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denis rigg · Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 4:37 am Post subject:

Tex Fuller

Actor and stuntman.

Participated in The Avengers and TNA.

For example, this is Tex as man in car in TNA episode Sleeper (1976).

It became known that the year of birth of Tex on IMDb is incorrect. This week, stuntman's daughter shared true information for Wikipedia.

Born: December 11, 1925 in Kensington, London, England, UK

Info will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298358/

Outside the TV and movie screen, he is known as Tex Baseley and has Facebook and Linkedin pages:

https://www.facebook.com/tex.baseley

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tex-baseley-12118066/?originalSubdomain=uk
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denis rigg · Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 4:47 am Post subject:

Frank Mills

Actor.

Played Harrap in Avengers episode The Charmers (1964).

It became known that the year of birth of Frank on IMDb and many other resources is incorrect.

IMDb indicates the year as 1929, while coronationstreet.wikia.com goes in more detail and reveals that actor born 20th September 1929 in Wandsworth, London. Etc...

Actually:

Born: April 11, 1927 in Peckham, London, England, UK

So, exactly the information on website tv.com is correct: Wink

http://www.tv.com/people/frank-mills-1/

Info will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0589992/
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denis rigg · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:54 am Post subject:

Isobel Black

Actress.

Played Clare Prendergast in Avengers episode Silent Dust (1965).

It became known that the year of birth of Isobel on IMDb and many other resources is incorrect.

IMDb indicates the year as 1943, but actually:

Born: December 15, 1942 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Info will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085308
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denis rigg · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 2:19 am Post subject:

Frank Henson

Stuntman.

Participated in the series.

Thanks to the autobiography book The Luck Of Losing The Toss by Frank Henson, released on 19 December 2018, we now know the following:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Luck-Losing-Toss-Including-Indiana/dp/1785453815/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544612314&sr=8-1&keywords=the+luck+of+losing+the+toss#reader_B07LDDT68P

Born: May 2, 1935 in Whitehawk, Brighton, England, UK

Married: Marion Cliff (1962 - present) one child (Franklin Henson) stuntman

Info will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378204/
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denis rigg · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 7:14 am Post subject:

First news in 2019. Smile

Ina Skriver

Actress.

Played Olga in TNA episode House of Cards (1976).

It became known that the year of birth of Ina on IMDb and many other resources is incorrect.

IMDb, Wikipedia and some modern websites indicates the year as 1947, while some old sources go even to 1950.

Actually:

Born: March 16, 1945 in Sorø, Denmark

Info will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0804871/

P.S./ Always when I watched TNA episode House of Cards (since 1997) I thought that the actress was more than 30 years old.
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denis rigg · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:45 am Post subject:

Deep Roy

Actor.

Played Klokoe in TNA episode Target! (1976).

It is no longer a secret that the date of birth of the actor on IMDb and some other sources is very far from reality.

IMDb, Wikipedia and some other websites indicates the date as December 1, 1957. That is, he was 18 years old in The New Avengers.

Well, would you be surprised if actually he was born even earlier than in 1950? Wink

It is a fact, ladies and gentlemen.

So, truth is:

Born: January 26, 1949 in Nairobi, Kenya

Info will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746989/
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denis rigg · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:47 pm Post subject:

Jo Kendall

Actress

Played Nurse in TNA episode To Catch a Rat (1976).

It became known that the year of birth of Jo on IMDb and many other resources is very far from reality. Even more than a case with Deep Roy (see above).

IMDb and other websites indicates the year as 1953. While in the case of Deep, he is 8 years older than outdated information, Jo is ... born even earlier than in 1940.

Actually:

Born: February 17, 1938 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Info will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447601/
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denis rigg · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 1:47 am Post subject:

Chris Bunn

Stand-in and actor.

At the time of this, it is known that Chris was at least once a stunt double for Joanna Lumley in The New Avengers. He told: “we were in the dressing room and one of the crew came in and asked if anyone could fit into a size 7 woman’s boot, and I’m a size 8 so I said I’ll try, two cans of talc later and I got them on. Then I was told to take them off again and put on red tights and a mini skirt. I was going to run through a field of machine gun fire as Joanna Lumley’s double.”

Born: November 24, 1947 in Islington, London, UK

Info will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8420808/
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denis rigg · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 6:34 am Post subject:

June Thody

Actress, played Dicey in Avengers episode Brief for Murder (1963).

Full name: June Emily Thody

Born: June 29, 1939 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (new info is the day, the month, and birthplace).

Information will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1138360/
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denis rigg · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:14 am Post subject:

Robert Fresco

Cinematographer, was as director of photography of second unit in TNA episode Emily (1977).

Born: 1943 in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK

Information already posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294353/
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denis rigg · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:13 am Post subject:

Yanci Bukovec

Actor, played Barnoff in TNA episode The Gladiators (1977).

Born: July 12, 1948 in Hungary (new info is the day and the month).

Information will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0119773
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denis rigg · Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:39 am Post subject:

June Murphy

Actress, played Maggie in Avengers episode Traitor in Zebra (1962).

Full name: Kathleen June Murphy

Born: 1940 in England, UK

Information is already posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614417/
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denis rigg · Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 4:03 am Post subject:

Anthony Snell

Actor, played Hellfire Club Member in Avengers episode A Touch of Brimstone (1966)...

...and maybe Poppy in Avengers episode Who's Who???.

Umm, I just recently discovered that there actually were two Englishmen Anthony Snell who participated in the British movies and this created some confusion on many websites, including IMDb.

So, let's look at the facts to find out who is who in reality:

Anthony Noel Snell (not participated in The Avengers/TNA) was a British RAF pilot during the Second World War. He flew in the North African campaign in 1942 and was shot down during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. Initially captured by the Germans he escaped from a firing squad but was recaptured. He again escaped German captivity whilst in Italy and became one of the very few men to be awarded the DSO exclusively for escaping from the enemy.

Details are here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Snell_%28RAF_officer%29

He was an actor in British movies and TV in the 1950s.

He played in movie The Cruel Sea, for example:

http://movie-dude.co.uk/1Actors%20Pages/Anthony%20Snell.htm

etc...

I edited his filmography on IMDb and now it’s correct:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811013

Mistake on IMDb is his year of death. But I hope someone from the IMDb staff will soon fix it.

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Anthony John Snell (participated in The Avengers, see this post above)

I did research and it looks like he started to participate regularly as extra in British movies and TV from the early 1960s.

Born: November 26, 1935 in Middlesex, England, UK

Died: January 2, 1997 in London, England, UK

Part of this information is already posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2685217/
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denis rigg · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:09 am Post subject:

Sally-Jane Spencer

Actress.

Played Mother in TNA episode To Catch a Rat (1976).

It became known that the year of birth of Sally on IMDb and many other resources is incorrect.

IMDb and many other resources indicates the year as 1945.

Actually:

Born: July 10, 1948 in Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Info will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0818095/

P.S./ According to Ancestry, she died in USA, but it requires confirmation.
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denis rigg · Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 12:27 am Post subject:

1. Daniel Budin

Art Director, was as Production designer for french TNA episodes (1977).

Born: October 26, 1940 in Paris, France

Information is already posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0119012/

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2. Patrick Danon

Production staff, was as Unit manager for french TNA episodes (1977).

Born: August 26, 1949

Information will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1352499/
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denis rigg · Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:25 am Post subject:

Ann Barrass

Actress (extra), played Theatre-goer in Avengers episode A Touch of Brimstone (1966)...

...rally guest in Avengers episode Dead Man's Treasure (1967)...

...and Female Farmhand in Avengers episode The £50,000 Breakfast (1967).

Born: July 9, 1930

Died: November, 2017

Part of the information is already posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056707/
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denis rigg · Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 9:57 am Post subject:

Surprise, suddenly I discovered some information for early biography of:

Jacqueline Jones

Actress.

Played Henriette in Avengers episode Box of Tricks (1963).

It became known that Jacqueline Jones is stage name and that the year of birth of Jacqueline on all resources is incorrect.

Resources, including IMDb, indicates the year as 1939.

So let's take a look at the facts: Wink

Jacqueline was born in 1934, in London, England, as Jacqueline Bannister.

Began professional career as a ballet dancer at the age of 16, since 1950, using a stage name Lyn Shaw. In 1956, as member of troupe "Ballet Charley", she toured in Italy, where decided to stay and spent four years there. From 1958 to 1960 she used the stage name Lynn Shaw. Returned to England in 1960 and began using the stage name Jacqueline Jones.

Part of this info is already posted on Jacqueline Jones page of IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428288

Lynn Shaw page of IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789852
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denis rigg · Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:15 am Post subject:

Ha, suddenly I discovered the biography of other performer by surname Jones and again it is a stage name: Smile

Langton Jones

Actor

Played Chapman in Avengers episode Murdersville (1967).

Yes, this is the same mysterious actor, about which for many many years nothing was known.

Full real name: John Peter Cecil Jones.

Born: May 26, 1924 in Middlesex, England, UK

Business manager and actor, who began to participate in professional stage plays shortly after the Second World War. First he used the stage name Jean Pierre Jones. The stage name Langton Jones has been used since the early 1950s. "Langton" was the middle name of his father. Wink

Married on actress and theatre director Sheila Anne Sheppard on 30 October 1948.

Died: 2014 in Somerset, England, UK

Part of this info is already posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1478414/
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denis rigg · Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 1:53 am Post subject:

David Gregory

Actor, played young man in Avengers episode Never, Never Say Die (1967).

Yes, finally managed to find some information about this mystery actor.

1. David Gregory is real name. The middle name begins with the letter M.

2. Born: March 14, 1935 in London, England, UK

3. Married Antoinette Elvin (dress designer). Daugter: Laura Maria Gregory.

Part of this information already posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339786
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denis rigg · Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 8:18 am Post subject:

John Gayford

Actor, played 1st Police Constable in Avengers episode The Radioactive Man (1961).

As there are no screenshot (s) with John from Avengers episode "The Radioactive Man", we can not say with certainty that he played a part on the video record too, but in any case, he took part in rehearsals. Wink

As it turned out, John pretty well painted his life in various messages on Facebook's personal page.

https://www.facebook.com/john.gayford

Full name: John Gayford Harry.

Born: February, 1933 in Hertfordshire, England, UK

This information will soon posted on IMDb:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310871/
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