquist-keith-harris-dies-at-the-age-of-67.html#~pb8TCB9YoeGZSK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted April 28, 2015 Does anyone remember the actor Dickie Owen who was in Zulu with Michael Caine ? Anyway he's dead http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=27524 Aye, he was the Natal boy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted April 28, 2015 Does anyone remember the actor Dickie Owen who was in Zulu with Michael Caine ? Anyway he's dead http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=27524 Does anyone remember how to use the search facility? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted April 28, 2015 Sadly it appears that Orville will finally be able to fly - Keith Harris has got his wings... http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a644482/orville-the-duck-ventriloquist-keith-harris-dies-at-the-age-of-67.html#~pb8TCB9YoeGZSK I hope they bury, or better yet burn, the weapon with the criminal. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted April 28, 2015 Sadly it appears that Orville will finally be able to fly - Keith Harris has got his wings... http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a644482/orville-the-duck-ventriloquist-keith-harris-dies-at-the-age-of-67.html#~pb8TCB9YoeGZSK Didn't even know he was ill. Bit of a shock. Made his living well outta that duck n chimp. RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted April 28, 2015 Sadly it appears that Orville will finally be able to fly - Keith Harris has got his wings... http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a644482/orville-the-duck-ventriloquist-keith-harris-dies-at-the-age-of-67.html#~pb8TCB9YoeGZSK I hope they bury, or better yet burn, the weapon with the criminal. I see he died of cancer, was it stomach cancer? You know, ventriloquist, hand in puppet, stomach... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted April 28, 2015 Sadly it appears that Orville will finally be able to fly - Keith Harris has got his wings... http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a644482/orville-the-duck-ventriloquist-keith-harris-dies-at-the-age-of-67.html#~pb8TCB9YoeGZSK I hope they bury, or better yet burn, the weapon with the criminal. I see he died of cancer, was it stomach cancer? You know, ventriloquist, hand in puppet, stomach... Liver cancer. Nasty. http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/keith-harris-orville-dead-ventriloquist-5595850 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,148 Posted April 28, 2015 Sadly it appears that Orville will finally be able to fly - Keith Harris has got his wings... http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a644482/orville-the-duck-ventriloquist-keith-harris-dies-at-the-age-of-67.html#~pb8TCB9YoeGZSK Makes a change to see the words "Childrens Entertainer" along the Sky News ticker tape without it also featuring words like questioned, arrested or Yewtree. Although, saying that, Orville may have a few stories to tell now without Keith around......... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted April 28, 2015 Sadly it appears that Orville will finally be able to fly - Keith Harris has got his wings... http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a644482/orville-the-duck-ventriloquist-keith-harris-dies-at-the-age-of-67.html#~pb8TCB9YoeGZSK I'll never forget that time he appeared on "Celebrity Pointless" with Orville. I don't think I've ever scrambled so hard and fast for the Sky remote, or did that "mash any and all buttons until something else appears" thing so ferociously. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Sadly it appears that Orville will finally be able to fly - Keith Harris has got his wings... http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a644482/orville-the-duck-ventriloquist-keith-harris-dies-at-the-age-of-67.html#~pb8TCB9YoeGZSK I'll never forget that time he appeared on "Celebrity Pointless" with Orville. I don't think I've ever scrambled so hard and fast for the Sky remote, or did that "mash any and all buttons until something else appears" thing so ferociously. Apparently he collapsed doing his act but they had to wait 15 mins before pronouncing him dead as his lips were still moving. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted April 28, 2015 Sadly Orvile will now have to retire because Keith Harris had such a big hand in his career Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted April 28, 2015 Sadly it appears that Orville will finally be able to fly - Keith Harris has got his wings... http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a644482/orville-the-duck-ventriloquist-keith-harris-dies-at-the-age-of-67.html#~pb8TCB9YoeGZSK That's sad. That's Orville news. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted April 28, 2015 As much as I thought his act was annoying and awful, it's a bit hearing the people that you'd see regularly on TV or being parodied in comedy shows are now dying. It's getting to the point where I'd show my kids the TV shows that were on when I was their age, and saying "oh that's.... <insert name of actor/comedian/presenter>" and following it up with "they're dead now, they died x-years ago" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted April 28, 2015 The craziest thing to me, is was that he was only 67. Easily a decade more I'd have guessed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted April 28, 2015 The craziest thing to me, is was that he was only 67. Easily a decade more I'd have guessed. Now I come to think of it he'd have been about the same age as my dad, so in 1981/82 when he was at the height of his career he'd been in his mid 30s. Looking back at some of the youtube clips then 67 would be about right Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted April 28, 2015 The craziest thing to me, is was that he was only 67. Easily a decade more I'd have guessed. Now I come to think of it he'd have been about the same age as my dad, so in 1981/82 when he was at the height of his career he'd been in his mid 30s. Looking back at some of the youtube clips then 67 would be about right Aye my thoughts exactly, but my dad was older than that. Well , he was dead by then, but you know what I mean. And 81 he'd been 32 , early early t'irties. °°°heads for Keith Michell update, captn beaky was definitely older°°° Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted April 28, 2015 News reports still filtering in regarding the passing of Keith Harris (67) yesterday evening. Orville the Duck, and Cuddles the Monkey with whom he shares a career spanning 50 years are said to be speechless. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted April 28, 2015 Cinematographer Andrew Lesnie dead at 59. Link to follow (if not already posted) http://variety.com/2015/film/news/andrew-lesnie-dead-lord-of-the-rings-hobbit-peter-jackson-1201480991/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted April 28, 2015 Kudos to the BBC obit writer for the juxtaposition of these sentences. But he turned down the chance to appear in Ricky Gervais's comedy series Extras. "I read the script and thought, 'This isn't clever writing, it's pure filth'," he told the Independent in 2006. "I turned it down. I'm not desperate." He continued to appear in pantomime and at holiday camps 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 28, 2015 Kudos to the BBC obit writer for the juxtaposition of these sentences. But he turned down the chance to appear in Ricky Gervais's comedy series Extras. "I read the script and thought, 'This isn't clever writing, it's pure filth'," he told the Independent in 2006. "I turned it down. I'm not desperate." He continued to appear in pantomime and at holiday camps He deserved a knighthood for turning down Ricky Gervais... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted April 29, 2015 Kudos to the BBC obit writer for the juxtaposition of these sentences. But he turned down the chance to appear in Ricky Gervais's comedy series Extras. "I read the script and thought, 'This isn't clever writing, it's pure filth'," he told the Independent in 2006. "I turned it down. I'm not desperate." He continued to appear in pantomime and at holiday camps He deserved a knighthood for turning down Ricky Gervais... Aye, you get the feeling it'd have been a case of Gervais and Merchant mocking him whilst making out it was all banter really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted April 29, 2015 Gonna guess suicide going by his Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/CJHardman/ You were correct (about Lil' Chris): http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/lil-chris-inquest-tragic-tv-5601349 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted April 29, 2015 News reports still filtering in regarding the passing of Keith Harris (67) yesterday evening. Orville the Duck, and Cuddles the Monkey with whom he shares a career spanning 50 years are said to be speechless. News reports still filtering in regarding the passing of Keith Harris (67) yesterday evening. Orville the Duck, and Cuddles the Monkey with whom he shares a career spanning 50 years are said to be speechless.There's muppets and other puppeteers tread, isn't it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest awesome guest Posted April 30, 2015 Tomorrow April will be over and may will start and hopefully it will not be as dry as April was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
