RIP thread for people involved in TV

peteeeed

Blake 7 , that’s how you end a show ..RIP

neirbloom

peteeeed wrote: »

Blake 7 , that’s how you end a show ..RIP

I dont think you'd get too many shows nowadays where the main character is accused of Child molestation lol and they decided to broadcast the finale just before Christmas .

peteeeed

neirbloom wrote: »

I dont think you'd get too many shows nowadays where the main character is accused of Child molestation lol and they decided to broadcast the finale just before Christmas .

i was 9 and remember thinking , i need to hide somewhere for a couple of months

peteeeed

holy cra@p they are all on youtube

Go Harvey Go

Peter Benson has died aged 75.

As well as playing Bernie Scripps in Heartbeat, he portrayed not one, but two kings called Henry...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45459664

Harry Palmr

Dudley Sutton aka Tinker from Lovejoy has died at 85

monkeynuz

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Dudley Sutton aka Tinker from Lovejoy has died at 85

sad to hear, I met him several times when they were filming lovejoy, and I drank with him and the cast and crew, he was more of a drunkard in real life than tinker!

I helped him operate the cigarette machine on many occasions when he couldn’t even see straight.

He was a lovely gentleman.

Rip Tinker.

Patty O Furniture

neirbloom wrote: »

I dont think you'd get too many shows nowadays where the main character is accused of Child molestation lol and they decided to broadcast the finale just before Christmas .

Not in the same vein, but not the ideal thing to be showing on Easter Sun was Watership Down, especially when kids are eating their Chocolate Easter Bunny :eek: As Ch5 got the most complaints ever on that day :rolleyes:

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Dudley Sutton aka Tinker from Lovejoy has died at 85

Ah yeah, i remember Tinker well from Lovejoy, more so than his sidekick who thought he hit the big time when in that Harp ad afaik, didn't come back to Lovejoy?

Tom Mann Centuria

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Dudley Sutton aka Tinker from Lovejoy has died at 85

Great as the desperate but vulnerable Reg in the Porridge episode where he holds the governor hostage. RIP.

Agent Coulson

Peter Donat passed away aged 90 RIP.

Veteran character actor Peter Donat, best known in recent years for playing Agent Mulder’s father on The X-Files, has died at the age of 90.

Donat passed away on Monday at his California home of complications from diabetes, according to The New York Times. He made his X-Files debut as Bill Mulder in Season 2’s “Colony,” and reprised the role in five subsequent episodes, concluding with Season 6’s “One Son.” (Bill Mulder was dramatically killed off in the Season 2 finale, but continued to appear via flashback.)

Enjoying a screen career that spanned six decades, Donat also made appearances on Dallas (as the doctor who treated J.R. Ewing after he was wounded in the famous “Who Shot J.R.?” cliffhanger), Murder, She Wrote, Hill Street Blues, Charlie’s Angels and the original Hawaii Five-O.

https://tvline.com/2018/09/15/peter-donat-dead-the-x-files-actor-mulder-father-died/

monkeynuz

monkeynuz wrote: »

sad to hear, I met him several times when they were filming lovejoy, and I drank with him and the cast and crew, he was more of a drunkard in real life than tinker!

I helped him operate the cigarette machine on many occasions when he couldn’t even see straight.

He was a lovely gentleman.

Rip Tinker.

Lovely memory to have - what was Ian McShane like?

monkeynuz

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Lovely memory to have - what was Ian McShane like?

Nice enough, bit of a knob slightly conceited but a nice enough chap all the same, they were all ok except Chris jury who did nothing but moan and complain about everything!

The later series had the woman who is now in easterners (can’t think of her name at present) she used to smoke like a chimney.

monkeynuz

monkeynuz wrote: »

Nice enough, bit of a knob slightly conceited but a nice enough chap all the same, they were all ok except Chris jury who did nothing but moan and complain about everything!

The later series had the woman who is now in easterners (can’t think of her name at present) she used to smoke like a chimney.

Diane Parish?

Chris was probably in character- he did that all through the series so obviously the role suited his personality :P

monkeynuz

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Diane Parish?

Chris was probably in character- he did that all through the series so obviously the role suited his personality :P

Yes that’s it, Diane parish.

Maybe but I remember one day when they were filming outside, he came out of the trailer to do the take, spent three minutes outside, did the take and a flunky came rushing over and wrapped him up in a bloody great puffa jacket and gave him a mug of tea to warm his hands......it was May and everyone else was in shirt sleeves or lightweight sweaters!

I think he fancied himself as a bit of a star actor, but they did eventually drop him, could be because he was a handful.

Tom Mann Centuria

Are you one of those people.....

Denis Norden has died at the ripe old age of 96. He presented It'll be Alright on the Night for years, when it was a novelty to see outtakes.

RIP

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-denis-norden-dead-96-13270686

peteeeed

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Are you one of those people.....

Denis Norden has died at the ripe old age of 96. He presented it'll be alright on the night for years, when it was a novelty to see outtakes.

RIP

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-denis-norden-dead-96-13270686

it won't be alright on the night (apologies )

Melodeon

Bunny Carr
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0920/994889-bunny-carr/

Avatar MIA

Melodeon wrote: »

Bunny Carr
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0920/994889-bunny-carr/

Ah, STOP the lights!

Harry Palmr

Bunny Carr deserves his own thread!

Melodeon

Here's the theme music of Quicksilver as played by Norman Metcalfe on the mighty Hammond organ:
http://www.televisiontunes.com/Quicksilver_-_R.T.E._-_1978.html

Skid X

Sad to hear about Bunny.

Quicksilver was a great demented show, apparently a contestant once won thruppence (3p) which wasn't a life changing amount of money, even in those days.

Here's a clip with a young Marian Finucane

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/1221/755442-quicksilver-charity-special/

Mr E

John Cunliffe, the creator of such beloved children's TV programmes as Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim has died aged 85.

I don't really know Rosie and Jim, but Postman Pat is pretty timeless and there isn't a child (or an adult) in the country who doesn't know of Pat. RIP.

http://www.ladbible.com/news/film-and-tv-john-cunliffe-creator-of-postman-pat-and-rosie-and-jim-has-died-20180927

wally79

Mr E wrote: »

John Cunliffe, the creator of such beloved children's TV programmes as Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim has died aged 85.

I don't really know Rosie and Jim, but Postman Pat is pretty timeless and there isn't a child (or an adult) in the country who doesn't know of Pat. RIP.

http://www.ladbible.com/news/film-and-tv-john-cunliffe-creator-of-postman-pat-and-rosie-and-jim-has-died-20180927

I remember Rosie and Jim. He played their owner in it

ohnonotgmail

Geoffrey Hayes from Rainbow has died at the age of 76

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45706667

Mr E

Ah no... it's hard to read that name without hearing it in Zippy's voice. RIP.

Ted Plain

I was very fond of Rainbow growing up. Geoffrey always seemed just such a nice, upbeat chap. I was sorry to discover that he was dropped after Rainbow finished up in the early nineties with no new gig to go to.


RIP Geoffrey.

Agent Coulson

I shed a tear or two this afternoon when I heard this on the radio.

RIP Geoffrey.

Skerries

he can play with his twanger now

Agent Coulson

Ray Galton co-creator & writer of Steptoe and Son has died aged 88. RIP.

He was also a co-creator & writer on Hancock's Half Hour.

One of the greats of British comedy.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/oct/06/ray-galton-co-creator-of-steptoe-and-son-dies-aged-88

Harry Palmr

Never quite got into Steptoe, probably something to do with the mise en scene, the residents of Railway Cuttings and East Cheam on the other hand are still wonderfully droll.

Mr.Nice Guy

https://twitter.com/DamonMartin/status/1048757707883393024

Saddened to hear this. I thought he added a lot to TWD when he was on it.

RobbingBandit

Will always remember him playing Pa Angel in Judge Dredd, great actor.

speckled_park

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

https://twitter.com/DamonMartin/status/1048757707883393024

Saddened to hear this. I thought he added a lot to TWD when he was on it.

Sad reacts only 😢😢. Twd is the only show i watch. His death on the show was the biggest character death for me. Sad to see him go on screen, let alone real life.

The Black Oil

Sad to hear that. Only knew him from the first few years of The Walking Dead, but he had that certain quality that made you wish you knew more of his work.

Go Harvey Go

Legendary football commentator Peter Brackley has died aged 67.

I'll always remember him for Football Italia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3iT5YuvcSY

Relikk

He wouldn't have been one of my favourite commentators, but he was definitely iconic because of Football Italia. The thing I'll remember him for most was his brilliant, and very funny impression of Jimmy Greaves on Saint and Greavsie when they used Jimmy's Spitting Image puppet because he was ill and couldn't make it to the studio for the filming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBeiuFfe1q8

RIP.

Mr E

I see Sonny Knowles died today, aged 86. I only really know him from his appearances on TV, but he always seemed to be a very witty and likable guy. RIP.

http://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/1115/1011142-singer-sonny-knowles-has-died-aged-86/

Tom Mann Centuria

James Greene who played Councilman Milton in Parks and Recreation has died, at the ripe old age of 91. RIP.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/james-greene-dead-parks-recreation-actor-broadway-veteran-was-91-1161409

p to the e

Posted this in films aswell but probably belongs here.

Katherine MacGregor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_MacGregor

Had some small film roles but most famously known for her role as Harriet Olsen in "Little House on the Prairie".

Go Harvey Go

Richard Baker - one of Britain's finest ever newscasters - has died aged 93.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46246049

His death breaks the last link to the very first days of BBC television news, as well as a major link to the sixties and seventies - when BBC newscasters didn't double up as reporters and vice versa, and reports were usually done in the studio (it was more of an ITN thing in those days to do them on location). Not many survivors from this era now, with Michael Aspel, Richard Whitmore and Angela Rippon being the most notable.

Richard Baker also presented coverage of the Last Night of the Proms for many years - and was a familiar voice on radio too, presenting many classical music programmes on Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4.

The word "legend" is overused these days, but I don't think it would be wrong to suggest that Richard was one.

corks finest

monkeynuz wrote: »

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Lovely memory to have - what was Ian McShane like?

Nice enough, bit of a knob slightly conceited but a nice enough chap all the same, they were all ok except Chris jury who did nothing but moan and complain about everything!

The later series had the woman who is now in easterners (can’t think of her name at present) she used to smoke like a chimney.

Tinker was fab

Skid X

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Richard Baker - one of Britain's finest ever newscasters - has died aged 93.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46246049

His death breaks the last link to the very first days of BBC television news, as well as a major link to the sixties and seventies - when BBC newscasters didn't double up as reporters and vice versa, and reports were usually done in the studio (it was more of an ITN thing in those days to do them on location). Not many survivors from this era now, with Michael Aspel, Richard Whitmore and Angela Rippon being the most notable.

Richard Baker also presented coverage of the Last Night of the Proms for many years - and was a familiar voice on radio too, presenting many classical music programmes on Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4.

The word "legend" is overused these days, but I don't think it would be wrong to suggest that Richard was one.

Well said.

I love this story in his Obituary about how he spent his time in his final years

In his final years, Richard Baker moved to a retirement home. He was a little unsettled at first but soon found a way of integrating.

He would read all the newspapers and cut out the interesting headlines. Then, at Six O'clock, he would read them aloud to his fellow residents over supper.

For the great news man it was a smaller audience than he was used to; but one which was no less appreciative of his talent.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41023864

Mr E

That's a great story.

RIP.

patmac

Melodeon wrote: »

Bunny Carr
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0920/994889-bunny-carr/

Ah coinin an glustean, rumour had it he ran off with a load of charity money , send your cheques to Bunny Carr c/o Gorta etc.

brian_t

patmac wrote: »

Ah coinin an glustean, rumour had it he ran off with a load of charity money , send your cheques to Bunny Carr c/o Gorta etc.

You post feels out of place in this thread.

Perhaps you could start a new thread "Rumours thread for dead people involved in TV".

Ted Plain

George A. Cooper has died aged 93.

He played Mr. Griffiths, the caretaker from Grange Hill. Being an avid Hammer fan I also know him from Dracula Has Risen From The Grave.

I randomly came across him a while back on YouTube where he appeared in an internal British Leyland film from the 1970s about the importance of quality work. He came to a bad end due to a shoddily-built Austin Allegro. Worth watching.

Agent Coulson

Magician and master of sleight of hand Ricky Jay died aged 72.


He was The Amazing Maleeni in The X- Files and had a recurring role in The Unit and starred in season 1 of Deadwood.


RIP.

peteeeed

Stephen Hillenburg, SpongeBob SquarePants creator has died at 57

https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/11/spongebob-stephen-hillenburg-dead/

Go Harvey Go

ohnonotgmail

Peter Armitage, who played Kevin Websters father in coronation street, has died at the age of 78. RIP

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46452831