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Old 02-07-2008, 06:13 PM
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Wrestler Ian "Bully Boy" Muir, doyen of dozens of World of Sport tea-time appearances, was the giant with the ship on his head in Time Bandits.
Obscure tv-wise, well according to imdb dartsman Eric Bristow appeared in an episode of "Never the Twain", miler Steve Cram appeared in but one episode of Spender, while Kojak lookalike Olympic swimming gold medalist Duncan Goodhew appeared in "I'Lovett". Apparently. Three big sporting names, but I'll leave to decide which of the shows was the most obscure.

Didn't Ossie Ardillas also appear in an episode of 'Spender'.

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Found this quite amusing link when looking for Henry Cooper:
Worst sports stars in an acting role | Sport | The Observer
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Old 02-07-2008, 10:19 PM
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Found this quite amusing link when looking for Henry Cooper:
Worst sports stars in an acting role | Sport | The Observer
So Buster Crabbe was #1 worst sportsman turned film star ..... that would have pleased his old swimming rival Johnny 'Tarzan' Weismuller, they hated each other's guts!

You can see their hostility to each other on display in their only film together ...

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On the boxing front one can add Joe Bugner, Nosher Powell and of course Terry Downes, whose credits included Dance of the Vampires
Can anyone recall the name of the show in which Terry Downes's character used an electrolarynx machine?
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America seem to like gold medal winners. The 1976 Olympic Decathlon Champion, Bruce Jenner starred in 'Can't Stop The Music'
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Can anyone recall the name of the show in which Terry Downes's character used an electrolarynx machine?
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Stirling Moss has a brief appearance in Hammer's early Mask of Dust (link to my review). The sports commentator Raymond Baxter also appears as himself.
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The late Fred Trueman appeared in an episode of Dad's Army.
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Graham Hill was in Caravan to Vaccares flying an helicopter
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Stirling Moss has a brief appearance in Hammer's early Mask of Dust (link to my review). The sports commentator Raymond Baxter also appears as himself.
Sir Stirling is also the narrator of Roary the Racing Car.
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The late Fred Trueman appeared in an episode of Dad's Army.
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According to imdb Ian Botham appeared in an episode of an early 90s programme called "Ellington" about the boxing scene, but I'm damned if I can remember that one!
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According to imdb Ian Botham appeared in an episode of an early 90s programme called "Ellington" about the boxing scene, but I'm damned if I can remember that one!
It was a kind of poor man's Minder and starred Chris Ellison from The Bill. It only lasted a few episodes.
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In one scene a player manages to dribble the ball passed 13 opposition players.
Who played the referee? Stevie Wonder ?
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They were probably playing Watford...................................
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The final episode of Charters and Caldicott is actually filmed at a test match (England vs West Indies c1984). At least, I assume the long dialogue scenes aren't because that would be very annoying for the other people in the stands, but there are enough shots of proper actors doing actory stuff with the match in the background to suggest that they spent at least a day filming at Old Trafford. Are there any other examples of scenes taking place at real sporting events, rather than the usual splicing of stock footage?
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