The Avengers International Fan Forum

denis rigg · Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:38 am Post subject:

Karol Ike

Director of photography. One of cinematographers for Canadian TNA episodes.

Birth name: Karol Wladyslaw Józef Ike-Duninowski.

Born: October 1, 1935 in Warsaw, Poland.

Married:
1. Mara Straume (divorced)
2. Set decorator Elena Kenney (1988 - present)

Information is already partly posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407407
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denis rigg · Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:11 am Post subject:

Catherine Buckley

Fashion designer. Designed Joanna Lumley's costumes for her advert photos in 1976 (as Purdey) and first four TNA episodes.

Finally, we now know the following:

Birth name: Catherine Frances Agnes Stanford.

Born: February, 1940 in Kensington, London, England, UK.

Married on the display designer Paul Buckley in 1964.

Information is already posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3201877
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denis rigg · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 12:27 am Post subject:

Zia Mohyeddin

Actor, played Prince Ali in Avengers episode Honey for the Prince (1966).

Actually, born June 20, 1931 (not 1933).

This information will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596109
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denis rigg · Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 1:11 am Post subject:

1. Jan Rowell

Costume designer. Designed Diana Rigg's costumes for some early b/w Avengers episodes.

Born: October, 1932 in England, UK.

Died: 2015.

Information is already partly posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1167334/

2. Ambren Garland

Head of Wardrobe Department at ABC. Worked as wardrobe supervisor for some late Avengers episodes with Honor Blackman.

Birthname: Joan Ambren Smith.

Born: April 20, 1919.

It is very possible that she is still alive.

Married: Denis Garland.

Information is already posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1054424

3. Ron Purdie

Assistant film director and production manager. Worked for some Avengers and TNA episodes.

Born: January, 1939.

Information is already posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700800/
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denis rigg · Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:35 am Post subject:

Since September 15, I have been working with Alan Hayes to improve the performers section on the Alan's website Randall and Hopkirk (Declassified)

http://www.randallandhopkirk.org.uk/who_actors_regulars.htm

At the moment were made the following updates, as for the performers appeared in The Avengers and TNA:

1. Roger Avon

Actor, played the headmaster in TNA episode Dead Men Are Dangerous (1977).

Married to dancer Rhoda Oatway from 1955 until his death in 1998.

Information is already posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043280/bio

2. Anthony Baird

Actor, played 2nd Assistant in Avengers episode Death of a Great Dane (1962) and Wilson in Avengers episode Brief for Murder (1963).

Full name: Antony Broderick Baird
Actually born 1 January 1919 in Hillhead, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (not December 11, 1920 in London, England, UK).

Information is partly posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047850/bio

3. Joby Blanshard

Actor, played Joe Mercer in Avengers episode Man-Eater of Surrey Green (1965).

Actually born November 7, 1919 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK (not November 17).

Married:
1. His first marriage, to Carolyn Maldarelli of New York in 1949, lasted only until 1953 and ended in divorce.
2. He remarried in 1956, to Isabel Sutherland (1921-1988), a noted Edinburgh-born singer and of the post-war British Folk Revival and a pioneer of the Lowland Scots unaccompanied style of ballad-singing in London folk clubs. She and Joby became collectors, particularly in the North-East of Scotland, and their recordings are deposited in the Folktrax Archive.

Selective information will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087609

4. Edward Brayshaw.

Actor, played Fuller in Avengers episode Homicide and Old Lace (1969).

Actually born in Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia (not England, UK).

Died in London, England.

Information will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106286

5. Michael Coles.

Actor, played Fuller in Avengers episode Homicide and Old Lace (1969).

Actually born August 12, 1934 in London, England, UK (not August 12, 1936 in London, England, UK).

Information will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171326

6. Ivor Dean.

Actor and playwright.

Ivor played Harbour Officer in Avengers episode The Removal Men (1962), Bates in Avengers episode Dead Man's Treasure (1967) and Ferret in Avengers episode Super Secret Cypher Snatch (1968).

It is erroneously indicated on many sources that he was married to the Canadian actress Patricia Hamilton.

Actually Ivor was married to the British actress Patricia Wordley (1929-2019), who later worked under the stage name Patricia Hamilton.

I already corrected the information on Wikipedia and created a page for British actress Patricia Hamilton on IMDb, separating part of the works (those that were confirmed) from the page of the Canadian actress.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2048284
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denis rigg · Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:28 am Post subject:

Johnny Laycock

Multi-instrumentalist, played Izzy Pound in Avengers episode The Interrogators (1969).

Full name: John Vincent Laycock.

Born in March 1925.

This information is already posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8694598
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denis rigg · Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:09 am Post subject:

At the moment I continue to work at IMDb.

Fresh news

Ruth Dunning

Actress, played Mrs. Dove in Avengers episode November Five (1963).

Full name: Mary Ruth Dunning
Actually born May 17, 1909 in Prestatyn, Flintshire, Wales, UK (not May 17, 1911 in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales, UK).

Yes, exactly so - the information by official catalogs and newspapers is incorrect.

Baptism date of Ruth is 21 Nov 1909!
Father: John Hamlet Dunning
Mother: Alice Maud Starr

Information is partly posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242959/
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denis rigg · Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 12:18 am Post subject:

John Kruse

Scriptwriter, wrote Avengers episode Tunnel of Fear (1961).

Full name: John Herman Conrad Kruse.
Actually born January, 1919 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK (not 1921 in London, England, UK).

I found this information here (page 8 ):

https://rrec.org.uk/storage/Documents/Bulletin/B333.pdf

I checked it through the official database and it all fits together.

Information wil soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0472849
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denis rigg · Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 4:49 am Post subject: Re: IMDb

Three years ago I was looking for the information about Max Marquis and the result was in my very first post on this topic.

http://avengersfanforum.s2.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3302&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

denis rigg · Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 9:35 am Post subject:

At the moment I’m working for a page with actors in the letter B of the Alan Hayes' website:

http://www.randallandhopkirk.org.uk/who_actors_b.htm

Harold Berens

Actor, played Film Director in Avengers episode Mission to Montreal (1962).

Finally, the real birthname of Harold is revealed.

Birthname: Isidor Harold Berenbaum (not Harold Isadore Berens or Ivan Harold Berens).

Other new information is:

He married to Veronica O'Connor, his secretary, in London on 25 March 1949. Divorced in 1960.

Information sent on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0073539/
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denis rigg · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:57 am Post subject:

At the moment I’m almost finishing working for a page with actors in the letter S of the Alan Hayes' website (stopped on John Styles):

http://www.randallandhopkirk.org.uk/who_actors_s.htm

While working, I found following for:

Peter Reynolds

Actor, played Al Brady in Avengers episode Double Danger (1961) and Tulip in Avengers episode Who's Who??? (1967) .

Full birthname: Peter Gordon Horrocks

Born: August 16, 1921 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, UK (not 1925 or 1926, as indicated on all official resources, including BFI).

Information sent on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0721573

I also edited Wikipedia in English (I hope my edit will not be canceled). Smile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Reynolds_%28actor%29
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denis rigg · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 9:19 am Post subject:

At the moment I work for letter "W" on Alan Hayes' website by link below:
http://www.randallandhopkirk.org.uk/who_actors_w.htm

Surprise

Frank Windsor

Actor, played Tobin in Avengers episode Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? (1968).

Actually born July 12, 1928 in Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK (not 1926 or 1927). Confirmed by certificate!

Information sent on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934783/

Also, I corrected the Wikipedia.
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denis rigg · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:44 am Post subject:

Bari Johnson

Actor, played Chief Bai Shebro in Avengers episode The Yellow Needle (1961)...

and African delegate in Avengers episode Homicide and Old Lace (1969).

http://discoverjamaica.com/jnames.htm

Full name: Barrington Allister McKenzie Johnson

Actually born September 25, 1927 (not 1928) in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Died: May 8, 2006 in Kingston, Jamaica (new information is the place of death).

Information sent on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429626
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denis rigg · Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 1:59 am Post subject:

While studying the news in The Professionals group on Twitter, I went through new information for Mickey Vary, thanks to which I did the research and came to the following results below.

Full name: Michael John Vary

Yes, exactly so, he was known as Mickey Vary (not Mickey Varey).

Born: January 7, 1931 in Kensington, London, England, UK.

Died: February, 1986 in Brent, London, England, UK (lung cancer)

Married to Irene McCullum in 1952.

Mickey as a gangmember in TNA episode Sleeper (1976).

Information sent on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8713000/
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denis rigg · Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:57 am Post subject:

Robert Mill

Actor, played Harry Dew in Avengers episode Double Danger (1961)...

...Brown in Avengers episode Killer Whale (1963)....

...and the curator in TNA episode The Midas Touch (1976).

Full name: Robert McKenzie Mill

Born: 7 November 1933 in Marylebone, London, England, UK (new information is day and month).
Died: 30 August 2020 in England, UK.

Information sent on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0587588
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denis rigg · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:58 am Post subject:

Yes, finally, thanks to the Telegraph article we learn that the Frank Windsor's full name was Frank Windsor Higgins.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/10/02/frank-windsor-actor-became-household-name-1960s-ds-john-watt/

Alan Hayes and I guessed this earlier when we were working on the actor's biography for the Randall and Hopkirk website...

http://www.randallandhopkirk.org.uk/who_actors_w.htm

...but could not find evidence. I guess many others have thought this too. Wink

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denis rigg · Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:01 am Post subject:

Clive Moss

Child actor

According to Spotlight, played in The Avengers.

Full name: Clive Karl Moss

Born: May 5, 1955 in London, England, UK

Information sent on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0608935/
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denis rigg · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:33 am Post subject:

Cyd Child

Stunt performer

Born: December 24, 1944 in Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (new info are day and month)

Information sent on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0157455/
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Frankymole · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:37 pm Post subject:

David Cargill

Suddenly vanishes from screen credits about 1975, aged 44 or 45. Did he retire from acting?

https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=26010
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denis rigg · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:11 am Post subject:

It's hard to say at the moment. I studied David several times and concluded that he either took an important position in the Equity or went to the USA in 1975, as there was an actor with the same name there at the same time, although a different David is played in the 1977 film Fight for Your Life (checked personally). Nevertheless, there is no denial that our David could not have been the one who played there in the theater and then could return to Great Britain, for example, or go somewhere else. As I find out something, I will post here. Wink

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