Chamonze

Hello do you recognize him ?



Thanks

Tony Pendrey

Looks a bit like comedy writer Eddie Braben.

Ah Yes, the Soviet Union. All them wheatfields and ballet in the evenings

penfold

yes, I think I do......British character actor, tended to play businessmen and/or senior gangsters in the seventies/eighties....may have been Slag of the Week in a Sweeney episode....

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

cornershop15

Are you thinking of Dave King, who played a villain in the episode Pay Off? He looks to me very much like my new cult favourite Henry Beckman, George Anderson in Peyton Place.

EDIT - Is the original poster a Michael Jackson fan by any chance?

When you understand the past, the confusion of the present becomes clearer - John Betjeman.

penfold

No, not Dave King, but he's bang on that era, and that sort of type. In my minds ear he may have a Northern...Yorkshire?? accent......in some roles.

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

cornershop15

When you understand the past, the confusion of the present becomes clearer - John Betjeman.

CaptainWaggett

Everyone else in the quiz is fairly well-known so my guess is he's a director or writer (he's the final answer)

Ray

He looks like Michael O'Shea, who made his debut in Lady of Burlesque, married Virginia Mayo and became a detective.

earlb

I plump for Michael O'Shea too.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

penfold

Well done Cornershop, that's precisely who I meant....

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

cornershop15

Great. He played Lesley-Anne Down's Northern father in the last black-and-white episode of Public Eye, called Shades of White, with Sheila Allen as his duplicitous housekeeper. If I'm not mistaken, the actress who played his weak wife is, or was, the mother of the Head brothers (Murray and Anthony). Another trip to IMDb ... Exactly right! Her name is Helen Shingler.

Sadly, John, who has a thread here somewhere, died when he was in his mid-50s.

When you understand the past, the confusion of the present becomes clearer - John Betjeman.

will.15

Ray is right. I found the picture, but I can't get it on my computer to transfer it to Photobucket. Here is the link. The picture posted here has been cropped, but it's clearly the same person in the exact same pose.

LIFE: Actor Michael O'Shea (L) talking with di... - Hosted by Google

cornershop15

When you understand the past, the confusion of the present becomes clearer - John Betjeman.

Ray

Thanks Will, I didn't want to argue, but I knew that I was right!

Ray

Cornershop, haven't you ever seen Lady of Burlesque? take a look at the photo's in my album.