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Frankymole Diabolical Mastermind

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Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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Early1970s at a guess? Based on hairstyle. Might be late 60s, just after the Bond movie perhaps. Probably pre-Theatre of Blood. _________________ Last watched: "The Medicine Men" |
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Brugeoise Thingumajig
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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:21 am Post subject: |
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I found these stills which appear to belong to unaired bits of footage from The Great Great Britain Crime (credit on the watermarks)
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mousemeat Diabolical Mastermind
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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:56 am Post subject: |
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Frankymole wrote: | Early1970s at a guess? Based on hairstyle. Might be late 60s, just after the Bond movie perhaps. Probably pre-Theatre of Blood. |
my gut feeling is around 1969...little before, or a tad after the final episode of the Tara era...by the time of the Bond film, Macnee had put on more weight, and his face had some age lines.. |
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Frankymole Diabolical Mastermind

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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:53 am Post subject: |
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Brugeoise wrote: | I found these stills which appear to belong to unaired bits of footage from The Great Great Britain Crime (credit on the watermarks)
| Edward Brayshaw (with gun), Gertan Klauber, and Gerald Harper (in uniform), I presume. All popular "cult" TV/film actors in their own right. _________________ Last watched: "The Medicine Men"
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dissolute The Ministry

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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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That explains a lot, I always wondered why Gertan has a credit when he's barely in HAOL. _________________ Mrs Peel, you're needed!
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Frankymole Diabolical Mastermind

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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:38 am Post subject: |
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His wife (Gwendolyn Watts) was in The Avengers too, as "Julie" in Man With Two Shadows.
Nice mini-biography of him on IMDB:
Corpulent, bushy-browed Czechoslovakian-born character actor Gertan Klauber was a familiar face on British television, appearing in anything from 'Carry On' comedies to playing a Roman galley master in Doctor Who (1963). In Britain from an early age, he studied acting in Birmingham before moving to London in the mid-1950's. Over the next four decades, he trod the boards of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Arts Theatre and the National Theatre, as well as acting in several drama series for BBC TV. His stock-in-trade was a fluency in Eastern and Central European dialects, as a result of which he was often typecast as spies, border guards, waiters, minor officials and oily second-string villains. As such, he guested on many popular television shows of the day, including The Saint (1962), Danger Man (1964), and The Prisoner (1967). He was, arguably, at his most amusing, as the mad, penguin-fixated King George III in the final instalment of Blackadder the Third (1987).
- IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis
He had a bigger role than the galley master in Dr Who a couple of years later, playing the sinister "Ola" who was the deputy to Peter Jeffrey's "Pilot" (colonial governor) in "The Macra Terror" story. _________________ Last watched: "The Medicine Men" |
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Frankymole Diabolical Mastermind

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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:48 am Post subject: |
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Brugeoise wrote: |
 | I love how Mr Macnee is have a crafty cigarette, though I hope the nearby paraffin heater is not leaky! Could make for a fiery performance... _________________ Last watched: "The Medicine Men" |
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Brugeoise Thingumajig
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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:36 am Post subject: |
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Frankymole wrote: | I love how Mr Macnee is have a crafty cigarette, though I hope the nearby paraffin heater is not leaky! Could make for a fiery performance... |
Now that you mention the cigarette, I noticed Colonel Cork is holding one as well. Either Steed and him were sharing a smoke on screen (as it frequently happened during the Cathy Gale era) or it had something to do with the original plot. |
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Frankymole Diabolical Mastermind

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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 6:38 am Post subject: |
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It's just during rehearsal for the actual scene to be shot, I imagine. They wouldn't take agency/press/publicity stills during the actual shooting so it was a between-filming chance for a smoke break. I don't think Steed smoked any more during the filmed seasons, but as we know from TNA he still carried a cigarette case for friends!
Or perhaps they were "facing the firing squad" and so were offered a last cigarette (but no blindfold!). _________________ Last watched: "The Medicine Men" |
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mousemeat Diabolical Mastermind
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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Frankymole wrote: | It's just during rehearsal for the actual scene to be shot, I imagine. They wouldn't take agency/press/publicity stills during the actual shooting so it was a between-filming chance for a smoke break. I don't think Steed smoked any more during the filmed seasons, but as we know from TNA he still carried a cigarette case for friends!
Or perhaps they were "facing the firing squad" and so were offered a last cigarette (but no blindfold!). |
whole different time....when smoking was accepted on the set, and in vogue.. |
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Allard The Ministry
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 7:34 am Post subject: |
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Great find!
I can't say I recognize anything but Gerald Harper in his costume, doesn't seem to have ended up in Homicide and Old Lace. |
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Brugeoise Thingumajig
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Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 4:44 am Post subject: |
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Some pics I found on Facebook
Major Steed's game set from "Game"
Invitation to a Killing
Director Robert Fuest talks to Linda Thorson on Steed's flat set while shooting episode "Game"
Invasion of the Earthmen
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Frankymole Diabolical Mastermind

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Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 7:38 am Post subject: |
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Excellent pictures, Brugeoise! Thanks for posting.
Does anyone know who the two men are on the left and right of the bottom photo? _________________ Last watched: "The Medicine Men" |
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dissolute The Ministry

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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone know who the two gentlemen in the Invasion of the Earthmen pic are?
One of them was surely in Bizarre as one of the businessmen. Is it Gordon Scott? _________________ Mrs Peel, you're needed!
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MikeR Epic
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:44 am Post subject: |
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The guy on the left is too young to be Gordon L.T. Scott, but the one with light coloured hair on the right is Associated British Picture Corporation executive J. R. Wallis. |
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dissolute The Ministry

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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:54 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Mike, so is it him in Bizarre?
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denis rigg A Touch of Brimstone

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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not sure if the man in Bizarre is mentioned Associated British Picture Corporation executive, but for curiosity I figured out that J. R. Wallis's full name is James Reginald Wallis (1916-1972). _________________ Denis |
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mousemeat Diabolical Mastermind
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 9:27 am Post subject: |
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Brugeoise wrote: | I found these stills which appear to belong to unaired bits of footage from The Great Great Britain Crime (credit on the watermarks)
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great photos.....wonderful b/w.......thanks for posting |
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Brugeoise Thingumajig
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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2022 6:59 am Post subject: |
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Just found this photo on Facebook. It was labelled as belonging to the unused footage from The Great Great Britain Crime
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Brugeoise Thingumajig
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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And Steed was Mr.Peel after all...
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