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He was also in a play in London where the moving scenery failed to move and he did a very nice ad lib while the stagehands were working to get the scenery to move.

I am joining this thread to concur with Bigcat, Peter Sallis was a fine actor, I saw him during the 80's in a double theatre bill called Sisterly Feelings, the premise was the actors on stage tossed a coin, and depending on how it...

I thought two of my favorite shows had come together! I am Sheldon Cooper watching Last of the Summer Wine and sometimes I'm a completely other entity watching Sheldon Cooper watching Last of the Summer Wine after taking a philosophy...

Tom Poston, who was a very good second banana on many sitcoms such as Newhart and a wonderful member of a panel on many game shows, was in the U.S. Air Corp during WWII and saw action during D Day.

Its fine. I shouldn't have mentioned Ronnie Barker so I really started the derailment and also I misspelled his name. Yes there were some real heroes in the movie business back then. Also sports. Ted Williams serving in two wars for...

Eddie Albert, also from Green Acres and other things was also, in real life, a WW2 hero. He was in the Navy in the Pacific and saved Marines during the landings at Tarawa. As another sideways step in this thread :13: when you look at...

I didn't know all that about her. Thanks for that information.

Barbara Pepper who played Doris Ziffel on Green Acres was a well-known movie actress playing a number of second banana roles. Tragically her husband was killed in a motorcycle accident and her career stalled as she suffered from...

Not sure what’s going on in Holmfirth tonight but swarming with police and most of the roads shut off. Word on the street is it’s a sting on Terry selling off my lucky heather…..

Just for the record he was a brilliant comic, comic actor and comic writer. And we can let this thread which was never about him but got totally derailed die and I'll start a new one about how great Peter Sallis as an actor which was...

I think his portrayal of Fletch in Porridge is fantastic. I don’t see Ronnie Barker when I watch Porridge I only see Norman Stanley.

I agree with most of what you say bigcat but I am of the opposite view re Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours. That is the ONE show he is in that I believe he is NOT Ronnie Barker..I only see Arkwright! I have seen most of his shows over...

I can respect that Brian. I'm an outsider to your shores and I have only what I see in my limited knowledge allows.

I recently watched Roman Holiday with Eddie Albert and was reminded that he was a pretty fair movie actor which skill he brought to his sitcom Green Acres. Then I remembered all the old genre actors who filled Hooterville in the...

To me it was Edies car precariously balanced on top of the roadworks. The swinging bin would have been an incredibly complex stunt if it'd been done properly. But as this was in one of the last series when budgets were very tight it...