Members who are extras?

[harryfielder]

name='Private Widdle']Me and another 300 London based Territorial Army soldiers did a night's work at Ally Pally in Wood Green as extras in '1984' which starred John Hurt. We worked from 22.00 on the Friday night until 06.00 on the Saturday morning and was paid the princely sum of £20. I played a 'prole' in a couple of crowd scenes that were filmed and by careful editing it appeared that there were 3,000 people in the crowd. These scenes occupy all of about a minute of actual screen time.



Despite this, I'll admit that I like to drop into conversations, that I appeared in the last film made by the late, great Sir Richard Burton.

Private Widdle, I was there too on that night at Ally Pally acting as public liason person and trying to keep some order.

I remember all the crowd got some money (small) and a free raffle ticket. One of the crowd won a car..(so it was a good nights wages for him)



Essaljay, I remember Tommy but I worked at Lee International Studios.

I worked with Ken a few times and loved his style



Aitch,

[maturin]

I'm on a horse in Omar Muktar - Lion of the Desert The production company in Libya wanted people who could '"speak Italian and ride a horse!" They settled for mama mia and sit on a nag, which is what I did for three days in the desert. I'm visible for those with sharp eyes for a miocrominute in profile sitting rather majestically on a scrubby horse on a scrubby hill. Paid 200 dinars ( about 200 pounds) a day when my monthly salary was 330 dinars - and we had Cornish pasties for tea!

I actually said 'Avante!' or 'Avante Bersagliere!' or somesuch, but it was cut.

R

[Private Widdle]

name='harryfielder']Private Widdle, I was there too on that night at Ally Pally acting as public liason person and trying to keep some order.

I remember all the crowd got some money (small) and a free raffle ticket. One of the crowd won a car..(so it was a good nights wages for him)



Essaljay, I remember Tommy but I worked at Lee International Studios.

I worked with Ken a few times and loved his style



Aitch,

Aitch,



Among my favourite memories of that night was the director telling us just before the scene where several prisoners were to be up against a wall and shot, that the crowds mood was to be like "that at the Cup Final" - so when the cameras rolled and the trucks carrying the prisoners came in, the chant went up "You're going to get your ******* heads shot in!" - Director "CUUUTTT!"



A little later as the first of the prisoners were shot we chanted (to the tune of Amazing Grace) "One nil - one nil - one nil - one nil" Director "CUUUTTT!"



If I remember rightly a young girl won the car in the raffle and said she couldn't drive which led to about 200 blokes all offering to drive it home for her.....

[harryfielder]

That was a long time ago P.W. and very happy days in the biz.



Aitch,

[cully]

name='Private Widdle']



Despite this, I'll admit that I like to drop into conversations, that I appeared in the last film made by the late, great Sir Richard Burton.

Private Widdle, Richard Burton wasn't knighted, surely!?