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Old 02-10-2006, 05:19 PM
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the carry on movies seem to have a disproptionate death rate -are they cursed? i m not aware of other films from that era whith so many stars dead.
what is the average age of death of a carry on star?
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Don't forget the Carry On Films started very nearly 50 years ago, so it's not suprising many of the cast are dead. If you look at a lot of Film and TV Stars of that time, most are no longer with us.
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the carry on movies seem to have a disproptionate death rate -are they cursed? i m not aware of other films from that era whith so many stars dead.
what is the average age of death of a carry on star?
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Sid James - 63
Kenneth Williams - 62
Charles Hawtrey - 74
Bernard Breslaw - 59
Joan Sims - 71
Hattie Jacques - 58
Terry Scott - 67

But then the average is raised by people like
Esma Cannon - 80

and it's raised a lot further by people like
Barbara Windsor - still alive
June Whitfield - still alive

I don't see any sign of a disproportionate death rate, or many of them dying very young.

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That's true but there is that concentartaion round the late 50s and early 60s for 5 core team members which gives the impression of premature deaths in general.

Jim Dale's still around too of course!
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Jack Douglas is still clinging on! looking at Jim Dale's entry on IMDB, I was stuck by how much like Spike Milligan he now looks.

http://uk.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4...le,%20Jim%20(I)

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No Nick ! You have made a mistake; that IS Spike Milligan, photographed at
the Cardiff Olympics in 1963. - It's been a missprint of the name.
An easy mistake to make though; If you translate the words "spike" ,
"melly" , and "goon" into Welsh, it comes out as Jhi mnl Dahle boyo; the
Type-Setter has then used a little intelligence and removed the surplus consonants,
and VOILA ! Spike Milligan becomes Jim Dale.
Time for another tablet.
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No Nick ! You have made a mistake; that IS Spike Milligan, photographed at
the Cardiff Olympics in 1963. - It's been a missprint of the name.
An easy mistake to make though; If you translate the words "spike" ,
"melly" , and "goon" into Welsh, it comes out as Jhi mnl Dahle boyo; the
Type-Setter has then used a little intelligence and removed the surplus consonants,
and VOILA ! Spike Milligan becomes Jim Dale.
Time for another tablet.
A noble effort Ady

Remember that Jim Dale did play Spike in Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall (1972), where Spike did a cameo playing his own father.

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Jack Douglas is still clinging on! looking at Jim Dale's entry on IMDB, I was stuck by how much like Spike Milligan he now looks.

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dont forget her.....carry on camping...carry on spying , carry on cruising::and him carry on spying and carry on jack. .and the awful columbus.............
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And don't forget Angela Douglas....Carry on Cowboy....Carry on Screaming....Carry On Follow That Camel and Carry On Up The Khyber.
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