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Frankymole · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:13 am Post subject:

That's sad to hear. Hopefully you will find the date. She's only a year older than my mum Sad

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denis rigg · A Touch of Brimstone Joined: 06 Sep 2008 Posts: 2570

Bill Bailey

Actor and writer, played in TNA episode Three Handed Game (1976).

Born: 2 September 1938 in North Carolina, USA (new information is day and month).

Information sent on IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047153/

I also updated the wiki page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bailey_(American_actor)
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denis rigg · A Touch of Brimstone Joined: 06 Sep 2008 Posts: 2570

David Purcell

Actor.

Played orderly in TNA episode Dirtier by the Dozen (1976).

Suddenly I found out today that David is the son of actress Myrtle Moss (1914-2003) and Roy Purcell (1919-2000), actor and stage director. Yes, this is the same Roy Purcell who appeared as Gutman in the Avengers episode Conspiracy of Silence (1963) and the controller in TNA episode Obsession (1977). Shocked

Now we know the following about David:

Birthname: David Lawrence Purcell.

Born: August 29, 1948 in Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, England, UK

Married to Diana Elmore in 1989.

The information has already been posted on IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700707/

David's brother is Andrew Purcell:
https://www.facebook.com/andrew.purcell.35

David's son is Matt Purcell:
https://www.facebook.com/matt.purcell.969
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Frankymole · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:09 am Post subject:

Interesting. There is a slight family resemblance around the mouth and shape of the eyelids.

Roy Purcell is well-known to Doctor Who fans for playing the first President of the High Council of Time Lords in Doctor Who, story The Three Doctors in 1972/73. He had played a prison officer in an earlier story too.

He was quite a chameleon, looking fairly different in almost all his roles: https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=22190
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mousemeat · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 11:02 am Post subject:

denis rigg · A Touch of Brimstone Joined: 06 Sep 2008 Posts: 2570

Yvon Marie Coulais

Film director and producer.

According to Ray Austin, he was only attached as the film director of TNA episodes K Is for Kill (1977).

I eventually found the date of birth of Yvon and there is good evidence why he was chosen for The New Avengers.

Yvon was born on February 3, 1932 in Portenay, France. He was a screenwriter, director and producer of commercials for 30 years and was one of the first three to have set up his production company "IDTV" in 1969. He was the General Director of the TV Productions company, in which guess who also worked? Wink

That's the name of a man we don't know much about, but he helped activate the series in 1975. Wink

Already guess? Rodolphe Roffi (born 1934 and died in 2011)! Rodolphe was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the TV Productions company and his name is spelled correctly exactly Rodolphe (not Rudolf, Rudolph, etc).

Now we can take a fresh look at the point why Yvon was chosen for The New Avengers (in the production of which were involved IDTV Production and TV Productions).

Yvon Marie Coulais (photo)

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Frankymole · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 8:19 am Post subject:

It makes sense that Roffi would have one of his fellow production team people be the credited director. A bit like Patrick McGoohan having David Tomblin do loads of directing (and writing) on The Prisoner, as they were two of the three head honchos of their production company. Thank you for the research and photo!
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mousemeat · February 3, 1932 in Portenay, France