Sighted: Ah There You Are!

[Gerald Lovell]

Among the Crooks and Coronets (1969);


Telly Savalas leaves one of Her Majesty's establishments pretending to be a State Pen with tender words of farewell from, I believe, prison guard Bill Nagy


Telly joins up with fellow ex-con Warren Oates and there a few tender words when they encounter Cesar Romero's henchman/receptionist George Margo


We now leave "the States" and at Luton Airport, Harold Coyne is on duty losing passengers' luggage for them


As Tel and War decide what to do, Anthony Lang and Ron Gregory do bookend work, though it has to be mentioned that Ron exits the same door at least twice in this scene


Roy Beck just gets the one go at it as Tel's rival in Roman noses, Jeremy Young, and Harry H. Corbett arrive.

[Gerald Lovell]

Can Telly really be producing his wallet?


Fred Peck wanders off to the right in amazement


To finish off the airport sequence, as Harold Coyne strolls in back into shot, the pushy American passenger and downtrodden porter appear to be producer Herman Cohen and writer/director Jim O'Connolly doing their "Hitchcock" bits (Equity beware: Herman even gets a line)


At Greyfriars House, the tourists are agog at Leslie Dwyer's jewels. Otto Friese on the right


Although it's not a good one of him or his nose, that's Reg Thomason next to Otto and yes, Marianne Stone on the left


At the back, Terry Plummer finally gets into shot. Terry's one of Harry H.'s henchmen later on and in fact he may be in the same role here as there's supposed to be a tail on Warren and Telly at this point.

[Gerald Lovell]

Off to Harry's casino:


Where Nicky Henson finds it impossible to keep his grandmother Edith Evans or her dress under control. Paul Beradi, suave as ever with his buttonhole, is far more collected


These gamblers are out to collect as much money as they can. John Clifford with the cigar and is that Russell Westwood in the shades? Bunny Seaman on the right gets a better appearance shortly after


Nicky tries to drag Edith away from the table as Bill Gosling prefers to have Lola Morice sitting next to him (though no sign of Lola in the film)


Edith soon has everyone around her and I see Frank Draycott, who hasn't been sighted recently, Graham Tonbridge (who appears in a stately home scene much later on as well), Ian Selby and Fred Stroud. Any others?


And here's Bunny's better shot as Martin Lyder gives the OK for the dealer to deal with Edith.

[Gerald Lovell]

Greyfriars House gets a shot in the stately arm with American know-how:


And as Telly strides off, the crowds include Lord Longface himself, John Tatum, in half his brown suit, and I suspect the lady with the red hair next to him is Zelda Tatum. Talking of hair, seconds earlier John is either trying to draw attention to himself, or keep a wasp or something out of his as he ducks and waves his hand. Telly has no such problem, of course


Serving the Luncheons & Teas seems to be Jack Dearlove


The butler doing it here is Thorley Walters and Jack Carter on the right seems very protective of his luncheon and tea. Sonnie Willis may also be in this scene, but the picture quality is too fuzzy to be certain


Vic Chapman however is certain he's not that pleased he's on pony ride duty


But that joker Cesar Romero seems a lot happier. Is he going to spend 1/- for a ride with Bess Rogers?

[Gerald Lovell]

We head for the final act of crooks vs. coronets:


And Harry H.'s henchmen gather for it, including Dave Griffiths (who gets several lines), Eric Kent, Mickey Varey (I think) and Peter Brace. Out of shot is their loud-mouthed shop steward, Arthur Mullard no less


As Harry ties to convince Cesar of the British method of crime, Gerry Judge waits patiently at the back


Onto the job, and not prepared to wait for Edith's Fokker to wipe them out, are Cliff Diggins on the left, Peter at the back and although listings insist it's Nosher Powell on the right, he looks more like Terry Richards to me. I regret the short chap in the middle I don't recognise


In the aftermath, it's speeches all round and for once, even George Holdcroft gives a beaming smile. The bald patch in the middle I'm sure from the shape of the head belongs to Tony Mendleson


As Greyfriars House becomes Sophie's Place, one of the patrons in the foreground is Lewis Alexander. With Dame Edith as Sophie, there's probably no room for the Duchess, but as Edith glides by, Lewis is about the only one to whom she nods in acknowledgement.

[philly]

Great caps Gerald, Esme Smyth again on the right in the Terry Plummer cap. Yes Terry Richards not Nosher, I am not familiar with Russell Westwood but the guy in the shades is certainly one of Dave's and Movie Dude's unknowns, hopefully an I. D.?

[Dave W]

Not Russell Westwood, who I think was also a stuntman, played heavies in 50s stuff, most notably one of Herbert Lom's goons in Night and the City. Fellow in the shades is Unknown Male 66, reminds me of Graham Chapman a bit.

[cornershop15]

Originally posted by Gerald Lovell, 5th May 2014:

I'm afraid I don't recognise Sam [Wanamaker]'s moll, who is uncre-
dited but gets lots to do, but nothing to say, throughout the episode

Gerald, I'm pretty sure that's Nita Lorraine (with Michael Dempsey as the waiter):




Convinced? She'd make a good subject at 'Uncredited Actresses', assuming that's her.

Design - Wherever You May Go

[Gerald Lovell]

Yes, cornershop, I think you're absolutely right! I recognise her, er, widow's peak. Many thanks for that.

And on the subject of Sam Wanamaker, he's in an ambiguous role in Danger Route (1967), but hopefully not ambiguous are uncredited appearances from:


Jim Tyson as pub landlord Bill, who pulls the pints as Richard Johnson attempts to pull Diana Dors


And Billy Dean as Lewis the dog handler in the gloom who, with Robin Bailey and David Bauer, has come to inspect Diana's . . . room.

[Gerald Lovell]

Not death but 10,550 miles have parted Alf from his missus in TILL DEATH US DO PART, but in the first episode of 1975, there's a "Phone Call to Else":


But first of course Alf (1) must go orf dawrn the pub and it looks like Alf (2) Mangan is there before him at the table and Alfie (3) Bass is just clearing the decks for the next round


The barman's not the usual Will Stampe, or indeed an Alf (4) but called "Les", and I suspect it's Leslie Noyes


And I more than suspect Dandy Nichols' filmed sequence was not in Australia, but at Ealing with a very dodgy floating back projection behind milkman Walter Sparrow.

Some listings have Margaret Elliott and Carolyn Moody in the cast and they must be the Telephone Voices that Alf (1) spars with, well, swears at, when he's trying to make the call.

[Gerald Lovell]

Hopefully not being paranoid about it, but the chap in the yodelling hat far left in these has previously been identified as Jack Armstrong:


But looking again, I think it's in fact Bob E. Raymond. Joining Oliver Reed in Paranoiac (1962) for his traditional plastering session in the local are Jack Taylor, Marianne Stone, Fred Peck, Laurie Leigh and Harold Lang.

[Gerald Lovell]

Village of Daughters (1961) could have been re-named Village of Extras, but before we reach the MGM "Sicilian" backlot:


Gordon Harris and John Dunbar are two of depressed Mario Fabrizi's concerned assistants


Then, once in Sicily, Nora Gordon as Senora Marcio, tidies up after her lazy worse half Eric Pohlmann


As postman Graham Stark gesticulates with Warren Mitchell, Lola Morice is having words with Louis Matto, Johnny Rossi with pipe is wearing the broad-brimmed hat and Dickey Luck looks front from the right background


This departing crowd of idle villagers includes Hilda Green, Golda Casimir, Joseph Tregonino and, I think, Wallace Bosco in the hat, totally unconcerned about Scilla Gabel's broken machinery and Eric Sykes' broken tootsies.

[Gerald Lovell]

Then a change of Mediterranean attitude:


And it's more gleeful now as the band strikes up, with Johnny Wyne on guitar as usual and George Curtis on drums, also as usual


As Father John Le Mesurier addresses his flock, among the sheep and the credited cast, I see Jack May next to Johnny Rossi and after a swift change of clothes, George Curtis once more, as well as Lola Morice next to Nora Gordon


A later gathering brings Fred Woods into the fold with Louis Matto again and, especially for cully and Dave, Yvonne Romain plus her mama and papa, Ina De La Haye and Gregoire Aslan, although how they managed to beget her is a puzzler.

[Gerald Lovell]

Lady Hamilton, That Hamilton Woman, was filmed in Hollywood in 1940 (released in 1941), but can be classed as a Britmovie, not least of which for its use of many of the ex-pats working there. He's another one to add to its list:


David Clyde as a sailor who brings news that will bring about a literal turning point in Nelson's career.

[Gerald Lovell]

Then a change of Mediterranean attitude:


And it's more gleeful now as the band strikes up, with Johnny Wyne on guitar as usual and George Curtis on drums, also as usual


As Father John Le Mesurier addresses his flock, among the sheep and the credited cast, I see Jack May next to Johnny Rossi and after a swift change of clothes, George Curtis once more, as well as Lola Morice next to Nora Gordon


A later gathering brings Fred Woods into the fold with Louis Matto again and, especially for cully and Dave, Yvonne Romain plus her mama and papa, Ina De La Haye and Gregoire Aslan, although how they managed to beget her is a puzzler.

Two Voice-overs of Daughters to add: the opening and closing narration is from Fenella Fielding and I think Miss Gabel's anything but delicate tones are supplied by Nikki van der Zyl.