Us And Canadian Actors In The Uk

[julian_craster]

<< He was Julian Craster's avatar for a while!>>
Ta Ta


Paul Carpenter still is......in a still from FACE THE MUSIC (1954)

[Mark O]

Seems to be a fair few Canadian Actors in the Movie 'Never take sweets from a stranger', (set in smalltown Canada but made in England) Bill Nigy I recognised from appearances in Coronation Street, and Helen Horton as a gossipy woman in this movie, I recognised her from sketches in the Benny Hill show where she invariably played an American tourist with a Husband called 'Harry'........

[donna]

Originally Posted by Steve Crook A bit earlier Bonar Colleano used to do most of the "North American in the UK" roles Steve

oh Steve Id forgotton all about Bonar Colleano, he had such a distinctive face didnt he for nasty parts.

[donna]

Hughie Green can he be included.

[Joe Fraguela]

Alan Gifford was another US actor who filmed for many years in the UK appearing in to name a few The Flying Scot from 1957 with Lee Patterson & Kay Callard, Timelock from 1957 with Robert Beatty and Lee Patterson and later was in Crossroads where he played Lloyd Munro.

[sippog]

Tom Wilkinson is a Canadian originally (not many people realise that)

[batman]

Originally Posted by Joe Fraguela Alan Gifford was another US actor who filmed for many years in the UK appearing in to name a few The Flying Scot from 1957 with Lee Patterson & Kay Callard, Timelock from 1957 with Robert Beatty and Lee Patterson and later was in Crossroads where he played Lloyd Munro.

I watched The Flying Scot recently and AG gave a very good performance.

[Marky B]

Originally Posted by sippog Tom Wilkinson is a Canadian originally (not many people realise that)

I suppose that explains why he is putting on good American accents.
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Marky B

[Brief Encounter]

Originally Posted by julian_craster << He was Julian Craster's avatar for a while!>> Ta Ta Paul Carpenter still is......in a still from FACE THE MUSIC (1954)

I always wondered who it was!

[CaptainWaggett]

Originally Posted by sippog Tom Wilkinson is a Canadian originally (not many people realise that)

According to IMDB he was born in Leeds but spent a few years in Canada as a child. Presumably he picked up the accent, at least temporarily though

[suzepulcheria]

Further back, I'd say that Raymond Massey was the most famous Canadian of them all.

[Lord Brett]

Originally Posted by Joe Fraguela Alan Gifford was another US actor who filmed for many years in the UK appearing in to name a few The Flying Scot from 1957 with Lee Patterson & Kay Callard, Timelock from 1957 with Robert Beatty and Lee Patterson and later was in Crossroads where he played Lloyd Munro.

Was Alan Gifford ever young? I know I was young when I saw him in Crossroads, but he seemed absolutely ancient. He seemed to turn up in a lot of tiny parts in seventies movies, often with little or no dialogue.

[GRAEME]

Originally Posted by bhowells Britains John Bluthal was good at playing people of different nationalities, this can be witnessed on the record version of the Radio Ham, where he plays various parts.

Bluthal was born in Poland of Jewish descent and emigrated to Australia (extremely fortuitously!) with his family in 1938 at the age of nine. He didn't come to England until 1960.

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by suzepulcheria Further back, I'd say that Raymond Massey was the most famous Canadian of them all.

But he hardly ever played a Canadian, on stage or screen.
The only one I know of was when he played Andy Brock in 49th Parallel
And he did eventually become an American citizen

Steve